How to apply for the Ontario Indigenous Economic Development Fund — and autofill it with my-id.ca
Apply to the Indigenous Economic Development Fund without re-entering your organization's details
The Ontario Indigenous Economic Development Fund supports eligible Indigenous businesses and communities — and the application repeats your organization's contact details. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Indigenous Economic Development Fund — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Indigenous Economic Development Fund – Economic Diversification Application — on00898
What this form is about
The application requests a grant from the fund for an economic diversification or development activity by an eligible Indigenous organization.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your organization's name, contact details, and address.
- A project or activity description.
- Financial information and budget.
Confirm current eligibility and intake dates on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your organization's details once. Save the name, contact details, and address in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the repeating fields. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Add the project and financial details yourself.
- Review and submit within the intake window.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Grant applications repeat the same organization details across multiple programs and years. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each one starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the application ask for?
- Your organization's name, contact details, a description of the project or economic activity, and financial information. my-id.ca can store your organization's details for autofill.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It keeps your organization's contact details ready so the repeating fields fill quickly; the project description and financials are yours to provide.
- Does my-id.ca submit the application?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your information; you submit to the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs yourself. Confirm current eligibility and intake windows on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.