Government Grants for Businesses in Québec
From training programs to research initiatives, discover the diverse range of activities in Quebec that benefit from various forms of support.
In Quebec, as across Canada, there are numerous grants and financing options available to help foster the growth of communities and organizations. This diverse funding landscape draws from both federal and provincial sources, offering specific opportunities tailored to each province, from British Columbia to Quebec. Whether you're looking to develop a project, launch an initiative, or expand a program, these resources are designed to support your endeavors and contribute to regional development.

PSCE – Component 2
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

MAPAQ — Food Processing Program — Component 2
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Efficient Solutions Program — Medium and Large Businesses Component
Hydro-Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

ESSOR – Component 1C: Support for investment projects (implementing a digital plan)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

SCALE AI — Acceleration
Scale AI Cluster- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Development of E-Business Tax Credit (CDAE)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Up to 30% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Research, Innovation and Commercialization Tax Credit (CRIC)
Gouvernement du Québec- From $50,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

Support for biofood exports - individual projects
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $15,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

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)

Individual Market Access Support (SIAM)
Aliments du Québec- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Panorama Program
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $250,000 to $1,000,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Financing to respond to the offensive of new tariffs and for initiatives for resilient and exporting companies (FRONTIERE)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 50,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

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

Support for Innovation and Productivity for Québec manufacturing companies (SIPEM) - Part 1
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Electricity Management Systems
Hydro-Québec- Maximum amount : 175,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Support for Innovation and Productivity for Québec manufacturing companies (SIPEM) - Part 2
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Program to support the development of agriculture and agri-food in the regions
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Digital Transformation Offensive Program (OTN) — Stream 1 – Support
Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ)- From $10,000 to $25,000
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Tax holiday for a new business created to commercialize intellectual property
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
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Quebec businesses can access a variety of grants and funding to support their growth and innovative projects. Specific programs exist for initiatives ranging from energy efficiency to ecological transition, and sustainable development. Companies can also benefit from specialized advice and mentorship services to maximize their chances of success in grant applications. Online resources, detailed guides, and training workshops are available to assist them throughout the process.

ESSOR – Component 1B: Support for investment projects (digital diagnostics)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

ESSOR – Component 2: Support for investment projects promoting productivity and business expansion
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

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

Investment and innovation tax credit (IITC)
Revenu Québec- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Roulez Vert — Multi-unit building charging station rebate
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- 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

PSCE – Component 1
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $25,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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

Efficient Solutions Program — Agricultural Component
Hydro-Québec- From $100 to $200,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

PAMT — Workplace Apprenticeship
Gouvernement du Québec- No Condition
- All industries

Flood Resilience and Adaptation Program (PRAFI) - Resilient Development Component
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing- Up to 75% of project cost
- Public administration

PADAAR — Measure 4021 – Promotion of regional products
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

PSCE – Component 3
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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

FAQDD — Écoemballage+ Stream 1
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

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

Flood Resilience and Adaptation Program - Community Resilience and Relocation Component
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing- No Condition
- Public administration

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
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Fonds Écoleader — Specific location support – Component 2 business collaboration
Le Fonds Écoleader- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- 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

Capitale-Productivity
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

FAQDD — Returnable Container Recycling Equipment Modernization Program
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- From $7,500 to $7,500
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Retail trade

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

Energir — Energy efficiency program – Efficient Renovation
Energir- From $500 to $100,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- All industries

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

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

MEDTEQ+ — AVISÉ program
Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en technologies médicales du Québec- Maximum amount : 700,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Digital Transformation Offensive program (OTN) — Stream 2 – Optimization
Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ)- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

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

Impulsion Fund
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $250,000 to $2,000,000
- All industries

LogisVert — Financial assistance for installers
Hydro-Québec- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction

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

AgroPerformance – Stream 1 : Support for the agricultural sector in adopting agritechnologies
Gouvernement du Québec- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tax credit for external design in Québec
Revenu Québec- Up to 24% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Offensive Tr@ns Num
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

ESSOR – Component 1A: Support for investment projects (feasibility studies)
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Afro-Entrepreneurs Fund
Filaction- From $50,000 to $500,000
- All industries

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

Incentive deduction for the commercialization of innovations (IDCI)
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 83% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Accelerating the local climate transition - Component 1
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Public administration

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CCTT Network - Synchronex- Maximum amount : 15,750 $
- All industries
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Subsidy for universal access to businesses
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Retail trade

Innovation program — Call for First-time Adopter Projects
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

Aboriginal Business Financing Program - Private Project
SOCCA- Maximum amount : 99,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

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

Call for collaborative and structuring innovation projects in Quebec's strategic sectors
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- 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 : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

LTI³ Project
Institut d'innovation en logistique du Québec (InnovLOG)- Maximum amount : 28,500 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

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

Stade V
Québec Tech- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

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

Healthy Eating Program Component 2 – Support for the development and modification of the nutritional value of processed foods
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $10,000 to $150,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- 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