Zensurance Small Business Grant 2025
Time’s up! Applications are officially closed for the third 2025 Zensurance Small Business Grant!
A huge shoutout to the thousands of Canadian entrepreneurs, small business owners, non-profits, and self-employed professionals who applied. Your creativity, hustle, and heart truly blew us away. Reading your stories has been nothing short of inspiring!
Now we’re faced with an impossible mission: choosing just six finalists from so many incredible entries.
Mark your calendars: we’ll be announcing the top six finalists for the $10,000 grant and five $1,000 grants on October 29, 2025.
Stay tuned, the best part’s yet to come!
NEW: Weekly $1,000 Business Grants Awarded
Since 2023, Zensurance has distributed over $55,000 to small businesses through our grant program.
This time around, we will award a $1,000 grant to eligible applicants every week!
Our weekly $1,000 grant winners will also remain eligible for the $10,000 grant.
Weekly $1,000 grant winners will be announced on this page and on our social media channels on:
- September 25, 2025
- October 2, 2025
- October 9, 2025
- October 16, 2025
- October 23, 2025
What Your Grant Application Should Include
A strong submission should contain:
- Your business’s story is at the heart of your submission. Share what you do, your challenges, and what inspires you to keep going. We want to hear your unique journey.
- Your business goals. What are your short- and long-term goals? Tell us how you plan to get there.
- A plan for how you’ll use the grant. What will you do with the grant money? Outline how it’ll help you achieve your aspirations and fuel success.
To enter, review and agree to our terms and conditions, get a free insurance quote, fill out the grant form below, and follow one of our social channels. After doing so, you will receive an automated email verifying we received your grant application.
The entry deadline is October 19, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Win a $10,000 Grant to Grow Your Small Business
The #ZensuranceGrant2025 application is open to all Canadian* entrepreneurs, startups, and small business owners with compelling stories about their businesses.
A shortlist of six entrants will be announced on October 29, 2025. All shortlisted entrants must also provide a short video of themselves about their companies and what they would do with $10,000. Please read our full terms and conditions.
The public may vote on which of the top six shortlisted applicants they think should win the $10,000 grant from October 29, 2025, to November 5, 2025.
The $10,000 grant winner and five $1,000 grant winners will be announced on November 7, 2025.
Our Previous Small Business Grant Winners
Zensurance is proud to support Canadian small businesses as they grow. These extraordinary small businesses are proof that passion, grit, and innovation can take you far.
Zensurance has given over $55,000 to small businesses through our grant program since 2023. Our previous $10,000 grant winners are:
Natasha Pelley, owner of SnuggleTooth Smile Mobile clinic in St. John’s, Newfoundland, was our first winner in 2025.
Adeola Meseko, owner of Demex Cakes in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was our second winner in 2025.
Marie Lavergne, owner of the Down East Dance Academy in Montague, P.E.I., was our winner in 2024.
Hugo Latrielle, owner of Malarctic Design + Builds in Ottawa, Ontario, was our winner in 2023.
Key Timelines
Resources for Canadian Small Businesses
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Looking to capitalize on new ways to engage with existing and prospective customers and apply new tactics to optimize your business operations can be a tough task. With an eye on brighter horizons, we offer 10 suggestions for things you can do to try to accelerate your small business’s growth in 2025.
Visit the Zensurance Small Business Insights blog for more resources.
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