Environnemental Grants in Quebec
Green Shift Grants and Incentives for Businesses
Undertaking clean technology projects often requires substantial capital, but government support is helping to bridge the gap. In 2026, federal and provincial governments are investing billions in clean growth as part of Canada’s climate strategy. For businesses, this means generous co-funding for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve energy efficiency. The financial incentives not only lower project costs but also shorten payback periods, making green investments more attractive on the balance sheet.
Clean tech funding is also a strategic advantage. Companies that tap into grants and credits can modernize operations – for example, upgrading to energy-efficient equipment or adopting renewable energy – without bearing the full cost. This boosts competitiveness by cutting long-term energy expenses and future carbon pricing liabilities. Moreover, aligning with Canada’s climate initiatives can enhance corporate reputation and meet increasing demands from customers and supply chains for sustainable practices. In short, leveraging these incentives allows businesses to achieve environmental goals faster and in a cost-effective way, turning climate action into an economic positive.

- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance for a standard project to implement GHG emission reduction measures
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity-Skills
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Water reduction program for paper mills
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Organic Waste Management Support Program for Industry, Commerce, and Institutions (PMOICI)
- From $75,000 to $500,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

innovÉÉ — FiabilitÉÉ
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities

Guidance grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Hosting
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Heat Green
- Maximum amount : 1,275 $
- All industries

innovÉÉ — INNOV-R — SME
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Project Funding for organizations
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Econologis Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Agricultural investment fund mitissien (FAIM)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Territorial Development Support Policy – Component 1: Support for regional outreach
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Apiculture Support Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

Laval Économique — Sustainable transition
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Community Support Program - Municipal Component
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

PROMPT — GHG Reduction – SME Component
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

ÉcoPerformance — Simplified Implementation
- From $100,000 to $250,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Program to support research and development of products made from reused and recycled end-of-life tires
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Studies and consulting services
- From $10,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 2 - Support for projects and the development of innovative businesses
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
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Rail Transport Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure - Part 1 - Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure
- Maximum amount : 4,500,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

ÉcoPerformance — Implementation of large industrial projects
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tax credit for shipbuilding
- Up to 38% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ambition-Compétences — Green Economy and Digital Transformation
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

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

MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est — Rural Region Fund - Signature Innovation
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PSO-Biofood II – 144th call for projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Défi-Québec, Commercial City
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

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 Haute-Yamaska — Haute-Yamaska Agricultural Microcredit Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Accommodation
- From $30,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Business Growth — Growth support vouchers
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Festivals and events
- From $15,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Attractions, activities and facilities
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Structuring the regional tourism offering
- From $20,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Coaticook — Vitality Entrepreneurship Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Papineau —Sustainable Development Fund (SDF)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

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

Prix innovation en alimentation
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Environmentally responsible production, dissemination, promotion and consolidation or resource-pooling
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Kamouraska — Project Emergence Program (PEP)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

- Maximum amount : 40,950 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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MRC L’Île-d’Orléans — Support for Structuring Projects
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Témiscouata — Program for Restoring Underutilized Agricultural Lands (TAD)
- Maximum amount : 12,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Sustainable industrial buildings subsidy
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Reimbursement – Public Market Booth Rental Fees
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Les Appalaches — FRR Part 2
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Laval — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 2
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC L'Islet — Child development assistance measure for the south of the territory
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Laval Économique — Collective Entrepreneurship Fund
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Business growth — Éco-Capitale
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MTRIC — INNOV-R SME
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac — Green Responsibility Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Sept-Rivières — Local funds (FLI/FLS)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism Growth Program (TGP) — Quebec
- From $60,000 to $250,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Laval Économique — Business Launch Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Pontiac — FRR Stream 2
- No Condition
- All industries

innovÉÉ — SI2TEC
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Rouyn-Noranda — Local Investment (FLI) and Solidarity (FLS) Funds
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Roulez vert — Home charging station
- From $600 to $600
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC Les Appalaches — Proximity services fund
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Social Economy Fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

FAQDD — Ecological Transition Accelerator
- From $50,000 to $250,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Matawinie — Tourism Innovation and Development Fund
- From $2,000 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action - Component 1 - Support for participatory and concerted destination planning to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
- No Condition
- All industries

MTRIC — INNOV-R
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
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MRC L'Islet — Youth Initiative Fund (YIF)
- From $2 to $5,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Témiscamingue — Fund YOUR SME
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Watercourses
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 1 - Call for proposals to support the development of innovative solutions
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Drummond — Business Succession Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 51% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Financial support for northern initiatives
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Les Etchemins — Call for projects: Signature innovation
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Accès jardins
- No Condition
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 2
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

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

MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Adopt a temporary green container and garden in the city!
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC d'Avignon — Local Investment Funds (FLI) and Local Solidarity Funds (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Portneuf — Sustainable Forest Management Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Infrastructure
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Signature Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

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

Support for the apple-growing sector to improve profitability and agri-environmental practices
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 6% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Mitis MRC — Regional and Rural Fund (RRF) - Component 1
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Support Program for Structuring Projects (PSPS)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Innovation
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

MRC Montmagny — Sustainable Forest Management Program (PADF)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

RCM de la Mitis — Fonds « Développement La Mitis »
- No Condition
- Public administration