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.

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

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

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Hosting
Tourisme Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Heat Green
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- Maximum amount : 1,275 $
- All industries

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

MTRIC — PSO SME
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

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

SODEC — Support for strategic projects
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Studies and consulting services
Tourisme Côte-Nord- 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

Project Funding for organizations
Conseil des arts de Montréal- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

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

Food Industry Personality of the Year 2026
Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ)- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Non-refundable contributions
Corporation de développement économique montagnaise (CDEM)- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

ClimaSol-Plus Program
Quebec Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques- No Condition
- All industries

Econologis Program
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- No Condition
- All industries

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

Emergency Management FireSmart Program
Indigenous Services Canada- No Condition
- All industries

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

Apiculture Support Program
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

PROMPT — Quantum Technologies
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 3: Project Implementation, It's time to take action!
NexDev | Haut-Richelieu Economic Development- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

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

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

Financial assistance program aimed at optimizing Quebec's network of eco-centers
Recyc-Québec- 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
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Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Stream 1: Company consultations/micro-diagnosis and selection assistance
NexDev | Haut-Richelieu Economic Development- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)

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

Productivity and Sustainable Innovation Fund – Component 2: Feasibility study - audit towards a 4.0 transition
NexDev | Haut-Richelieu Economic Development- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

PROMPT — Collaborative Innovation
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Community Support Program - Municipal Component
La Mitis RCM (MRC)- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Public administration

PRIMA — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

PROMPT — GHG Reduction – SME Component
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

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

ÉcoPerformance — Simplified Implementation
Gouvernement du Québec- From $100,000 to $250,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Program to support research and development of products made from reused and recycled end-of-life tires
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Workplace first aid training
The Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST)- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction

Indigenous Initiatives Fund IV
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
Funding charitable organizations — Local Grants
Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Studies and consulting services
Laurentides Tourism- From $10,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

PADAAR — Measure 4075 – On-farm or indoor demonstrations
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program — Part 3 — Studies
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

MRC des Chenaux — Chenaux Local Social Economy Fund (FLÉS)
MRC des Chenaux- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

SODEXPORT — Component 1: Strategic development of companies abroad
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 160,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Local Innovation and Growth Fund
MRC Domaine-du-Roy- From $500,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Joliette — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de Joliette (CDÉJ)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 2 - Support for projects and the development of innovative businesses
MT Lab- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Les Moulins — FLI/FLS
MRC Les Moulins- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Les Appalaches — FRR Part 3
MRC des Appalaches- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

Alternate work arrangements and work hour reduction
Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESSQ)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries
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MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Funds FLI-FLS
MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

The Quantum Technologies innovation funding program
PROMPT- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Rail Transport Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure - Part 1 - Maintenance and improvement of rail transport infrastructure
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 4,500,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Financial assistance for nonprofit tenants
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 2
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Financial Assistance to Support Rental Housing
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Construction

ÉcoPerformance — Implementation of large industrial projects
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Economic Development Fund
MRC Domaine-du-Roy- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tax credit for shipbuilding
Revenu Québec- Up to 38% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Taxi Industry Modernization Support Program (PSMITT)
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

SODEC — Support for television production – Production value bonus
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Festivals and events
Laurentides Tourism- From $15,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 2
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

AgriInvest — Quebec
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- From $250 to $10,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 2
MRC de Mékinac- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 2
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

Ambition-Compétences — Green Economy and Digital Transformation
Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program – Part 2 – Modal Integration
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — FLI/FLS
MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est — Rural Region Fund - Signature Innovation
MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PSO-Biofood II – 144th call for projects
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ)- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Marketing support project for kitchen furniture and cabinets
PACMAC- Maximum amount : 99,000 $
- Manufacturing

DEL — Equipment and Technology Loan
Développement économique de l'agglomération de Longueuil (DEL)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Accès-Loisirs
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Charlevoix — Support Fund for the Emergence of Business Projects
MRC Charlevoix- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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PADAAR — Measure 4074 – Targeted individual skills development plan
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 1,500 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Défi-Québec, Commercial City
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

DEL — Share Capital
Développement économique de l'agglomération de Longueuil (DEL)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Îles-de-la-madeleine — Vitalization frame - Component 2
Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

MRC Haute-Yamaska — Haute-Yamaska Agricultural Microcredit Fund
Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Accommodation
Laurentides Tourism- From $30,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Business Growth — Growth support vouchers
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Supporting community development corporations
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Financial assistance for hiring First Nations and Inuit members
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 1 - Regional outreach support
Ville de La Tuque- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Incoming and fixed-price agencies
Gouvernement du Québec- From $10,000 to $60
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Témiscamingue — Business Succession Loan
MRC Témiscamingue- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Local investment fund (FLI)
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC de Mékinac — Support fund for cultural initiatives
MRC de Mékinac- Maximum amount : 1,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream A
Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (MRNF)- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole — MADEES
MRC des Maskoutains- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Attractions, activities and facilities
Tourisme Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Rouyn-Noranda — FLI-FLS – Entrepreneurial Succession
City of Rouyn-Noranda- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Papineau — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Papineau- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 2
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Laurentides Tourism — Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation Agreement in Tourism (EPRTNT) – Structuring the regional tourism offering
Laurentides Tourism- From $20,000 to $95,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

MRC Arthabaska - Self-employment support (STA)
MRC Arthabaska- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Beauce-Sartigan — New Tourist Attractions Fund (FNAT)
MRC Beauce-Sartigan- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

OPZI – Innovation in optics and photonics
Optech- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services