Question 1

What is SCAP-CII (Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership – Capital Infrastructure & Investments) and who is it for?

Accepted Answer

Non-repayable, cost-shared capital funding for Manitoba agri-processing modernization and capacity building — equipment, software, professional services, materials, subcontracted services. The 2026 intake is for Large Capital Equipment: total eligible expenses must be at least $1,000,000, the cost share is tiered (25 per cent government on the first $200,000 of eligible expenses, 10 per cent above it), and the government contribution for a project will not exceed $2.5 million. Projects start April 1, 2026 or later and must be complete, with all reporting and claims submitted, by December 31, 2027. Federally/provincially cost-shared under Sustainable CAP. Typical applicant: Manitoba agri-food or agri-product processor making a large capital equipment investment of at least $1,000,000 in total eligible expenses

Question 2

Who qualifies for SCAP-CII?

Accepted Answer

⚠️ HARD GATE: minimum project value of $1,000,000 in total eligible expenses — assessed BOTH at application (expected costs) and at final claim (actual paid expenses), and a project below it at either point will not be considered Eligible applicants: agri-food processors; agri-product processors; primary producers who are or will be engaged in transforming agricultural commodities into value-added goods; Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) governments, communities, Tribal Councils, associations and organizations Cost share is tiered, not flat: 25 per cent government / 75 per cent applicant on the first $200,000 of eligible expenses; 10 per cent government / 90 per cent applicant above $200,000 Maximum government contribution for a project will not exceed $2.5 million Eligible expenses: equipment, software, professional services, materials and supplies, subcontracted services, and overhead up to ten per cent of total approved expenses Projects shall start April 1, 2026 or later, and must be completed with all reporting and claim documents submitted by December 31, 2027 Applicants may only submit a single application for this intake Entry is by department conversation first: applicants contact the department, and the full proposal is by invitation once a project is deemed a fit

Question 3

Is SCAP-CII currently open for applications?

Accepted Answer

RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-15 and REVERSED. The entry had carried the page's own "intake for this program is now closed" sentence since 2026-07-10, and it is wrong now: the page has been replaced with a 2026 Intake for Large Capital Equipment and the guidelines have been revised for it. Advising a client this one had no reopening date would have been the costliest direction of error, and the automated drift check could not see it — a status sentence is neither a number nor a comparator, so the entry stayed green while its central claim inverted. The 2026 structure is materially different from the one this entry used to describe: the old "$50,000 to $2.5M depending on project size and stream" range is not on the page at all and has been REMOVED rather than reworded; what the page states instead is a minimum PROJECT value and a maximum CONTRIBUTION, which is the opposite shape. Intake is first-come — "Applications will be assessed as they are received, or until available funding has been allocated" — so the December 31, 2026 date is a ceiling, not an assurance. The minimum-project-value gate is NOT wired into hardGates: it is a fact about the PROJECT budget and HardGateFacts has no project-budget field (CLAUDE.md §8 names this as the case to wire once one exists), so it leads eligibilitySummary instead, where a reader cannot miss it. Intake deadline 2026-12-31 — submit before this date.