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.

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

Support for the purchase of electric off-road vehicles (VHRE)
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 49,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

CRIBIQ — INNOV-R
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Game Changer Pitch Competition
Decentralised Energy Canada (DEC)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

Transportez vert — Direct current fast charging station
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Policy to support structuring projects
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Laval Économique — Tax credit – Urban Expansion
Laval Economique- Maximum amount : 1,600,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 2 - Support for local and regional development skills
Ville de La Tuque- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Les Appalaches — FRR Part 4
MRC des Appalaches- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Public administration

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Sustainable Forest Management Program
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

SODEC — Support for cultural events
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PME MTL — Je relève le défi vert
PME MTL- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

La Ruche — FMC+
La Ruche- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — FRR Stream 2
MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Social economy enterprises — Support for structuring projects
Quebec City- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

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

MRC Bellechasse — Social Economy Enterprise Development Fund (FDEÉS)
MRC de Bellechasse- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Sustainable Growth Investment — Growth Support
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Matane — Green Fund Program
City of Matane- 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

Transportez vert — Coaching for energy management
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Financial assistance to promote food security in northern communities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 275,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 4
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 3.3
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Génome Québec- From $50,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Big Multiple Unit Buildings
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- No Condition
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

CQRDA — INNOV-R
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

MRC Les Appalaches — Water quality improvement fund
MRC des Appalaches- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 3 - Networking with regional innovation organisations
MT Lab- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

PROMPT — GHG reduction – Academic component
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

CQRDA — PSO-International
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Call for artists - creating artworks with residents of Villeray
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream C
Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (MRNF)- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Signature Innovation Fund
MRC Charlevoix-Est- 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)

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 3: Signature innovation - renewable energies
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for projects
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Maximum amount : 80,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Sept-Rivières — Support for entrepreneurship (SE)
MRC de Sept-Rivières- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

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

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 2: Support for structuring projects to improve living environments
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 4
MRC de Mékinac- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

City of Lévis — Desjardins Business Fund (FDE)
Ville de Lévis- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Portneuf — Young Leaders Fund of the Portneuf Region
MRC Portneuf- Maximum amount : 500 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — Support for structuring projects (PSPS)
MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Brome-Missisquoi — The Brome-Missisquoi Pact 2025
MRC Brome-Missisquoi- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action — Component 2 - Support for the implementation of projects arising from a participative and concerted approach within the destination to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- No Condition
- All industries

Sustainable Growth Investment — Agri-Environmental Enhancement of Cultivated Land
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Subsidy for companies to install electric charging stations
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Fonds de développement des communautés (FDC)
MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 2 - Support for local and regional development skills
Gouvernement du Québec- No Condition
- All industries
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MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — FRR – Stream 2
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

MRC Nicolet-Yamaska — Signature project (FRR part 3)
MRC Nicolet-Yamaska- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3
MRC Deux-Montagnes- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Support Program for Isolated Communities
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 950,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Green Alleyway Support Program
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC L'Islet — Support Fund for Structural Projects (FSPS)
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - Structuring Projects Support Policy
MRC La Matapédia- From $5,001 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 1: Regional outreach fund / Territorial projects
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Utilities
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Rio Tinto Aluminium Valley Fund
Société de la Vallée de l’Aluminium (SVA)- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Agricultural property tax credit program
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Developing a green alley or public space in CDN-NDG
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Laval Économique — Innogec Laval Fund
Laval Economique- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the preservation of community buildings
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 2 : Financial assistance for regional public transit
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial assistance to develop the production, processing and marketing of Nordic biofood products
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Community Interaction Program — Study/action projects
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Laval Économique — Tax credit – Urban modernization
Laval Economique- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Sustainable Growth Investment — Young Entrepreneurs
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- Maximum amount : 45,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Local Road Assistance Program
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- No Condition
- Public administration

PRIMA — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
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Biofood Innovation Program Component 4 – Financial support for innovation partnership initiatives
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $50,000 to $901,700
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 4 : Other financial assistance
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Community Interaction Program — Study projects
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Tax credit for conversion of a ship
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing

Canada-Québec initiative to help mitigate the impact of excess rainfall in Québec in 2023 on certain regions and agricultural productions
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- From $75 to $350,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Advisory Services Program — Component 2 – Support for the dissemination of information and business co-development activities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Tax credit for ethanol production in Quebec
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Consolidating the entrepreneurial life cycle in the ecological transition
City of Montreal (MTL)- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

EPRTNT — Structuring the tourism offer
Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est- From $30,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Social economy support program (PSES) – Stream 2
Social Economy Cluster — Central Quebec- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Community Interaction Program — Restoration and/or protection of biodiversity
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional Initiatives Fund (FAIR)
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

QEPD — Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund - CED (QC)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

PSO – Organic food
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Off-Road Vehicle Financial Assistance Program - Wildlife and Habitat Protection Stream
Quebec Wildlife Foundation- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream B
Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (MRNF)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Show production tax credit
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 1,250,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

La Ruche — ImpACTE Fund
La Ruche- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

innovÉÉ — ÉFÉC
innovÉÉ- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

CRIBIQ — PSO-Bioproducts and bioprocesses
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tax credit for biodiesel production in Quebec
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Mineral Exploration Support Program For Critical And Strategic Minerals
Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (MRNF)- From $40,000 to $400,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Air Curtain
Enbridge Gas Quebec- From $400 to $10,500
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Taking action for wildlife
Quebec Wildlife Foundation- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tourisme Baie-James — EPRTNT – Attractions, activities and facilities
Tourisme Baie-James- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services