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.

Cégep de Sept-Îles
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Financing for Young Entrepreneurs
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Community Action Initiative (CAI) - Rural, Remote & Indigenous Overdose Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Homes
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Construction

Infrastructure de recherche et développement
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- No Condition
- All industries

Spark Funds
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- All industries

Accelerate Program for Quebec Emerging Companies
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Honorific grants 2024 — Entreprendre ici
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance for the electrification of intercity and private transportation (Écobus)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

New Mobility Assistance Program (NOMO) – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.2
- Maximum amount : 95,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Infrastructure Projects
- No Condition
- Construction

APCHQ Mauricie-Lanaudière Golf Tournament
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Capitalization of Social Economy Enterprises (CAES) — Stream 1
- From $25,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Support for Interpretation and Translation
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Outdoor exhibitions
- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — SADC Fund
- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Retail trade

SADC Shawinigan — Green Strategy Fund
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Pierre Péladeau Scholarships
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Professional cultural organizations - Mise en valeur du patrimoine par les arts
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

INNOGEC
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Manicouagan — Manicouagan Cultural Fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration
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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.
Events and Youth Initiatives
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

ID Gatineau — Economic Diversification Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Microcrédit Montréal — Loans for entrepreneurs
- From $500 to $50,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Other services (except public administration)

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Legacy Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 4 – Vitalization
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MusiCounts - MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Show production tax credit
- Maximum amount : 1,250,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

City of Lévis — Quebec Business Access Network
- No Condition
- All industries

Financial Assistance Program for Recreational and Sports Facilities (PAFIRS)
- Maximum amount : 28,000,000 $
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Community Partnership Capital Programs - Community Partnership Major Capital Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Museums Assistance Program - Exhibition Circulation Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — Flexiprêt for women
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program (BCACP)
- Maximum amount : 36,702,835 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

Biofood Innovation Program Component 5 – Support for knowledge transfer and dissemination
- From $8,000 to $143,750
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

NRC — Aluminium Technology Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Call for Proposals: Collaboration centre for strengthening Integrated Youth Services across Canada
- No Condition
- All industries

Hydro-Québec program for the enhancement of natural environments
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.2
- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

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

Synchronex
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Mining Research and Innovation Support Program
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Lakeshore Community Benefit Fund Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.1
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Digital Strategy Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Community Investment Program - Revolving Capital Loan
- No Condition
- All industries

innovÉÉ — Accord
- From $100,000 to $350,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Water professions
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Utilities

Justice and Reconciliation Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

PANAM recognition program
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Enfant Soleil - Care Environment Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Vision Fund - Seed Grants for Innovative Ministry
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Ministerial initiative “Agricultural succession and entrepreneurship”
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Green Strategy Financing
- From $10,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Circular Initiatives Awards
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Tax credit for cellulosic ethanol production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Tax credit for pyrolytic oil production in Québec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Appreciation and Rapprochement
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- All industries

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Second Language Learning Component
- No Condition
- All industries

CQDM — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

- From $75,000 to $750,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 1 — Support Pathway
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Economic Diversification Fund (FDE) - Centre-du-Québec and Mauricie regions
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Brome-Missisquoi — Residential Adaptation Assistance Program (RAAP)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Pauw Foundation True Sport Youth Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Project Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Rouyn-Noranda — Childcare Services Fund
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Accompaniment and technical support for Québec forestry companies (MASTE)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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ID Gatineau — Business Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Program for financial contributions to the ecological transition
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

PISAQ – Stream 2
- From $2,000 to $30,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Economy & Environment Program
- No Condition
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — Youth Strategy Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Culture and Communications Investment Fund
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Quebec International — Business services — Get support and advice
- No Condition
- All industries

Program to support the fight against climate change in the bio-food sector – Component B
- From $57,142 to $330,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Social economy support program (PSES) – Stream 1: Specialized support for social economy enterprises
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Payroll tax credit – CFI
- No Condition
- Finance and insurance

MRC Caniapiscau — Structuring projects
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Tax credit for tip reporting – Businesses
- No Condition
- Accommodation and food services

Ministerial initiative for the remuneration of agri-environmental practices (RPA)
- From $1,500 to $50,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.1
- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Canada Periodical Fund - Business Innovation
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Help for community media operations
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Saint-Eustache — Tax credit program
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing

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

Partnered Initiatives
- No Condition
- All industries

ARBJ — Business start-up, expansion and succession program (PDERE)
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

Innov'Action agroalimentaire Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

CQRDA — SI2TEC
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

CAE Rive-Nord — Youth strategy
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Contributions Program for Non-Profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- All industries