Downtown Ottawa Business Relief Fund

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APPLICATIONS CLOSE APRIL 30

OCOBIA is proud to partner with Invest Ottawa in support of the promotion and delivery of this significant fund to Ottawa core businesses who were impacted by the convoy protests.

To learn more and to apply to the Downtown Ottawa Business Relief, please click here

The Downtown Ottawa Business Relief Fund offers targeted financial relief to downtown Ottawa businesses that were directly and negatively impacted by the demonstrations near Parliament Hill from January 22 to February 28, 2022. Thanks to the support from the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and the Government of Ontario, funding is available to support eligible and impacted businesses.

Link to downtown ottawa business relief fund

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