Manufacturing Grants in Canada in 2026
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Manufacturing grant programs are designed to support businesses in the manufacturing sector in Canada, by providing them with grant funding to help them grow and innovate. The program aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in Canada and create new opportunities for businesses in this sector. The program is funded by the Government of Canada and is administered by the Canadian government. Manufacturing Grants Program is an important resource for Canadian manufacturing businesses, providing them with the support they need to remain competitive in the global.

MRC De D'Autray — Business Development Program
MRC de D'Autray- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Arthabaska — Young Promoters Fund (FJP)
MRC Arthabaska- Maximum amount : 8,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

MRC Maskinongé — Social Economy Fund (ES)
MRC de Maskinongé- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

PME MTL — Digital Circuit Program
PME MTL- Maximum amount : 9,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Other services (except public administration)

CQRDA — PSO-v2A
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- From $100,000 to $350,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 3
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- 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

MRC Témiscouata — Local Investment Fund (FLI) / Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Témiscouata- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Technology Leadership: Genomics stream
Protein Industries Canada- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

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

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Programme Innovation (PI)
RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Fonds de soutien à l'entrepreneuriat
RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries

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

Emissions Reduction Advancement Program (ERAP)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

MTRIC — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

APCHQ — Apprenticeship job creation tax credit
Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ)- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

PrairiesCan — Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Business Scale-Up and Productivity
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)- From $200,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Ventures at Coralus
Coralus- Up to 45% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Bécancour — Local investment fund (FLI) - “new business” component
MRC Bécancour- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Défi-Québec, Sustainable City
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Finance and insurance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — FLI/FLS
MRC Thérèse de Blainville- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Drummond — Local investment funds and local solidarity funds
MRC Drummond- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC L'Islet — SME Propulsion Measurement
MRC de L'Islet- From $3,000 to $25,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Évolution-Compétences — Call for projects Parcours Exploration
Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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MRC des Chenaux — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC des Chenaux- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Northern Ontario Development Program — Community Economic Development
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

MRC Roussillon — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de Roussillon- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Beauce-Centre — Local Investment Funds (FLI-FLS)
MRC Beauce-Centre- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC du Granit — FIL
MRC du Granit- No Condition
- Manufacturing

PME MTL — Innovation Investment Fund — Loans
PME MTL- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay — Development Optimisation Fund
MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay- From $2,000 to $3,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

MRC Caniapiscau — FDE
MRC de Caniapiscau- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Energy Innovation Program – Advancing Canada’s clean energy future
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

CFIN — Unpuzzling: Foodtech Ontario
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

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 Bécancour — Local Investment Fund (FLI) - “Business to be acquired” component
MRC Bécancour- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Coaticook — Local Fund FLI/FLS
MRC de Coaticook- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Joliette — Business Assistance Fund (FAE) – Stream 3
MRC de Joliette (CDÉJ)- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

MRC Portneuf — Capitale-Nationale Region Fund (FRCN)
MRC Portneuf- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Manufacturing and processing profits deduction and zero-emission technology manufacturing deduction
Government of Canada- Up to 13% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

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

MRC Haut-Richelieu — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC du Haut-Richelieu- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Manufacturing

MRC Beauce-Centre — Labor fund
MRC Beauce-Centre- From $3,500 to $5,000
- Manufacturing

MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay — Local FLI/FLS funds
MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Saguenay Promotion — FRR – Business Support
Promotion Saguenay- 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)
Thetford Region Economic Development Corporation- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative - Indigenous stream
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
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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

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

Support for food processing companies
Productique Québec- Maximum amount : 12,800 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Bécancour — Local Investment Fund (FLI) - “Developing business” component
MRC Bécancour- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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 de D’Autray — Business Development Program
MRC de D'Autray- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Haute-Yamaska — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de La Haute-Yamaska- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Canadian Semiconductor R&D Partnering Delegation to France
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Grants for women entrepreneurs
J. Armand Bombardier Foundation- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

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

MRC Arthabaska — Social Economy Business Development Fund (FDEÉS)
MRC Arthabaska- No Condition
- Manufacturing

MRC de Montcalm — New Entrepreneur Fund
MRC Montcalm- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Bécancour — Social Economy Fund (SEF)
MRC Bécancour- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- 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 La Nouvelle-Beauce — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce- From $10,000 to $250,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC L'Islet — Local investment fund (FLI / FLS)
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) — Alberta
Genome Alberta- From $100,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Beauce-Centre MRC — Optimization Assistance Program
MRC Beauce-Centre- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — FSTE
Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except 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

MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS
MRC Montcalm- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Protein Industries Canada — Artificial Intelligence
Protein Industries Canada- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Rouyn-Noranda — FLI Succession
City of Rouyn-Noranda- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
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Xecs – electronic components and systems Call 5 call for proposals
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

EHRC — Empowering Futures
Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC)- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Ontario Automotive Investment Strategy (OAIS)
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Next Generation of Jobs Fund
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Strategic Jobs Investment Fund (SJIF)
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (ON)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance

Rental Cost Assistance
Government of Prince Edward Island- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

OVIN — Regional Future Workforce Program
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

NRC — Automotive and Surface Transportation
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- 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

Micro-Loan Program
Government of Prince Edward Island- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)

NRC — Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

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

Technology Access Centres (TAC)
Tech-Access Canada (TAC)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Hardware Catalyst Initiative
ventureLAB- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

Energy Innovation Program — Battery Industry Acceleration
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

START Program
Government of Nova Scotia- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NUMERIA program
Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Tax credit for internal design in Québec
Revenu Québec- Minimum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 24% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

ACOA Jobs and Growth Fund — For Profit
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance

RDAR — Agriculture Funding Consortium (AFC)
Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR)- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Achievement Incentive and Group Sponsorship Grant
Government of Ontario- Maximum amount : 17,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade