MRC Pontiac — FRR Stream 1

Who is eligible?

• Any individual or legal entity that resides and operates in Quebec, in the administrative region covered by the request.
• For some projects, an establishment covered by article 79 of the Act respecting health services and social services or an educational institution may also apply if the project is carried out in a municipality of fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and its benefits are shared with the community.

Who is not eligible

• For-profit companies under the Innovations territoriales sub-volet.
• Government ministries, agencies, state-owned corporations, and their subsidiaries, including entities controlled directly or indirectly by a government.
• Financial-sector companies, including financial cooperatives and financial planners.
• Insurance brokerage and real estate brokerage firms.
• Individuals not in business.

Eligible expenses

• Project-related salaries, benefits, rent, travel, data, materials, equipment, and reporting.
• Planning, studies, and research-action work related to the project.
• Construction, layout, implementation, and setup costs for the project.
• Administration costs, up to 5% of eligible expenses.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Projects or expenses related to residential unit decontamination, construction, renovation, or conversion.
• Projects linked to a place of worship, unless they serve a non-religious purpose.
• Projects that conflict with a government policy or an approved government measure, or that may overlap with another government program.
• Expenses for operating deficits, debt repayment, working capital replenishment, interest, loans, loan guarantees, equity investments, lobbying, and certain legal fees.

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec administrative regions, excluding Montreal and Capitale-Nationale.

• Concordance with a priority regional action.
• Regional impact, including the scale of territory affected and the benefits generated.
• Economic impacts, including jobs during and after project completion.
• The structuring nature of the project.
• Quality of the financing plan, implementation plan, and governance structure.

• Submit the application in response to a regional call for projects launched by the government.
• Use the regional objectives and application dates published on the program page.
• Consult the applicable applicant guide for the relevant reference period.

• Applications are first checked for admissibility.
• Eligible applications are then analyzed.
• Applications are prioritized by the regional selection committee.
• The minister makes the final decision.
• For construction contracts, the program includes a specific adjudication rule.

• Project call dates are posted regionally, including Laval until September 18, 2026 and Chaudière-Appalaches until August 27, 2026.
• The program runs through a regional call-for-projects process and applicants should consult the relevant applicant guide for the applicable reference period.
• For the Priorities régionales sub-volet, certain modalities changed on February 10, 2026; another guide applies to the period from April 8, 2025 to February 10, 2026.