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.

QEPD — Diversify your economy - CED (QC)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Food self-sufficiency – major investment projects in bio-food companies
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Tax Credit for the Digital Transformation of the Print Media
- Maximum amount : 7,000,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Eco-design incentive bonus
- From $5,000 to $60,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Support for commercial arteries — Component 2 – Support for economic development projects
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

Environmental Damages Fund
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Public administration

Renovation subsidy for retail businesses on Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Retail trade

Rénoclimat
- From $50 to $3,750
- All industries

Social economy enterprises — Digital transformation
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

LogisVert Program — Financial assistance for builders
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Construction

Support for commercial arteries — Component 3 – Support for the operations and projects of a business association and commercial streets
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 3.1
- Maximum amount : 107,950 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 4 – Soutien à la vitalisation et à la coopération intermunicipale : Axe Vitalisation
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Quebec Business Transfer Fund
- From $50,000 to $1,000,000
- All industries

Celebration and Commemoration Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 1 – Support for the overall mission of community family organizations (CFOs)
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tax credit for retaining experienced workers (Code 107)
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Youth Initiative to Combat Climate Change - Entrepreneurship and Green Economy
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Healthy Eating Program Stream 1 – Support for the implementation of diagnostic studies
- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Biomed Propulsion Program
- From $2,500,000 to $10
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

PARESAU – Component 2 : Emergency financing for strategic companies
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 3 – Support for Family Partners
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Grant for a circular economy assessment
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except 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.

Advanced Manufacturing program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Duo grand V
- From $250,000 to $250,000
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Regional export promotion organizations (ORPEX)
- No Condition
- All industries

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 3.2
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Social and Community Initiatives Support Program (SCISP) – Community Action and Volunteerism Component
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement in tourism
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

PME MTL — Innovation, productivity, and sustainable development fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

APCHQ — Programme de formation Fiers et compétents
- No Condition
- Construction

- Maximum amount : 3,500 $
- Retail trade

APCHQ — Programme pour la formation des femmes en entreprise
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Construction

FAQDD — Reducing air and noise pollution – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MAPAQ — Ministerial initiative for the development of greenhouses and large tunnels
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Trois-Rivières — Real Estate Heritage Restoration Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Trois-Rivières — Affordable Housing Development Support Program
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Trois-Rivières — Redevelopment of the first neighborhoods – Stream 2: Renovation of heritage buildings
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Trois-Rivières — Redevelopment of the first neighborhoods – Stream 3: Management and disposal of contaminated soil and dry materials
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of certain industrial sectors
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of old neighborhoods
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Petits établissements accessibles
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of certain serviced land and recycling of certain buildings
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 2 – Support for National and Regional Groups
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 3: Revitalization and development of local businesses
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Youth Initiative to Combat Climate Change - Education and Awareness
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

CRIAQ International
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Virage techno – shops, restaurants and accommodation downtown
- Maximum amount : 37,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

FAQDD — Reducing air and noise pollution – Component 2
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

PRIMA — Call for Projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Health care and social assistance

Community Action Support Program for Families – Component 4 – One-time Support for Innovative Projects
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 3 - MRC ‘Signature innovation’ projects
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Digital Strategy Funding
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Feasibility study – Adaptation in Action
- Maximum amount : 70,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Public administration

Aero Montreal — Eco-Responsibility
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Support, modernization, and alignment program with needs and markets for construction, renovation, demolition, and deconstruction waste
- From $100,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Startup in residence
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Social and Community Initiatives Support Program (SCISP) – Participation and Inclusion Component
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Support program for Quebec sports federations
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial Support Program for Community Daycare Activities – Component 1: Financial Assistance for CDCA Activities
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Financial support program for community daycare activities – Component 2: Financial assistance for one-time projects
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial assistance for a standard project to implement GHG emission reduction measures
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity-Skills
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

CED — Black Entrepreneurship Program
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Dedicated Fund for the English-Speaking Communities of Quebec – Community Life
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trellis Micro-grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Organic Waste Management Support Program for Industry, Commerce, and Institutions (PMOICI)
- From $75,000 to $500,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing

innovÉÉ — FiabilitÉÉ
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities

Guidance grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Quebec Strategic Electric Supply Platform (PASQÉ)
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
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Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Hosting
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Heat Green
- Maximum amount : 1,275 $
- All industries

ClimaSol-Plus Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Digital development of a company
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Community Opportunity Fund
- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

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

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 2 : Projets pour personnes ayant des besoins particuliers en habitation
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

SODEC — Support for strategic projects
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Studies and consulting services
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Wood Construction Innovation Program
- From $400,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Food Industry Personality of the Year 2026
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Non-refundable contributions
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Econologis Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Agricultural investment fund mitissien (FAIM)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Territorial Development Support Policy – Component 1: Support for regional outreach
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Trois-Rivières — Revitalization of commercial arteries in the city's oldest neighborhoods – Stream 1: Renovation of commercial storefronts
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Extend the employment periods of your staff — Partnership and workforce matching component
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Financial assistance program aimed at optimizing Quebec's network of eco-centers
- From $30,000 to $400,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Laval Économique — Sustainable transition
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Community Support Program - Municipal Component
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

PRIMA — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Creavenir
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Festivals and events
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services