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.

Ministerial Initiative Agri-Environmental Compensation
- From $1,500 to $50,000
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Local investment fund (FLI / FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Employment stabilization
- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Support Program for Isolated Communities
- Maximum amount : 950,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

PME MTL — Funds for Retail businesses
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Retail trade

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Business Support Fund – Stream 4
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Kamouraska — Bas-Saint-Laurent Territorial Partnership Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — FSTE
- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Green Alleyway Support Program
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 2
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Support Fund for Structural Projects (FSPS)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Tax Holiday for Foreign Researchers
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - Structuring Projects Support Policy
- From $5,001 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Tourist Loan
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Créavenir
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

DEL — Commercialization Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Activities, attractions and events
- From $10,000 to $60,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Rio Tinto Aluminium Valley Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC de Montcalm — 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

SADC Shawinigan — Transfer Strategy Fund
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health
- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Musicaction — National collective promotion
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Rouyn-Noranda — FLI Succession
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- 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.

Assistance program for Festivals, Events and Museum exhibitions
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism establishment accessibility program
- From $20,000 to $100,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Maskinongé — Programme DÉPART
- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Maskinongé — RRF-stream 3 Signature innovation
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Agricultural property tax credit program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Developing a green alley or public space in CDN-NDG
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
McConnell Foundation - Funding Opportunities
- No Condition
- All industries

SickKids Foundation - New Investigator Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the preservation of community buildings
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Programme d'accessibilité des établissements touristiques
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Collective Fund for Climate and Ecological Transition
- From $15,000 to $60,000
- Public administration

Conservation and Science
- No Condition
- All industries

Environmental Conservation
- No Condition
- All industries

Basin Job Experience Trail Crews Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Humanities in Place
- No Condition
- All industries

Financial assistance for hiring immigrants and visible minorities
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Tax credit for internal design in Québec
- Minimum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 24% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Tax credit to support the print media
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
Commemorative Partnership Program - Community War Memorial
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Support for Non-profit Organizations
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

CIRA Net Good Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

Tax Credit for Major Digital Transformation Projects
- No Condition
- All industries
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Bridgetown Area Community Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.1
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 2 : Financial assistance for regional public transit
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tax Credit for Training a Worker Employed by a SME
- No Condition
- All industries

Élan Madeleine Féquière Scholarship
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Environment - Special Initiatives
- No Condition
- All industries

Financial assistance to develop the production, processing and marketing of Nordic biofood products
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Civil Society - Strengthening Civic Space
- No Condition
- All industries

ÉCLO Regional Fund – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Community Interaction Program — Study/action projects
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Laval Économique — Innogec Laval Fund
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

Fight against poverty and social exclusion - Call for local projects
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Funding Program - Capital Funding
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — Créavenir
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Official Languages Economic Development Initiative in Quebec — For-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- All industries

Great Lakes Local Action Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Municipal Community Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Annual Global Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Sustainable Growth Investment — Young Entrepreneurs
- Maximum amount : 45,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 2 : Operating support for organizations supporting strategic sectors and regional economic development
- Maximum amount : 800,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Local Road Assistance Program
- No Condition
- Public administration

PME MTL — Commerce X Design
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade

Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (PAEN)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
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Community Interaction Program — Study projects
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Musicaction — Incubator project
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

One-time assistance for Indigenous media
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

PRIMA — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Capital Assistance – Stream 1: Restoration of heritage assets
- Maximum amount : 20,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Biofood Innovation Program Component 4 – Financial support for innovation partnership initiatives
- From $50,000 to $901,700
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Réseau des SADC et CAE — Business Start-Up and Expansion
- No Condition
- All industries

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 4 : Other financial assistance
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges — FSE
- No Condition
- All industries

Government Assistance Program for Public Transportation Infrastructure (PAGITC)
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing

ACCLR Info entrepreneurs — Consulting services - Quebec
- No Condition
- All industries

Tax credit for conversion of a ship
- No Condition
- Transportation and warehousing

- From $1,000 to $7,500
- All industries

Community Enhancement Employment Program
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Advisory Services Program — Component 2 – Support for the dissemination of information and business co-development activities
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Work Commissioning Assistance Grant
- From $1,000 to $3,000
- All industries

Rouyn-Noranda — FQM Business Succession Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Bell Canada - Bell Let's Talk Community Mental Health Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Collaborative Industrial Research and Support to Innovative Entrepreneurship — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Sector development program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Ministerial initiative for incentive internships in veterinary medicine in the bio-food sector
- Maximum amount : 12,180 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Québec city — Supporting the development of the Saint-Roch district
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Original Peoples Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries