What is a Digital Transformation Grant?
The Digital Transformation Grant (DTG) program is focused on assisting small businesses with their adoption of technologies. The program provides training, advisory support and $2,500 grants to brick-and-mortar small businesses looking to increase their capacity through digital transformation.
The Objectives of the Digital Main Street – Digital Transformation Grant Program are to:
1. Provide small business owners a comprehensive plan to guide their digital transformation.
2. Provide small businesses with the digital literacy skills they need to execute their digital transformation either through a do-it-yourself approach and/or being a smart consumer when purchasing these services.
Our Team:
Tahreem Fatima and Kaila Bourne are our Digital Service Advisors for Digital Main Street and can help you with the process of getting your Digital Transformation Grant as well as a variety of other services administered by Digital Main Street including:
- Understand how digital marketing can help you achieve your business goals
- Learn how to set up a website or social media presence
- Grow your social media presence
- Create or update your Google My Business profile
- Take a 360-degree video of your location
- Apply for the Digital Main Street ShopHere and FutureProof programs
Click Here to Contact Tahreem and Kaila
Participation Requirements:
A Digital Transformation Grant is open to any business that meets the following requirements:
Must be a business that:
- Has a permanent ‘brick-and-mortar’ establishment in Ontario
- Is employing 1-50 employees
- Is NOT a home-based business
- Is paying commercial property tax (commercially assessed), either directly or through commercial rent
- Is a registered business in Ontario and/or is incorporated
- Is open for business/operating at the time of application (not a start up)
- Is open to the general public for walk-in and onsite purchases of goods and services – NOT A WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER
- Is NOT a business supplying digital services to other businesses (e.g. website design/development, SEO, programming)
- Is NOT a franchise, including those individually owned and operated
- Is NOT a not-for-profit/ charitable organization
- Is NOT renting office space on a temporary basis (month-to-month)
- Is NOT in a shared workspace such as a hot desk or dedicated desk
- Is NOT a purely online business
Owned by:
- An Ontario resident operating a business in Ontario.
- An individual of 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
- A Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Has completed the Digital Transformation for Main Street program, which includes:
- The Digital Main Street Assessment
- Has passed the eligibility quiz
- The online training
- Developing a Digital Transformation Plan
