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.

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

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for needs determined by the SHQ
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — FLI/FLS
- 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

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

Indigenous Languages Program - Indigenous Languages Component - Inuit Language Funding Model
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services

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

Évolution-Compétences — Call for projects Parcours Exploration
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

MRC des Chenaux — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Support Program for Events and Festivals
- From $500 to $5,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC La Matapédia — FLI-FLS
- From $1,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 3 – Market Gardening Program
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 2
- Minimum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

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

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

Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

SODEXPORT — Component 3: Collective presence at markets and fairs, and other export activities
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Kamouraska — Regional Outreach Support Program (FRR-1)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

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

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 1 : Supporting the development of entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

SODEC — Support for innovative initiatives
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

MRC Coaticook — Local Fund FLI/FLS
- 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

CQRDA — PSO-International
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
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MRC L'Érable — FLI - Social economy development
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Cultural Development Fund
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — FDEÉS
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Intercultural Projects
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Témiscouata — Signature Innovation Fund - Component 3 - Rurality and Region Fund
- Maximum amount : 218,798 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC L'Islet — Financial assistance program for the restoration of buildings of heritage interest
- From $3,000 to $30,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

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

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

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Call for Projects on the Procurement & Conditioning of Forest Biomass for Bioenergy Production
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 1 - Produce a bid book or business plan
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Impulse-Skills program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 2
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Haute-Yamaska — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- 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)

Supporting youth employment centers
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

PME MTL — Subsidies to support social economy initiatives
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

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

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
- No Condition
- All industries

PME MTL — Business Diversity Support Program for the Southwest
- From $10,000 to $20,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Bellechasse — Support for initiatives from rural areas (AIMR)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

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

MRC L'Islet — Local Services Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Fonds de développement des communautés (FDC)
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
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MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — FRR – Stream 2
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- 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

Assistance program for venues
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Biofood market development program — Component 1
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Musicaction — Canvassing
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Employment stabilization
- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3
- 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
- Maximum amount : 950,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Kamouraska — Bas-Saint-Laurent Territorial Partnership Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Green Alleyway Support Program
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 2
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Support Fund for Structural Projects (FSPS)
- 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 La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - Structuring Projects Support Policy
- 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

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Tourist Loan
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Activities, attractions and events
- From $10,000 to $60,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS
- 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

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health
- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Musicaction — National collective promotion
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
- 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
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism establishment accessibility program
- From $20,000 to $100,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Maskinongé — RRF-stream 3 Signature innovation
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries
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Developing a green alley or public space in CDN-NDG
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
McConnell Foundation - Funding Opportunities
- No Condition
- All industries

SickKids Foundation - New Investigator Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

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

Collective Fund for Climate and Ecological Transition
- From $15,000 to $60,000
- Public administration

Conservation and Science
- No Condition
- All industries

Environmental Conservation
- No Condition
- All industries

Basin Job Experience Trail Crews Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Humanities in Place
- No Condition
- All industries

Financial assistance for hiring immigrants and visible minorities
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries
Commemorative Partnership Program - Community War Memorial
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Support for Non-profit Organizations
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

CIRA Net Good Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

Bridgetown Area Community Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.1
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

Environment - Special Initiatives
- No Condition
- All industries

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

Civil Society - Strengthening Civic Space
- No Condition
- All industries

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

Fight against poverty and social exclusion - Call for local projects
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Funding Program - Capital Funding
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Great Lakes Local Action Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries