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 Action Fund
New Brunswick Executive Council Office- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Youth Education Grants Program
MONAT Gratitude Inc.- No Condition
- All industries

City Grant Program - Health, Social and Safety
City of Richmond Hill- No Condition
- All industries

Resource Tax Credit
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

City Grant Program - Arts and Culture - Project Assistance
City of Richmond Hill- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Musicaction — Album production
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CRIBIQ-BIOnext
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Private Archives Support Program
National Library and Archives of Quebec (BANQ)- Maximum amount : 85,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

New Mobility Assistance Program (NOMO) – Stream 1
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.3
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

COREX Program
Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ)- No Condition
- All industries

innovÉÉ — PARTENAR-IA — Academic
innovÉÉ- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Accord D Business financing
Desjardins- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Inc. - Innovation Fund - Small Grants (Organizational Capacity and Collaboration)
United Way of Quinte Inc.- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Inc. - Community Impact Fund
United Way of Quinte Inc.- Minimum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Youth Strategy
Réseau des SADC et CAE- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Structuring the tourism offer
Tourisme Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC L'Islet — RénoRégion and home adaptation programs (PAD)
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance program for regional service units in the areas of recreation, sports, outdoor activities, and physical activity (PAFURS)
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SODEC — Production support
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

DEPS — Social Economy Development Fund
Economic Development Pierre-De Saurel (DEPS)- Up to 80% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

ECHO Foundation — Environment
ECHO Foundation- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Social economy support program (PSES) – Stream 3
Social Economy Cluster — Central Quebec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Advisory Services Program — Component 1 - Support for the use of advisory services by businesses
Agriconseils- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

HALO Fund
Minto Foundation Inc.- No Condition
- All industries
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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.

BridgeGreen Fund
Minto Foundation Inc.- No Condition
- All industries

Gatineau — Green Fund
City of Gatineau- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Make your business a model of sustainable mobility
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM)- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Granting Requests
Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Hood & Condensing Air Generator Combo
Enbridge Gas Quebec- From $3,350 to $3,700
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services
Movember Prostate Cancer Health Equity Initiative
Movember Canada- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

My First Games
Sport Quebec- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Requalification and skills enhancement
Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 3 : Promotion of foreign trade and prospecting for foreign investments
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Témiscamingue — Tourism Attraction Fund
MRC Témiscamingue- From $5,000 to $20,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

La Ruche — Positive Footprint Fund
Gouvernement du Québec- From $5,000 to $100,000
- All industries

OASIS Program
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- From $1,000,000 to $25,000,000
- Public administration

Charitable Partnerships
EPCOR Utilities Inc.- No Condition
- All industries

ESM — Digital Acceleration
Économie du Savoir Mauricie (ESM)- Maximum amount : 27,000 $
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

FIJE Fund
Centre d'Aide aux Entreprises Haute-Yamaska et région (CAEHYR)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Community Naturalization and Tree Planting Grants
FortisAlberta- From $2,500 to $2,500
- All industries

Development Capital — Equity financing
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Minimum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Arts & Culture Festival Funding
City of Grande Prairie- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 3 : Financial assistance for intercity bus transportation
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Mississauga Foundation - Catalogue of Community Needs Grants
The Community Foundation of Mississauga- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Quantum Quebec
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Young Canada Works in Both Official Languages — Not-for-Profit
Canadian Heritage- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Quebec Business Women's Award
Quebec Business Women's Network (RFAQ)- No Condition
- All industries
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Tax credit for the production of sound recordings
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Gaspésie and Maritime Provinces
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)- No Condition
- All industries

Professional and Institutional Development (P&ID) Program
Indigenous Services Canada- No Condition
- All industries

Canada Job Grant
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)- No Condition
- All industries

Le Fonds de développement économique LaPrade St-Maurice — Financing
Le Fonds de développement économique LaPrade St-Maurice- From $5,000 to $100,000
- All industries

Panel innovation platform (PIP)
Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks- From $100,000 to $375,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tax credit for a new financial services corporation
Revenu Québec- No Condition
- Finance and insurance

CALQ — Strategic Opportunities and Career Planning
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Futurpreneur Canada
Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

MRC Deux-Montagnes— Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 2
MRC Deux-Montagnes- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Waste Heat Recovery — Stream 1: Feasibility study
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities

ARBJ — Pre-start-up program (PPE)
Administration régionale Baie-James (ARBJ)- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Adoption Prep Grants
PetSmart Charities of Canada- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

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

- No Condition
- All industries

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

Bringing Circularity to Life in the Bioeconomy: From Envisioning to Planning
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Celebrate Canada
Department of Canadian Heritage, Celebrate Canada- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

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

Pay It Forward (PIF) Muskoka Program
District Municipality of Muskoka- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- All industries

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Science partnerships
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Community Investment Program - Small Capital Fund
Region of Peel- No Condition
- All industries

ID Gatineau - Business Support Fund
City of Gatineau- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
Commemorative Partnership Program - Community Engagement
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)- Maximum amount : 50 $
- All industries
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Community Investment Program - Food Security Fund
Region of Peel- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous stream
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- No Condition
- Manufacturing

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

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

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

- From $200 to $1,000
- All industries

Financing of Refundable Tax Credits
Investissement Québec (IQ)- 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
MRC Thérèse de Blainville- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

NRC — Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Centre
National Research Council Canada (NRC)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

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

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

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Smart Thermostat
Enbridge Gas Quebec- Maximum amount : 100 $
- Utilities

Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program
Columbia Basin Trust- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

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

Together CK - Core Grant Program
Municipality of Chatham-Kent- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Enbridge Gas Quebec — Cash incentives – Fryer Energy Star
Enbridge Gas Quebec- Maximum amount : 950 $
- Accommodation and food services

Arts et lettres de Montréal - Territorial partnership - Ecoresponsibility and sharing
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Affordable Housing Initiative
Columbia Basin Trust- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

MRC Brome-Missisquoi — Petits établissements accessibles (PEA) program
MRC Brome-Missisquoi- 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)

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls+ Community Response Fund
Saskatchewan First Nations, Métis and Northern Initiatives- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- All industries
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Enabling Accessibility Fund for small projects component
HRSDC; Employment and Social Development Canada- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- All industries

EPRTNT — Digital development of a company
Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est- From $10,000 to $30,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Québec Research Fund - Health Sector (FRQS)
Québec Research Fund- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

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