Find the Best Grants for Construction Companies in Canada
Introduction to available grants for construction companies in Canada
Grants are a crucial financial lever for construction businesses in Quebec and Canada. They help support various projects, from innovation to energy efficiency and sustainable development. This guide presents the different grants available for construction businesses, their objectives, and their importance for eligible businesses.Objectives of Grants in Canada

Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
- Minimum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

AI-Powered Supply Chains Cluster (Scale AI)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Canada Public Transit Fund
- No Condition
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Quebec Initiative for Construction 4.0 — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction

NRC IRAP – Support for clean technology
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Expanded Energy Management Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Roulez Vert — Rebate for charging station at work
- Maximum amount : 49,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

LogisVert — Financial assistance for installers
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction

Quebec Initiative for Construction 4.0 — Stream 2
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction

Innovative Projects Program
- Maximum amount : 12,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Technoclimat
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Financial assistance for the hiring of a person to integrate a job on a long-term basis
- No Condition
- Construction
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Energir — Energy efficiency program - Efficient construction
- From $5,000 to $325,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Capital project: Community Energy Systems
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

FABconstruction – Stream 2 : Support for productivity enhancement
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

FABconstruction – Stream 1 : Business process analysis and action plan
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Financial support to assess your energy use Hydro Quebec
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Custom-made project
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Small Multiple-Unit Buildings
- No Condition
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Regional Defence Investment Initiative – Northern Ontario
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy (CAS) - Union Training and Innovation (UTIP))
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Call for innovation projects in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies – collaborative industrial research and support for entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

- Minimum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Accelerating to Zero Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing

INVEST North Program — Investment — Grow Stream
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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EDC — Structured and Project Finance
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Energy Innovation Program — Off-Site Construction Challenge
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Capital Retrofits
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 1 - Support for regional outreach
- From $100,000 to $3,000,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Circular Economy Fund
- From $250,000 to $2,000,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

LogisVert Program — Financial assistance for builders
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Construction

Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure (ZEVIP) — owners and operators
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure (ZEVIP) — Indigenous organizations
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)

Construction Sector Digitalization and Productivity Challenge program – Call for proposals
- Maximum amount : 850,000 $
- Construction

Youth Initiative to Combat Climate Change - Entrepreneurship and Green Economy
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

APCHQ — Programme de formation Fiers et compétents
- No Condition
- Construction

APCHQ — Programme pour la formation des femmes en entreprise
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Construction

Trois-Rivières — Redevelopment of the first neighborhoods – Stream 2: Renovation of heritage buildings
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of certain industrial sectors
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Youth Initiative to Combat Climate Change - Education and Awareness
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Reducing air and noise pollution – Component 2
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Support, modernization, and alignment program with needs and markets for construction, renovation, demolition, and deconstruction waste
- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)
- From $1,000 to $2,000
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREP) – Indigenous-Led Clean Energy stream
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Wood Construction Innovation Program
- From $400,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG)
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Financial assistance program aimed at optimizing Quebec's network of eco-centers
- From $30,000 to $400,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

NRC — Material emissions testing facilities
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Enabling Accessibility Fund — Small projects
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Construction
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

Workplace first aid training
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
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Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Part 2 – Modal Integration
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Îles-de-la-madeleine — Vitalization frame - Component 2
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

MRC De la Côte-de-Gaspé - Investment support fund
- From $10,000 to $10,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Financial assistance for large-scale northern projects
- Minimum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

CoolSaver Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction

Mosaic Fund
- From $50,000 to $500,000
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Financial Assistance to Support Rental Housing
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Construction

Eco-Roof Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Charlevoix - Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

DuoEmploi – Internships for people with disabilities
- No Condition
- Construction
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

DEL — Business Acquisition Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Commercial CoolSaver Program
- Maximum amount : 1,450 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Youth Employment and Skills Strategy - Canada Summer Jobs Wage Subsidy
- No Condition
- Construction
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Remote First Nations Energy-Efficiency Program
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction

APCHQ — Apprenticeship job creation tax credit
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

ACQ — Proud and Competent training program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction

Novoclimat – Small multi-unit building
- Maximum amount : 3,400 $
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Training fund for employees in the construction industry
- No Condition
- Construction

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program — Part 3 — Studies
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

MRC Charlevoix — Special Projects Fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

CAE Rive-Nord — Financing for businesses
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré — Support Measure for Self-Employment
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W)
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW) — Positions in QC
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing
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MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré — Local Investment Fund (FLI) – Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Évolution-Compétences — Call for projects Parcours Exploration
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

APCHQ — Affordable Housing Innovation Fund
- No Condition
- Construction
- Finance and insurance
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative (RHII) in the Prairie Provinces
- From $200,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Matane — Green Fund Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Canada’s Next Sustainable Changemaker Challenge
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Big Multiple Unit Buildings
- No Condition
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Saguenay Promotion — FRR – Business Support
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

SDE Thetford — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

APCHQ — Crédit d'impôt pour stage en milieu de travail - Apprenti
- No Condition
- Construction

Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP)
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Montmagny — Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

Bioenergies Program
- From $10,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Feasibility study
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Occupational Health and Safety Prevention and Innovation Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Codes Acceleration Fund (CAF)
- No Condition
- Construction

- Maximum amount : 17,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

SSRIA – Business Growth Program
- No Condition
- Construction

Youth Climate Action Fund
- From $1,400 to $7,000
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NRC — Large Area Basin - Research Facility
- No Condition
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (PAEN)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

EHRC — Destination Trade
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA)
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Skills Development Fund (SDF) — Capital Stream — SEED Pathway
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance