Water reduction program for paper mills

• Applicant’s Guide (“Guide du requérant”) – required supporting documents listed in Annex II
• Grant application form (XLSX)
• Eligible expenses table (XLSX)

• The applicant must be a legally constituted for-profit company (or group of companies) or a research, education, advisory services, or knowledge-transfer organization.
• The applicant must be part of the pulp and paper industry.
• The applicant must have an establishment located in Quebec and carry out the project’s activities in Quebec.
• The project must include eligible work, such as pre-feasibility or feasibility studies, or trials and process determination work.
• The project must include eligible investment work, such as in-mill implementation of processes, technologies, equipment or systems, or an in-mill pilot project.

Who is eligible?

• For-profit companies or groups of companies in the pulp and paper industry
• Research centres in the pulp and paper industry
• Educational institutions in the pulp and paper industry
• Advisory (consulting) service organizations in the pulp and paper industry
• Knowledge transfer organizations in the pulp and paper industry

Who is not eligible

• Businesses or groups of businesses that are not for-profit.
• Organizations that are not part of the pulp and paper industry.
• Applicants that do not have an establishment in Québec and do not carry out the project’s activities in Québec.

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec (the project activities must be carried out at an establishment located in Quebec).

• The program is in effect until March 31, 2028.
• The program is funded under Québec’s Plan national de l’eau (stemming from the Stratégie québécoise de l’eau 2018–2030).
• Only complete applications will be analyzed.
• The maximum total size of email attachments must not exceed 25 MB.