- country
- Canada
- incentives
- Ontario's Special Economic Zones Act came into effect January 1, 2026, allowing the province to designate zones in which certain projects can be exempted from specified provincial regulatory and environmental-assessment requirements to fast-track development (initially aimed at mining, critical minerals, EV and advanced-manufacturing/infrastructure projects rather than tech startups specifically). Coordinated with the federal 'one project, one review' impact-assessment streamlining. Facing a constitutional/legal challenge. Not a startup/tech-specific incentive regime; included for completeness as Canada's most prominent named 'special economic zone' instrument in 2026.
- zone type
- sez