Business growth — Éco-Capitale

• Funding application form

Who is eligible?

• Private incorporated businesses.
• Social economy enterprises such as non-profits and co-operatives with mostly commercial activities.
• Property owners for environmental certification projects linked to construction or renovation work.
• Indigenous sole proprietorships and partnerships located in Wendake.

Who is not eligible

• Social economy enterprises that do not demonstrate sound democratic governance.
• Applicants under an undischarged bankruptcy judgment.
• Businesses listed in the Register of Enterprises Ineligible for Public Contracts.
• Applicants with outstanding amounts owed to the City of Quebec.
• Discriminatory, controversial, or event-based projects.

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees, consulting services, and studies related to environmental certification.
• Purchase or rental of goods, equipment, and assets linked to the project.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Regular operating costs.
• Charitable activities and volunteer compensation.
• Debt payments and existing loan repayments.
• Costs incurred before the complete application is filed.
• Project expenses that move operations outside the Quebec City agglomeration without written consent.
• Recoverable GST and QST.

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec City agglomeration.
• Wendake.
• Écoquartier Pointe-aux-Lièvres.
• Innovitam innovation zone, including Écoquartier d’Estimauville.

• Applications are reviewed after submission.
• The project is assessed against program objectives and selection criteria.
• Approval is not automatic and depends on the evaluation.
• A funding agreement and related conditions apply before support is granted.

• Applications are open continuously.
• The program is part of the City of Quebec’s economic development funding.
• Funding may be subject to repayment clauses if the business leaves the territory or stops operating.
• There is no minimum project cost.