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.

Support for commercial arteries — Component 2 – Support for economic development projects
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

Environmental Damages Fund
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Public administration

Renovation subsidy for retail businesses on Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Retail trade

Rénoclimat
- From $50 to $3,750
- All industries

- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Support for commercial arteries — Component 3 – Support for the operations and projects of a business association and commercial streets
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 3.1
- Maximum amount : 107,950 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 4 – Soutien à la vitalisation et à la coopération intermunicipale : Axe Vitalisation
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 1 – Support for the overall mission of community family organizations (CFOs)
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 3 – Support for Family Partners
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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)

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 3.2
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Social and Community Initiatives Support Program (SCISP) – Community Action and Volunteerism Component
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement in tourism
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 3,500 $
- Retail trade

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative for the development of greenhouses and large tunnels
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Trois-Rivières — Affordable Housing Development Support Program
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Trois-Rivières — Redevelopment of the first neighborhoods – Stream 2: Renovation of heritage buildings
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Trois-Rivières — Redevelopment of the first neighborhoods – Stream 3: Management and disposal of contaminated soil and dry materials
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

Petits établissements accessibles
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of certain serviced land and recycling of certain buildings
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 2 – Support for National and Regional Groups
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 3: Revitalization and development of local businesses
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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
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PRIMA — Call for Projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Health care and social assistance

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 4 – One-time Support for Innovative Projects
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Feasibility study – Adaptation in Action
- Maximum amount : 70,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Public administration

Support, modernization, and alignment program with needs and markets for construction, renovation, demolition, and deconstruction waste
- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Social and Community Initiatives Support Program (SCISP) – Participation and Inclusion Component
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Support program for Quebec sports federations
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial Support Program for Community Daycare Activities – Component 1: Financial Assistance for CDCA Activities
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Financial support program for community daycare activities – Component 2: Financial assistance for one-time projects
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

CED — Black Entrepreneurship Program
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Dedicated Fund for the English-Speaking Communities of Quebec – Community Life
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trellis Micro-grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

ClimaSol-Plus Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Community Opportunity Fund
- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 2 : Projets pour personnes ayant des besoins particuliers en habitation
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Studies and consulting services
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

Food Industry Personality of the Year 2026
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

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
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Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 1: Renovation of commercial storefronts
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Extend the employment periods of your staff — Partnership and workforce matching component
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

Workplace first aid training
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
Funding charitable organizations — Local Grants
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

MRC Les Moulins — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Funds FLI-FLS
- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

MRC des Chenaux — Chenaux Local Social Economy Fund (FLÉS)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

SODEXPORT — Component 1: Strategic development of companies abroad
- Maximum amount : 160,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Joliette — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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

Financial assistance for nonprofit tenants
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Alternate work arrangements and work hour reduction
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Taxi Industry Modernization Support Program (PSMITT)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- 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

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

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

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

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

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

Supporting community development corporations
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Financial assistance for hiring First Nations and Inuit members
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries
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Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 1 - Regional outreach support
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Incoming and fixed-price agencies
- From $10,000 to $60
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Témiscamingue — Business Succession Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Papineau — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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 Charlevoix-Est — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational 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

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for the Overall Mission
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

EPRTNT — Attractions, activities and facilities
- From $50,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Group Entrepreneurship Capital Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Finance and insurance
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - 2024 Business Support Policy
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recreational access for people with functional limitations
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

SODEC — Support for cultural events
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

MRC Caniapiscau — Signature innovation
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Regional Support Fund for Social Programs (FRSPS)
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Financial Assistance to Support Rental Housing
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Construction

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Support Fund for Structuring Projects (FSPS)
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC de D’Autray — Support program for emerging business projects
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 40,950 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Supporting the fight against poverty and social exclusion
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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