Canadian Digital Adoption Program (CDAP)

for Fitness Businesses

Are you a Canadian fitness business that:

Needs to improve your digital marketing to attract new members?

Want funding to help develop and implement a new strategy?

Have other expenses or loans that need to be prioritized at the expense of innovation?

Canadian fitness businesses can take advantage of CDAP to get a digital adoption plan, 0% interest loan and wage subsidy to help evolve and grow your business. Corneil Consulting works with our partners to help fitness, health and sports based businesses with their program applications, ensuring a quick turn around time, successful access, and a digital plan formulated by a domain expert, at little cost to you.

Get a digital strategy plan from a fitness technology expert and the funds to execute it.

What is CDAP?

The Canadian Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) is delivered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada that provides small businesses access to funding to get online and use technology to improve their business. The program includes:

  • A $15,000 grant to cover up to 90% of the cost to develop a comprehensive, personalized Digital Adoption Plan prepared by a trained digital specialist to address the needs of your business

  • Access to $50,000 or $100,000 loan at 0% interest from BDC (dependent on revenues)

  • Access to a $7,300 wage subsidy to hire a skilled youth to implement an aspect of your choice from the plan

Who is Eligible?

Any type of business is eligible for the program as long as they:

  • Have done over $500,000 in revenue in any of the past 3 years

  • Are majority Canadian owned corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship

  • Have at least 1 employee on payroll

Why Work With Us?

Corneil Consulting is an expert at digital strategy for fitness businesses: 

  • Direct experience (20+ years) working in the fitness industry and over 10 years of implementing software for dozens of gyms and hundreds of personal trainers.

  • Strategic partners in the fitness space (suppliers, software and service providers) to connect our clients with

  • Experience with and knowledge of fitness software and equipment

  • Program partners who ensure a fast and efficient process that gives you the best chance to receive all of the funding from the program, at no direct cost to you

  • Follow on consulting support and educational content for gym owners

What We Do for Gyms?

We have developed a specific process for gyms that includes:

  • A comprehensive intake that takes a deep dive into the gym operations (lead generation and nurture, member experience, fitness operations)

  • Thorough analysis which generates a proprietary ‘digital maturity score’ for gyms based on industry standards and an ideal modern facility

  • Highly detailed digital initiatives and implementation plans tailored directly to the needs of gyms

What About Gym Chains?

We also work with franchises, gym chains and owners with multiple businesses: 

  • Established an intake and plan writing process to produce comprehensive and individualized plans for each location

  • Worked with CDAP (ISED) to develop documentation to help ensure faster approvals

  • Create economies of scale with similar operations, which allows us to add extra value in other ways (on site visits, third party vendors, more in depth research)

If you’re going to get a digital adoption plan, you might as well get one from an expert in your industry.

Want to get started with your application? Need more information to see if you qualify? Book a discovery call with us to start the process:

How to Get Started

Help your business today with funding and a digital plan at no cost to you.