Green Manufacturing and Decarbonization Grants in Canada
Canada’s manufacturing sector is transforming toward a low-carbon future, and billions in grants and incentives are available to support that shift. Through federal and provincial programs, businesses can fund clean technologies, energy efficiency upgrades, electrification, and carbon capture projects. These programs reduce capital costs, improve competitiveness, and help companies meet climate goals. This guide outlines the main green manufacturing and decarbonization grants in Canada, including funding opportunities for cleaner industry, advanced equipment, and low-carbon innovations that drive sustainable growth.

Clean Technology Manufacturing (CTM) Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

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

Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program (GIFMP) — Industrial Facility Track
- Minimum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ÉcoPerformance — Recommissioning of building mechanical systems
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

- Maximum amount : 175,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

XLerate Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

GHG Challenge Program - Industry
- Maximum amount : 50,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Écoemballage+ Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

AgriScience Program – Projects
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program — Energy Efficiency Solutions Track
- Maximum amount : 20 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Bioénergies — Analysis
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

ÉcoPerformance — Standard Analysis Stream
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Bioénergies — Implementation
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Educational services

Call for collaborative and structuring innovation projects in Quebec's strategic sectors
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

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

Forest Innovation Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Artificial Intelligence for Canadian Energy Innovation
- From $500,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

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

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Feasibility study
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Accommodation and food services

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
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ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Competitiveness and Environment Program - Component 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Capitale-Innovation
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — For profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program Component 3 — Food quality and safety management
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

CQRDA — INNOV-R SME
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Subcomponent 4.2 - Regional, sectoral and environmental challenges facing slaughterhouses and cheese dairies
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Écoemballage+ Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

On-road Transportation Decarbonization — Demonstration Projects
- From $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Entrepreneurial grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Quebec City — Major projects
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Aid measure for the decarbonization of Quebec's industrial sector (MADI)
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Subcomponent 4.1 - Competitiveness of slaughterhouses and cheese dairies
- From $7,500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

FedDev — Funding for southern Ontario
- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative — Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Clean Fuels
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

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

Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS)
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Clean Tech Internships
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

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

FTQ — Bioenergy
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Harnessing Agriculture for Research, Value-add Environmental Solutions, and Technology (HARVEST)
- From $525,000 to $750,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative — Light-Duty Vehicle — For-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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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

Eco-design incentive bonus
- From $5,000 to $60,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Alberta Carbon Capture Incentive Program (ACCIP)
- Up to 12% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

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

EcoAction - Freshwater Sustainability and Innovation across Canada Stream
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Grant for a circular economy assessment
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

Advanced Manufacturing program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Duo grand V
- From $250,000 to $250,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) — Southern Ontario
- From $125,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

FAQDD — Reducing air and noise pollution – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation 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

Net Zero Accelerator Initiative
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Aero Montreal — Eco-Responsibility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

The Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Future Fuels Challenge
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

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

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

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

Food Safety and Growth Initiative
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

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

Textile circularity support program
- From $10,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

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

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

OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

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

Powering the future: Solid-state hydrogen storage for military platforms
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- 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

- From $20,000 to $2,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FedDev Ontario — Funding for organizations that help businesses grow
- From $125,000 to $10,000,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

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

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

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

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

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

Retrofit Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance