Business Expansion Grants for 2026
Boost your business expansion with targeted grants available in 2026.
773 opportunities available
Other SupportGrant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC La Matanie — Local Investment Funds
Business financing for growth and succession
Tax CreditsOpen
Quebec book publishing tax credit
Tax credit for publishing Quebec books and international sales
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Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
Rouyn-Noranda — FLI-FLS – Entrepreneurial Succession
Financing for business succession projects
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
Eligible Industries
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services
Types of eligible projects
CommercializationEnvironment and ClimateConstruction and Renovation Business BuyoutDigital Transformation
Grant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC La Matanie — FLI Succession Stream
Grant program offers financial support for business development activities
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC La Jacques-Cartier — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
Financing for business growth and succession
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC Les Basques — Business Assistance Fund / FDE
Business support for startups and growth
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — FLI/FLS
Economic support for sustainable business development in MRC
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
Eligible Industries
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
Types of eligible projects
CommercializationEnvironment and ClimateBusiness BuyoutDigital Transformation
Grant and FundingOpen
SODEXPORT – Component 2.2 : Support for touring music and variety shows abroad
Financial support for Quebec music and variety show tours abroad
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
Business financing for growth and succession
Grant and FundingOpen
Canada Music Fund - Individual Initiatives
Supports development and promotion of Canadian music artists
Other SupportExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Sept-Rivières — Local funds (FLI/FLS)
Financing for business development projects
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Coaticook — Local Fund FLI/FLS
Supports economic development for enterprises in Coaticook region
Grant and FundingOpenClosing Soon
SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 1
Supports Quebec companies in the arts and crafts sector to improve production and marketing.
Grant and FundingClosed
SODEXPORT — Component 1: Strategic development of companies abroad
Supports Quebec cultural companies' international business and market development
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Genomics Innovation to Commercialization Program
Supports commercialization of genomics research through industry collaboration
Expert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Lotbinière — FLI (Local Investment Fund)
Business financing for growth and succession
Grant and FundingClosed
MRC Les Etchemins — Call for projects: Signature innovation
Enhancing Les Etchemins' natural heritage through tourism development
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC Joliette — Assistance fund for the establishment and start-up of structuring companies (FAIDES)
Support for business establishment and launch
Grant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC L'Érable — Local Solidarity Fund (LSF)
Financial support for business growth and start-up
Expert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Lotbinière — FLS (Local Solidarity Fund)
Financing for business growth and succession
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC Bécancour — Business Support Fund (BSF)
Business Support Fund for investment project preparation assistance
Grant and FundingOpen
Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 3
Supports tourism festivals and event growth
Grant and FundingClosed
Ontario Agri-food Research Initiative (OAFRIP)
Funding for Ontario agri-food innovation projects
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Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Caniapiscau — Joint FLI/FLS investment
Funding for Quebec businesses and economic initiatives
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Business Support Fund – Stream 1
Funding for early-stage for-profit startups
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Expert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
Rouyn-Noranda — Local Investment (FLI) and Solidarity (FLS) Funds
Financing for business growth and succession
Grant and FundingOpenClosing Soon
SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 3
Funding for Quebec craft product promotion
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceOpen
MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Business Support Fund – Stream 3
Business support funding for accompaniment projects
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Haute-Yamaska — Haute-Yamaska Agricultural Microcredit Fund
Interest-free agricultural microloans for local businesses
Grant and FundingOpen
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program (AEP) — Access to Capital
Financial support for Indigenous entrepreneurs
Grant and FundingClosed
Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
Support for northern tourism projects
Grant and FundingOpen
Nunavut Filmmakers Funding — Market Endowment Program
Grants to bring Nunavut films to international markets
Grant and FundingClosed
Quebec Fisheries Fund — Infrastructure
Funding for Quebec fish and seafood innovation
Grant and FundingOpen
Funding program for cybersecurity innovation projects in Quebec – Certification stream
Quebec cybersecurity certification funding for IT projects
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
PME MTL — Innovation Investment Fund
Loans for projects by Montreal-based businesses
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Joliette — Business Assistance Fund (FAE) – Stream 3
Non-repayable support for innovation and growth
Grant and FundingClosed
SODEC — Support for cultural events
Support for showcasing and promoting Quebec cultural events
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Bécancour — Local investment fund (FLI) - “new business” component
Financing for new manufacturing businesses
Other SupportExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Minganie — Local Investment and Solidarity Funds (FLI-FLS)
Local financing for SME start-up and expansion
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 2
Support for Quebec quantum technology innovation
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Matawinie — Local investment fund
Financing for business growth and succession
Loans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS
Financing for business growth and succession
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceOpen
MRC La Matanie — Business Support Program (PAE)
Non-repayable support for business growth
Other SupportGrant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC du Rocher-Percé — Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
Business funding for local growth projects
Grant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Beauce-Sartigan — New Tourist Attractions Fund (FNAT)
Funding for new tourist attractions
Loans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC La Matapédia — FLI-FLS
Financing for business growth and succession
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Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
Funding for circular economy feasibility studies
Other SupportGrant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Caniapiscau — FDE
Funding for business development and job creation
Grant and FundingClosed
PacifiCan — Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Business Scale-Up and Productivity
Financing to accelerate growth in British Columbia
Loans and Capital investmentsClosed
Ville de La Tuque — Local investment fund
Local financing for business growth
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — Social Economy and Sustainable Development Business Development Fund
Funding for social economy and collective enterprise projects
Other SupportGrant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsWage Subsidies And InternsClosed
MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - 2024 Business Support Policy
Business funding for local growth projects
Loans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC Les Basques — Local Investment Fund (FLI) / Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
Term financing for business growth
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC des Chenaux — Economic Diversification Fund (FDÉ)
Funding for innovative business diversification projects
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingExpert AdviceClosed
Protein Industries Canada — Artificial Intelligence
AI co-investment for plant-based agrifood innovation
Grant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
ID Gatineau — FDEES
Support for social economy projects in Gatineau
Grant and FundingOpen
SODEXPORT — Component 5: Strategic initiatives
Supports major cultural export projects with international development potential
Grant and FundingClosed
Mitis MRC — Regional and Rural Fund (RRF) - Component 1
Supports regional development in agriculture, tourism, and transportation
Other SupportGrant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsWage Subsidies And InternsOpen
MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Regional Support Fund for Social Programs (FRSPS)
Funding for regional social programs
Expert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpenClosing Soon
Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
Financing for business growth and succession
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceOpen
PME MTL — Call for projects: very open to unusual businesses
Funding and support for innovative retail projects in Villeray
Loans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC Témiscouata — Local Investment Fund (FLI) / Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
Local business financing support
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC Coaticook — Vitality Entrepreneurship Fund
Funding for business growth in Coaticook
Loans and Capital investmentsClosed
La Vallée-du-Richelieu Agricultural Microcredit Fund
Interest-free loans for agricultural business development in Vallée-du-Richelieu
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpening Soon
RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Fonds de soutien à l'entrepreneuriat
Financial support for business development in Vallée-du-Richelieu
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Bellechasse — Local Investment Fund & Local Solidarity Fund (FLI and FLS)
Repayable financing for business growth
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Bellechasse — Bellechasse Agri-Food Investment Fund (FIAB)
Financing for Bellechasse agri-food businesses
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Project Seed Funding in Grid Innovation
Supports Alberta SMEs advancing innovations in energy grid modernization
Grant and FundingClosed
MTRIC — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
Funding for Quebec metal transformation R&D collaborations in AI
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Grant and FundingOpen
PrairiesCan — Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Business Scale-Up and Productivity
Financing to accelerate growth in the Prairies
Grant and FundingClosed
Genome British Columbia — GeneSolve Program
Supports genomics research to solve sector challenges in British Columbia
Expert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Local Investment Funds
Repayable financing for local business growth
Grant and FundingExpert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC La Matanie — Grant and Sponsorship Program
Financial support for business growth in La Matanie
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC L'Islet — SME Propulsion Measurement
Support for SME growth in MRC de L'Islet
Expert AdviceLoans and Capital investmentsClosed
MRC des Chenaux — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
Business financing for growth and succession
Grant and FundingOpen
SODEXPORT — Component 3: Collective presence at markets and fairs, and other export activities
Supports collective participation of Quebec cultural businesses at international events
Grant and FundingOpen
Strategic Science Fund (SSF)
Mobilizes research to enhance Canada's scientific excellence
Grant and FundingClosed
MRC Portneuf — Capitale-Nationale Region Fund (FRCN)
Portneuf's investment fund supports regional economic development
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay — Local FLI/FLS funds
Investment funds supporting economic impact businesses in Quebec
Grant and FundingClosed
MRC Témiscouata — Signature Innovation Fund - Component 3 - Rurality and Region Fund
Support for innovative acériculture projects
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Vallée-de-la-Gatineau — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
Financing for business growth and succession
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Haute-Yamaska — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
Financial support for local business sustainability and growth
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpen
Canadian Semiconductor R&D Partnering Delegation to France
Supports Canadian SMEs partnering in France for semiconductor R&D
Grant and FundingOpen
innovÉÉ — Primo-adoptants
Supports collaboration between startups and early technology adopters
Grant and FundingOpen
PME MTL — Business Diversity Support Program for the Southwest
Support for establishing new businesses in Montreal’s Southwest sector
Grant and FundingClosed
Assistance program for venues
SODEC aids Quebec venues for diverse music scene vitality
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingOpen
Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) — Alberta
Funding for genomics commercialization partnerships
Grant and FundingLoans and Capital investmentsOpen
Tourism Relief Fund (TRF)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8)
Tourism Relief Fund offers financial support for tourism growth
Grant and FundingOpen
MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Signature Innovation Project (PSI)
Supports innovative regional development and waterfront public spaces
Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
Support for business development and job creation in Beauharnois-Salaberry
Grant and FundingOpen
Rio Tinto Aluminium Valley Fund
Support for aluminum project development in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
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Loans and Capital investmentsOpen
Rouyn-Noranda — FLI Succession
Financing for business succession in Rouyn-Noranda
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