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.

Community Environmental Fund
- From $1,000 to $10,000
- All industries

Export 4.0 program — Advanced and Intelligent Technologies
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Bringing Circularity to Life in the Bioeconomy: From Envisioning to Planning
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Field of Dreams Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Science partnerships
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

ID Gatineau - Business Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
Commemorative Partnership Program - Community Engagement
- Maximum amount : 50 $
- All industries

Housing & Homelessness Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Community Investment Program - Food Security Fund
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous stream
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Community Investment Program - B3 Fund
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

CMF-Quebecor — Fund Intellectual Properties Intended for International Markets Production Support Program
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 6% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Non-profit SMART Grants
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

- From $50,000 to $50,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Thérèse de Blainville — Business start-up fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
Subventions pour des projets qui favorisent de saines habitudes de vie dans les écoles primaires du Québec
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Educational services

NRC — Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — FRR Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MAPAQ — Ministerial Initiative for Plant Productivity
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Biofood Innovation Program Component 1 – Financial support for research, transfer and dissemination organizations
- Maximum amount : 3,500,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Brome-Missisquoi — Petits établissements accessibles (PEA) program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

EPRTNT — Digital development of a company
- From $10,000 to $30,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

EPRTNT — Festivals and events
- From $50,000 to $35,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- 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.

La Ruche — Mille et UN Fund
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Grants and Loans
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

EPRTNT — Hosting
- From $50,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

CQDM — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

The Accelerator
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Musicaction — International Commercialization – Stream 2 - Career development in a target market
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Aero Montreal — Accelerator 360°
- Up to 63% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.3
- Maximum amount : 115,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Charitable Giving - Partner Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- All industries

Quebec city — Valo-Capitale — commercialization of innovation
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

SADC-CAE — Virage Vert Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (AICFI) - Harvester Training
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Loisir et Sport Montérégie — Transport Fund
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PARTENAR-IA — CRIAQ — Academic
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Forest Operations Modernization Program
- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC de D’Autray — Self-Employment Support Measure (STA)
- No Condition
- All industries
Bourses d’études supérieures pour des étudiants de deuxième et de troisième cycle
- From $7,500 to $10,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Attractions, activities and facilities
- From $30,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Commemorate Canada Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PISAQ – Stream 3
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Financial Assistance Program from the Fonds de la sécurité routière
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC La Matapédia — Program for Restoring Underutilized Agricultural Lands 2023-2025
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Evol — Conventional loan
- From $20,000 to $450,000
- Up to 5% of project cost
- All industries

Quebec International — Starting a business and making it grow
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance
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- No Condition
- All industries

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream D
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Cultural Infrastructure Development Program
- From $100,000 to $20,000,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

PISAQ – Stream 1
- From $7,000 to $150,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 1 : Financial assistance for urban public transit
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Fund to support attraction and sustainable settlement in Côte-Nord
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Official Languages Economic Development Initiative in Quebec — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MTRIC — Start Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing

- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Up to 33% of project cost
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 4 - Support for vitality
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

CQRDA — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

AgriStability — Québec
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 1 : Operating support for organizations supporting entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Mission Inclusion - Support for Quebec Organizations - Community Projects
- Maximum amount : 55,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

AgriAssurance Program — Kosher and Halal Investment – Not-for-profit
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Emergency And Climate Change Adaptation Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Canadian Cancer Society - Research Training Awards
- No Condition
- All industries

innovÉÉ — Demonstration in a real environment
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Evol — Conventional start-up loan
- From $20,000 to $75,000
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

MRC L'Érable — Self-employment support (STA)
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance to improve infrastructure and ensure safe off-road vehicle use
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries
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Transal — Alu 4.0, Digital Locomotive
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 46.3% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Joliette — Business Assistance Fund (FAE) – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- All industries

Tax credit for biofuel production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Transal — Consortium TIC
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing

DEL — Working Capital Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Weaving Justice Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- All industries

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — PARÉE
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 4% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Assistance program for organizations working for the economic development of Quebec (PAODEQ)
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Investment Banking — Corporate Finance
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

School bus electrification program – Stream 2 : Financial assistance for the acquisition and installation of charging infrastructure for electric school buses
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Healthy Community Grants
- From $500 to $100,000
- All industries

Program to support the fight against climate change in the bio-food sector – Component A
- From $40,000 to $330,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Whistler Blackcomb Foundation - General Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

City Grant Program - Arts and Culture - Operating Assistance
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Tax credit for Gaspésie and selected maritime regions of Quebec
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MusiCounts - MusiCounts Band Aid Program
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- All industries

SODEC — Support for entrepreneurial development — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Astley Family Foundation - Community Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

MusiCounts - SiriusXM Soundwaves MusiCounts Community Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Waste Heat Recovery — Stream 2: Infrastructure implementation
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Kanta Marwah Research Innovation Fund
- From $5,000 to $80,000
- All industries

City Grant Program - Environmental Enhancement and Food Security Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Water Incubation Program
- No Condition
- Utilities

Quebec Industrial Research Centre — CRIQ
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing