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.

Fonds Émergence Estrie — Financing
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

MRC La Matapédia — FLI-FLS
- From $1,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Roussillon — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 3 – Market Gardening Program
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

PME MTL — Innovation Investment Fund — Loans
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Sustainable Growth Investment — Growth Support
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 2
- Minimum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Caniapiscau — FDE
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries

Transportez vert — Coaching for energy management
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Tax credits for production of multimedia titles
- Up to 37% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Financial assistance to promote food security in northern communities
- Maximum amount : 275,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 3.3
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC L'Islet — Measures to help develop places in educational childcare services in a family environment
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Novoclimat — Construction professionals — Big Multiple Unit Buildings
- No Condition
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing

- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

SODEXPORT — Component 3: Collective presence at markets and fairs, and other export activities
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Musicaction — Skills development
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Musicaction — National marketing – Stream 1 - Promotion
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Kamouraska — Regional Outreach Support Program (FRR-1)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Génome Québec — Commercialization Priming
- From $50,000 to $100,000
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 3 - Networking with regional innovation organisations
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Abitibi — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
- From $5,000 to $35,000
- All industries

MRC Bécancour — Local Investment Fund (FLI) - “Business to be acquired” component
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Maskinongé — Futurpreneur Canada
- 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.

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 1 : Supporting the development of entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

SODEC — Support for innovative initiatives
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

MRC Coaticook — Local Fund FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Joliette — Business Assistance Fund (FAE) – Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Business Support Fund – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Ville de La Tuque — Local investment fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

CQRDA — PSO-International
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC L'Érable — FLI - Social economy development
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Haut-Richelieu — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Manufacturing

Call for artists - creating artworks with residents of Villeray
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Open Innovation Subsidy Program for start-up companies
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Accommodation and food services

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream C
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Cultural Development Fund
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Saguenay Promotion — FRR – Business Support
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

MRC Kamouraska — Support Program for Innovative Projects for Cultural Development and Community Animation
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SDE Thetford — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — FDEÉS
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

APCHQ — Crédit d'impôt pour stage en milieu de travail - Apprenti
- No Condition
- Construction

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Intercultural Projects
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Témiscouata — Signature Innovation Fund - Component 3 - Rurality and Region Fund
- Maximum amount : 218,798 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Emergence Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Financial assistance program for the restoration of buildings of heritage interest
- From $3,000 to $30,000
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Community Organization Assistance Program (PAOC) – Support for projects
- Maximum amount : 80,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Sept-Rivières — Support for entrepreneurship (SE)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 1
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP)
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Call for Projects on the Procurement & Conditioning of Forest Biomass for Bioenergy Production
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 1 - Produce a bid book or business plan
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Impulse-Skills program
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 2
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Support for food processing companies
- Maximum amount : 12,800 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC Bécancour — Local Investment Fund (FLI) - “Developing business” component
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Manufacturing

City of Lévis — Desjardins Business Fund (FDE)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Accommodation and food services

MRC de D’Autray — Business Development Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Haute-Yamaska — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC L'Islet — Support fund for creative caravans
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

innovÉÉ — Primo-adoptants
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Supporting youth employment centers
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

PME MTL — Subsidies to support social economy initiatives
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Business Support Fund – Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

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

MRC L'Islet — Support for self-employed workers (SSEW)
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Papineau — Digital Transformation and Development Fund (FADN)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

MRC Minganie — Local Investment and Solidarity Funds (FLI-FLS)
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Arthabaska — Social Economy Business Development Fund (FDEÉS)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action — Component 2 - Support for the implementation of projects arising from a participative and concerted approach within the destination to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
- No Condition
- All industries

Sustainable Growth Investment — Agri-Environmental Enhancement of Cultivated Land
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC L'Islet — Fund to help architectural design companies conquer new markets
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Subsidy for companies to install electric charging stations
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

innovÉÉ — PSO
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Productivity - Small commercial companies
- From $15,000 to $25,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

PME MTL — Business Diversity Support Program for the Southwest
- From $10,000 to $20,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Bellechasse — Support for initiatives from rural areas (AIMR)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC de Montcalm — New Entrepreneur Fund
- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC L'Islet — Local Services Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Fonds de développement des communautés (FDC)
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Regions and Rurality Fund (RRF) - Component 2 - Support for local and regional development skills
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — FRR – Stream 2
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Innovation in Quantum Technologies — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Innovation Canada — Innovation Advisors in QC
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Assistance program for venues
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Biofood market development program — Component 1
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Bécancour — Social Economy Fund (SEF)
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Bioenergies Program
- From $10,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Business Support
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Arthabaska — Futurpreneur Canada
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

MRC Lotbinière — FLI (Local Investment Fund)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Musicaction — Canvassing
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
- From $10,000 to $250,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

PME MTL — New Community Businesses
- From $23,000 to $23,000
- All industries