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Défi-Québec, Sustainable City
Québec, QC
Support eco-friendly projects in Québec businesses
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- grant_single|timelineUnspecified
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Grant and Funding
grant_single|eligibleIndustries
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Finance and insurance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
grant_single|grantors
- Quebec City
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grant_card_status|open
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Défi-Québec, Sustainable City, provides grants to support projects promoting sustainable development and eco-responsible practices within businesses with a focus on areas such as reducing greenhouse gases, circular economy, and sustainable production. Eligible activities include energy recovery in urban agriculture and the creation of innovative eco-friendly products, with specific conditions such as location and industry sector determining eligibility; however, the maximum funding amount isn’t specified.
grant_single_labels|projects
- A non-profit organization (NPO) operating an urban greenhouse implements an energy recovery project.
- A food processing company offering healthy products launches a project to recover unsold produce from market gardening businesses to upcycle it.
- A manufacturing company, with a supply chain mostly based in Quebec, starts producing an innovative and eco-friendly new product.
grant_single|admissibleProjectsExample
$ 70,000
Launching a bilingual health awareness campaign
$ 40,000
Launching a sustainable urban gardening initiative
$ 100,000
Developing a green tech startup accelerator
$ 60,000
Developing a digital literacy program for seniors
$ 80,000
Establishing a community arts workspace
grant_single_labels|admissibility
- The applicant must be an incorporated private company or a social economy enterprise (NPO or co-op) that primarily carries out commercial activities.
- The company's first significant sale must have occurred more than 36 months before the application deadline.
- Individual enterprises and general partnerships held in majority by Indigenous persons and located on the Wendake territory are eligible.
- The project must be located in the Agglomeration of Québec, which includes the cities of Québec, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, L’Ancienne-Lorette, and Wendake.
- The project must address at least one aspect such as water, raw materials, circular economy, reduction of greenhouse gases, sustainable production, logistics, or transportation.
grant_eligibility_criteria|who_can_apply
- Incorporated private companies with significant sales over 36 months ago.
- Social economy enterprises (NPO and co-op) engaged in primarily commercial activities.
- Individual enterprises and general partnerships majority-owned by Indigenous individuals on Wendake territory.
- Businesses in agri-food, food processing, and healthy foods.
- Companies in digital arts, interactive entertainment, and financial technologies.
- Enterprises involved in optics-photonics, measurement and control technologies, and advanced electronics.
- Organizations in life sciences, biotechnology, and health technologies.
- Firms specializing in clean technologies: water, air, soil treatment, ecomobility, energy efficiency, renewable energies, and green chemistry.
- Social economy enterprises across all sectors with over 40% self-generated revenue.
grant_eligibility_criteria|who_cannot_apply
- Social economy enterprises (NPO and co-op) that cannot demonstrate sound democratic governance.
- Applicants not discharged from a bankruptcy judgment.
- Businesses listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
- Applicants who, in the two years prior to the request, failed to meet obligations related to a previous grant from the City of Québec.
- Applicants with outstanding amounts owed to the City of Québec.
- Projects of a discriminatory nature, involving controversy, or posing a negative image risk for the City of Québec.
- One-off projects of an event-driven nature.
grant_eligibility_criteria|zone
- Agglomeration of Québec, including the cities of Québec, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, and L’Ancienne-Lorette.
- Wendake.
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- Step 1: Access Application Form
- Visit the City of Québec's official website to locate the Défi-Québec, Sustainable City grant section.
- Download the funding application form from the designated area.
- Step 2: Gather Required Documents
- Review the list of required documents as outlined in the funding application form.
- Prepare all necessary documentation to support your application.
- Step 3: Complete Application Form
- Fill out the funding application form with accurate and detailed information about your project.
- Ensure all sections of the form are thoroughly completed.
- Step 4: Review Application
- Carefully review the application form and attached documents for completeness and accuracy.
- Ensure the project complies with all criteria and requirements.
- Step 5: Submit Application
- Submit the completed application form and all required documents electronically or through the specified submission method by the deadline of April 9, 2025, at 4 p.m.
- Follow the instructions provided in the funding application form for the submission process.
- Step 6: Await Confirmation
- After submission, await confirmation of receipt of your application via email or another communication method as indicated by the City of Québec.
- Retain the confirmation for your records.
grant_single_labels|otherInfo
- If the company leaves the territory or ceases its activities, reimbursement clauses apply depending on the date of the event.
grant_single_labels|contact
defiquebec@ville.quebec.qc.ca
4186416411
