Quebec Grants for Non-Profit Organizations: Comprehensive Overview and Opportunities
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Quebec play a vital role in supporting social, cultural, and community development. Access to grants and funding opportunities is essential for these organizations to carry out impactful projects that benefit local communities, address social issues, and promote economic growth. Quebec offers various grant programs specifically designed for non-profit organizations, providing crucial financial support for development, innovation, and community services. This article provides an overview of Quebec’s grant programs for non-profits, highlights the funding options available across Canada, and introduces key resources like Grantwatch for accessing international grant opportunities.

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Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ)- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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

NovaScience Program - Support for projects in scientific culture and innovation
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Workforce Training Measure (MFOR)
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Export and cultural visibility support program
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 160,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Quebec Initiative for Construction 4.0 — Stream 1
Groupe BIM du Québec (GBQ)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction

Ecocamionnage Program — Logistics Project Component
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Up to 15% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Community Organization Support Program (PSOC)
Department of Health and Human Services- Up to 100% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Employee Wage Subsidy
Gouvernement du Québec- No Condition
- All industries

Technology and Business Demonstration
Hydro-Québec- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NovaScience Program — Support for the position of innovation and commercialization manager
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Program Supporting the Development of Tourist Attractions — Stream 2
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $100,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Employment Integration Program for Immigrants and Visible Minorities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Program Supporting the Development of Tourist Attractions — Stream 1
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $150,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Financial Compensation Program for the Restaurant Sector
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Accommodation and food services

Program for efficiency in maritime, air, and rail transport - Infrastructure and equipment component
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Maritime, Air, and Rail Transportation Efficiency Program - Pilot Project Component
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Employment Consultation — Human Resources Management Support
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 4,800 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

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

Fonds Écoleader — Specific implementation support
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- Maximum amount : 80,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Additional support for the circulation of shows
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 275,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Economic development program to help revitalize territories (DEPART)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

Bioénergies — Analysis
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 1
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity — CED (QC) – Private sector
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries
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Maritime, Air, and Rail Transportation Efficiency Program - Studies Component
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

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Association for the Development of Research and Innovation of Quebec (ADRIQ)- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Call for projects to combat homophobia and transphobia
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Quebec Initiative for Construction 4.0 — Stream 2
Groupe BIM du Québec (GBQ)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction

CED — Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

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

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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

Support program for positioning Quebec alcohol in the SAQ network
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 1,950,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

NovaScience Program — Support for employment in research and innovation
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

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

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

Biofood Innovation Program Component 2 – Applied research, experimental development and technological adaptation
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $25,000 to $254,000
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

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

Addressing Racism and Discrimination in Canada’s Health Systems Program
Health Canada- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Commerce-Montreal
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

Healthy Eating Program Component 3 – Support for activities and structural projects
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $40,000 to $300,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Implementation of efficiency measures
Energir- From $1,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Charge+
Propulsion Quebec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

International Climate Cooperation Program (ICCP)
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

SODEC — Support for promotion and distribution – Component 1b
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

FAQDD — Action-Climat Quebec
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

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

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative Proximity — Component 1
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $7,000 to $50,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management (AAROM) Program
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Canada Cultural Investment Fund - Endowment Incentives
Canadian Heritage- From $5,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 1
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – Stream 1
Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Financial Assistance Program for the Promotion of French – stream 2
Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF)- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Regional defence investment initiative (RDII) – Quebec
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Acting to support growth
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 270,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial support for the integration of foreign-trained employees
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Greater Montreal Climate Fund — 2025-2026 Call for projects
Greater Montreal Climate Fund- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 2
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CQRDA — INNOV-R SME
Centre québécois de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA)- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

REGI — Business Scale-up and Productivity — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Social Economy Support Fund
Social Economy Mauricie- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SEAO electronic tendering system
Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Québec (SCT)- No Condition
- All industries

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

PADAAR — Measure 4051 – Innovation and testing
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 2 : Support for the development of strategic sectors and regions
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Anti-Racism Action Program
Canadian Heritage- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

DEL — Expertise Financing Grant
Développement économique de l'agglomération de Longueuil (DEL)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Component 1
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

PADAAR — Measure 4074 – Relief group
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MT Lab — Project Financing Program — Component 2
MT Lab- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Efficient Solutions Program — Small Business Component
Hydro-Québec- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Digital development of a company
Tourisme Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Ecocamionnage Program — Technology acquisition component
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing
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SODEC — Support for book and publishing companies – Component 1
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

Ecocamionnage Program — Acquisition of used heavy vehicles component
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing

Financial assistance for infrastructure projects supporting the mining sector (ENIAM)
Gouvernement du Québec- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

MT Lab — Project financing program — Component 1: Strategic support
MT Lab- From $5,000 to $12,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Ambition-Compétences — Training for resilience and competitiveness in employment
Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Age Well at Home (AWAH) - Scaling Up for Seniors Stream
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)- From $100,000 to $2,000,000
- Health care and social assistance

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

Ecocamionnage Program — Collaborative shared electric delivery project
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Arts Abroad — Co-Production
Canada Council for the Arts (CCA)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Awareness and promotion projects
Gouvernement du Québec- From $10,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Pilot or capital projects in the field
Gouvernement du Québec- From $100,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Le Fonds d’initiatives locales (FIL) Village
PME MTL- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Official Languages Support Programs
Canadian Heritage- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

EPRTNT Assistance Program
Tourisme Montréal- Minimum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Canada Book Fund Publishers Business Development — Business Planning
Canadian Heritage- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Extend the employment periods of your staff — Seasonal employment extension component
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Canada Book Fund Publishing Support
Canadian Heritage- Maximum amount : 850,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Financial assistance for businesses located in areas affected by major infrastructure projects
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- All industries

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Digital development of a company
Laurentides Tourism- From $10,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

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

Financial support program for government initiatives in community and volunteer action
Gouvernement du Québec- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Technology Maturation Program – PSOv2d
Axelys- Maximum amount : 475,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Support for commercial arteries — Component 1 - Support for urban revitalization projects
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

Celebration and Commemoration Program
Canadian Heritage- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Call for projects in social innovation
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 800,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance