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.

Quebec book publishing tax credit
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 437,500 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

FAQDD — Ecological Transition Accelerator
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- From $50,000 to $250,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord — Business support (PSE)
MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Matawinie — Tourism Innovation and Development Fund
MRC de Matawinie- From $2,000 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action - Component 1 - Support for participatory and concerted destination planning to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- No Condition
- All industries

MRC La Matanie — FLI Succession Stream
MRC La Matanie- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

MRC Charlevoix — Local Investment Fund (FLI) “Succession” Stream
MRC Charlevoix- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MTRIC — INNOV-R
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

MRC L'Islet — Youth Initiative Fund (YIF)
MRC de L'Islet- From $2 to $5,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Flat-rate grant: businesses in sectors affected by major works
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Beauce Sartigan — Local funds - RELIEF component
MRC Beauce-Sartigan- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

MRC Charlevoix — Social Economy Business Development Fund (FDEÉS)
MRC Charlevoix- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 4
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

PARESAU – Component 1 : Supporting strategic companies in their search for solutions
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

MRC L'Érable — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
MRC L'Érable- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Musicaction — International Commercialization – Stream 1 Exploring a Target Market
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Témiscamingue — Fund YOUR SME
MRC Témiscamingue- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade

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

MRC Caniapiscau — Support for self-employment (STA)
MRC de Caniapiscau- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Rivière-du-Loup — Succession Fund
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- All industries

Innovation program — Call for mobilizing projects on the development of tomorrow's transport technologies
Investissement Québec (IQ)- From $4 to $10,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC Beauce-Centre — Business succession
MRC Beauce-Centre- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Support fund for the development of tourism offers
Société des Attractions Touristiques du Québec (SATQ)- From $25,000 to $60,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Les Basques — Business Assistance Fund / FDE
MRC Les Basques- 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.

Genomics Innovation to Commercialization Program
Génome Québec- From $300,000 to $900,000
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Watercourses
MRC Charlevoix-Est- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Community Support Fund (CSF)
MRC du Golfe du Saint Laurent- No Condition
- All industries

Program authorizing the financing of the operating deficit of certain low-income housing projects
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Drummond — Business Succession Program
MRC Drummond- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 51% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

First Nations and Inuit Employment Integration Program
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 1
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Indigenous stream
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de D’Autray — FLI/FLS
MRC de D'Autray- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC L'Islet — Child development assistance measure for the south of the territory
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Financial support for northern initiatives
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Beauce-Sartigan — Social Economy Enterprise Development Fund (FDEÉS)
MRC Beauce-Sartigan- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Témiscamingue — Créavenir - Desjardins
MRC Témiscamingue- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Digital Transition Fund
MRC Abitibi-Ouest- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

MRC Beauce Sartigan — Young Promoters Fund (YP)
MRC Beauce-Sartigan- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

MRC L’Île-d’Orléans — Regions and Rurality Fund
MRC L'Île-d'Orléans- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Rimouski-Neigette — Local Investment Fund
MRC Rimouski-Neigette- From $10,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Joliette — Assistance fund for the establishment and start-up of structuring companies (FAIDES)
MRC de Joliette (CDÉJ)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 3% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Kamouraska — Support Program for the Start-up of Religious Heritage Projects
MRC Kamouraska- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial assistance: businesses in areas affected by major construction work
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)

"Artère en transformation" : Subsidy for businesses
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Retail trade

MRC Portneuf — Joint Investment Fund FLI/FLS
MRC Portneuf- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Bécancour — Business Support Fund (BSF)
MRC Bécancour- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC L'Islet — Sectoral agreement for the development of culture in Chaudière-Appalaches
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Support for Structuring Projects
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration
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SODEXPORT — Component 2.1: Support for business opportunities and promotion abroad
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Accès jardins
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Rural Vitality Fund – Automation and Digital Practices
NexDev | Haut-Richelieu Economic Development- From $1,000 to $5,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Caniapiscau — Joint FLI/FLS investment
MRC de Caniapiscau- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Grant for the renovation of facades facing a commercial artery
Quebec City- From $20,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — FEEL
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

ACQ — Proud and Competent training program
Quebec Construction Association (ACQ)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction

MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay — Entrepreneurship assistance and support fund (FASE)
MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay- From $15,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Laval économique — Tech shift – Manufacturing
Laval Economique- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Sherbrooke — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
Ville de Sherbrooke- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Les Etchemins — Local investment fund and local solidarity fund
MRC des Etchemins- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Bécancour - Local Investment Fund (FLI) - “General” component
MRC Bécancour- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC La Jacques-Cartier — Young Promoters Fund (JP)
MRC La Jacques-Cartier- Maximum amount : 9,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

DEPS — Young Promoters Fund
Economic Development Pierre-De Saurel (DEPS)- Maximum amount : 6,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Novoclimat – Small multi-unit building
Environnement Québec (MELCC)- Maximum amount : 3,400 $
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
Metal Transformation Research and Innovation Consortium (MTRIC)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Fund FLI – Succession Stream
MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- All industries

Adopt a temporary green container and garden in the city!
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Témiscamingue — Youth Assistance Loan
MRC Témiscamingue- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Cultural Development
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Les Etchemins — Business support policy
MRC des Etchemins- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

MRC d'Avignon — Local Investment Funds (FLI) and Local Solidarity Funds (FLS)
MRC Avignon- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Regional Support Fund for Social Programs (FRSPS)
MRC du Golfe du Saint Laurent- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Portneuf — Sustainable Forest Management Program
MRC Portneuf- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Financial support for aspiring farmers
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Call for innovation projects in agritechnologies
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC L'Islet — Support fund for cultural cafés
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Odyssey – Language Assistant Program
Canadian Heritage- No Condition
- Educational services

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Infrastructure
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC La Matanie — Business Support Program (PAE)
MRC La Matanie- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Lotbinière — FLS (Local Solidarity Fund)
MRC de Lotbinière- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Studies and consulting services
Tourisme Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean- From $3,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Training fund for employees in the construction industry
Corporation des maîtres mécaniciens en tuyauterie du Québec (CMMTQ)- No Condition
- Construction

MRC Les Moulins — Futurpreneur Canada
MRC Les Moulins- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Beauce-Centre — Propulsion Fund
MRC Beauce-Centre- From $1,000 to $10,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

ID Gatineau — FDEES
ID Gatineau- From $5,000 to $30,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Vitalization Fund
MRC Charlevoix-Est- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

MRC Charlevoix — Special Projects Fund
MRC Charlevoix- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

Support for the apple-growing sector to improve profitability and agri-environmental practices
La Financière agricole (FADQ)- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 6% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CAE Rive-Nord — Financing for businesses
CAE Rive-Nord- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

MRC Portneuf — Financial Assistance Program for Heritage Restoration
MRC Portneuf- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Business support policy
MRC du Golfe du Saint Laurent- Up to 90% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Public administration

MRC Abitibi — The Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Abitibi- From $5,000 to $35,000
- All industries

SODEXPORT — Component 5: Strategic initiatives
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Beauce-Sartigan — Fund for tourism and cultural events (FÉTC)
MRC Beauce-Sartigan- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Mitis MRC — Regional and Rural Fund (RRF) - Component 1
La Mitis RCM (MRC)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Maskinongé — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC de Maskinongé- No Condition
- Manufacturing

ARBJ — Economic Development Infrastructure Program (PIDE)
Administration régionale Baie-James (ARBJ)- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

RCM de la Mitis — Component 3 : “Signature Innovation” Projects
La Mitis RCM (MRC)- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré — Support Measure for Self-Employment
MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Arts, entertainment and recreation