City of Toronto Summer Company Program for Young Entrepreneurs 2026

📖 About the Program

The Summer Company Program is an entrepreneurship support initiative for young students in Ontario, Canada who want to launch and operate a small business during the summer.

🎁 Benefits

The Summer Company program provides:

• Business fundamentals training
• Group and one-to-one mentorship sessions with a trained business professional
• An opportunity for a grant of up to $3,000 to help launch your small business

✅ Eligibility Criteria

To apply for the Summer Company grant and training program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• Be 15 to 29 years old
• Returning to school, university, college, trade school, or an eligible academic institution in the fall
• Starting a new business (i.e., not growing an existing business)
• Planning to operate this new business in Ontario
• Available to work full-time on developing and launching this new business (i.e., no part-time work or school exceeding 12 hours per week during the summer)
• Must not have been a recipient of the Summer Company program in the past

📅 Application Date and Process

• Application Deadline: 08 May, 2026
• Visit the official application website to apply.

🔗 Opportunity Application

For more details, visit the City of Toronto Summer Company Program for Young Entrepreneurs.

Apply directly via the application portal.

🌟 Sponsor Organization

The program is sponsored by the City of Toronto.

• Business fundamentals training
• Group and one-to-one mentorship sessions with a trained business professional
• An opportunity for a grant of up to $3,000 to help launch your small business