Non-U.S. exports from Canada rose +16.8% in 2025 Federal target: double non-U.S. exports within a decade CanExport SMEs covers up to 50% of eligible market-entry costs Only 6% more Canadian firms entered non-U.S. markets last year — the field is open Non-U.S. exports from Canada rose +16.8% in 2025 Federal target: double non-U.S. exports within a decade CanExport SMEs covers up to 50% of eligible market-entry costs Only 6% more Canadian firms entered non-U.S. markets last year — the field is open

Tariffs closed a door.
We book the meetings that open the next one.

We put Canadian firms in front of vetted overseas buyers — booked calls on your calendar — and scope the work so eligible parts qualify for CanExport cost-sharing up to 50%.

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+16.8%
Growth in Canada's non-U.S. exports in 2025 — the pivot is already underway.
6%
Increase in the number of Canadian firms selling outside the U.S. Most of your competitors haven't moved yet.
50%
Share of eligible international business-development costs CanExport SMEs can reimburse — up to $50,000 per project.
Sources: Canadian Chamber of Commerce trade diversification report (2026) · Trade Commissioner Service, CanExport SMEs Applicant's Guide 2026–27.
The Funding Angle

Ottawa can fund half the market-entry work.

  • Research & matchmaking is eligible. "Market research," "key contacts," and "B2B facilitation" are named expense categories in the official guide.
  • Sales execution isn't. The program excludes consultants acting as your sales arm — so we invoice eligible deliverables separately from ongoing outreach.
  • Non-U.S. is prioritized. For 2026–27, ~90% of the funding envelope is reserved for markets outside the U.S.
  • Scoped for your application. You get a project scope in the program's own categories. Final eligibility rests with program officers.

CanExport SMEs · 2026–27 at a glance

Funding per project$10,000 – $50,000
Cost shareUp to 50%
Program envelope≈ $31M
Eligible revenue$100K – $100M
Company size1 – 500 employees
Decision time~60 business days

Figures from the official Trade Commissioner Service Applicant's Guide 2026–27. Funding is competitive; eligibility does not guarantee approval. We are an independent firm, not affiliated with the Government of Canada.

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How It Works

From "we should look at Europe" to buyers on your calendar.

STEP 01

Map the market

One target market. A vetted list of buyers from trade registries and directories — not recycled databases.

STEP 02

Open the door

Researched, one-to-one outreach in your name. No blasts — every message references their business.

STEP 03

Vet before you meet

Every party screened for legitimacy, scale, fit, and territory before it touches your calendar.

STEP 04

Booked & briefed

Qualified meetings land with a one-page brief: who they are, why they took the call. You sell.

Ready to see your target list? It starts with a 15-minute intro call.

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Why Firms Trust the Process

No client logos yet — we're selecting our first three. Here's what we stand behind instead.

Real sources

Primary sources, not databases

Built from trade registries, exhibitor lists, and directories — verified by hand. You see where every name came from.

You approve first

No retainer until you've seen the list

You sign off on the target list before outreach begins — and before any retainer is due. If it's not right, you don't pay to find out.

Scoped to the guide

Written in CanExport's own categories

Deliverables scoped to the official Applicant's Guide 2026–27, so your application maps cleanly to what you paid for.

The guarantee: You approve the target list before outreach starts — and there's no retainer until you have. You're never paying for a pipeline you haven't seen.
Who It's For

Built for established firms — not startups.

A strong fit if you are…

  • A Canadian firm or producer, roughly 10–200 employees
  • Selling mostly to the U.S. today — and feeling the tariff exposure
  • Making a product with export potential: machinery, fabricated metal, components, building products, food tech, equipment
  • Able to serve overseas orders if the demand showed up
  • Run by an owner who wants meetings, not marketing theory

Probably not a fit if…

  • You sell only services that can't cross a border
  • You're pre-revenue or can't fulfil international orders yet
  • You want leads "sometime next year" — our model rewards firms ready to talk to buyers this quarter
  • You're looking for the cheapest possible list of names — that's not what this is

Think you're a fit? Let's find out on a 15-minute call.

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Who You're Working With

Institutional sales discipline, applied to your export push.

I'm Uran Onuk — I open doors to hard-to-reach companies for a living. Across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, I turn cold names into booked calls with decision-makers. the semt points that same discipline at one goal: getting Canadian firms in front of buyers beyond the U.S.

U of T
Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
30 meetings
Qualified & booked in 3 months as Senior Sales Executive
New market
Opened a new export market for okapihome.com — sourced the buyer and shipped its first order, into Hungary
U.S. franchise
Built out and rebuilt the sales pipeline as VP of Sales

Based in Toronto / Montréal · Working in English & Turkish · Researched one-to-one outreach, no recycled lists.

Uran Onuk, founder of the semt
Founding Clients

Three founding clients for 2026.

Reduced pricing

Locked in for 12 months.

One case study

In exchange, once we've delivered.

15-minute call

Not a fit? I'll tell you on it.

Pick a time that works — it's a 15-minute call.