Deadline Date: September 25, 2026
The Trade Diversification Corridors Fund (TDCF) is a $5 billion federal program designed to strengthen Canada’s trade-enabling transportation infrastructure and support access to global markets beyond the United States.
The program focuses on improving transportation infrastructure in key trade corridors, reducing congestion, strengthening regional connectivity, expanding access to global markets, addressing infrastructure gaps, and enhancing supply chain capacity to support Canada’s international trade diversification.
The Trade Diversification Corridors Fund is a national initiative led by Transport Canada and delivered in partnership with other government departments or agencies, including the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Through this program, the Government of Canada aims to support projects that improve transportation networks and enhance the country’s ability to move goods efficiently across domestic and international markets.
Funding under the program may be provided as repayable or non-repayable contributions, depending on the nature of the project. In some cases, projects may receive a combination of both types of funding to support infrastructure development and improvements.
The program supports transportation projects that expand trade and transportation infrastructure to help Canada reach global markets, reduce traffic and delays that slow economic activity, and address infrastructure gaps that limit regional or national economic growth.
One of these streams, Stream 2: Unlocking Opportunities and Connectivity Through Collaborative Trade Corridor Solutions, is a targeted call that focuses on collaborative and multi-stakeholder solutions addressing specific issues that hinder Canada’s ability to grow and diversify trade through key trade corridors.
This stream invites applicants to propose solutions that enhance intermodal capacity to increase trade with markets outside the United States, including through inland ports. It also supports initiatives aimed at optimizing existing transportation assets to enable trade diversification in core trade corridors and projects that increase transportation capacity for bulk commodity exports.
Project proposals are due on July 31, 2026 for Stream 2 and September 25, 2026 for Stream 3.
Another funding stream, Stream 3: Supporting Regional Growth, is an open call that supports projects addressing trade-enabling transportation infrastructure gaps that are impeding regional growth.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
