Directory – Contests and grants

Enter contests to finance and promote your project, grow your business, meet experts and mentors, network, and more.

You may be eligible for a grant of up to $20,000 for a farm start-up/acquisition or improvement project. Ongoing selection process.
Registration deadline: March 15 of every year

You could win one of the grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, coaching and several hours of consulting assistance to set up a new business offering distinctive and innovative products or services on Sherbrooke Street West. Online information session on November 3, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Registration deadline: March 31, 2023

You could win one of the grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, coaching and several hours of consulting assistance to set up a new business offering distinctive and innovative products or services the area of Rue Lemieux to avenue Clanranald. Online information session on November 3, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Registration deadline: March 31, 2023

Register for this exclusive contest that recognizes the talent and efforts of entrepreneurs from Montréal’s South Shore.
Registration deadline: February 16, 2023, noon

Take part to gauge your level of competitiveness and perhaps receive the highest distinction awarded by the Québec government to the best performing businesses.
Registration deadline: February 9, 2023

Have the performance of your Saguenay or Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM business recognized.
Registration deadline: February 3, 2023, noon

Get a chance to win $5000 to carry out an innovative sustainable development initiative in the Charlevoix RCMC.
Registration deadline: January 31, 2023

Whether you are a student entrepreneur, a business creator, or have acquired an existing business, you may qualify for one of the many prizes totalling more than $800,000.
Registration deadline: March 14, 2023, 4 p.m.

Did you participate in the Québec Entrepreneurship Contest between 1998 and 2016? Enter again for a chance to win one of the cash prizes.
Registration deadline: March 14, 2023, 4 p.m.

Enter for a chance to join The Globe and Mail’s authoritative ranking of the country’s boldest, most ambitious entrepreneurial businesses.
Registration deadlines: May 31, 2023

Compete in the planet’s largest student entrepreneurs competition to solve the world's toughest challenges and for a chance to win US$1,000,000.
Registration deadline: February 15, 2023

Enter to perfect your pitch and compete for a chance to win $100,000 in investments for your purpose-driven startup.
Registration deadline: February 17, 2023

Do you want to attend a business event abroad, spend some time away prospecting, or take part in a trade mission? You may be able to obtain a LOJIQ grant to help you do so.
Registration deadline: Ongoing selection process while grants last

Have your agri-food company recognized for the excellent work it has done to stand out on international markets through its impressive growth, its innovative marketing strategies or its structuring consolidation actions.
Registration deadline: February 24, 2023

Have the excellence of your company established in the RCM of La Matapédia recognized.
Registration deadline: January 31, 2023

Small and large printers, all processes combined, from the large format banner to the smallest label, including books, newspapers and packaging, have the excellence of your creations recognized by your peers.
Registration deadline: January 31, 2023

Showcase the excellence of your digital media production internationally in this virtual competition.
Registration deadline: February 15, 2023, 5 p.m.

You could win one of tthree grants totalling $10,500 presented by the OQLF to recognize the quality of French of advertisers, ad agencies and copywriters.
Registration deadline: February 17, 2023

You operate a business in the Montérégie region? You could win one of the prestigious awards offered by the MAPAQ.
Registration deadline: May 1, 2023

You could win a $5,000 bursary for your outstanding contribution to the use, quality and influence of French in your sector of activity.
Registration deadline: February 17, 2023

Have the success of your company from the RCM of Joliette recognized.
Registration deadline: March 10, 2023, 4 p.m.

Get recognition for the efforts made by your organization to promote the hiring and retention of people of immigrant background in the Pierre-De Saurel and Marguerite-D'Youville RCMs.
Registration deadline: March 17, 2023, 4:30 p.m.

If you are a member of the First Nations of Québec, you could win one of the grants totaling $32,500 for your business project in the start-up phase.
Registration deadline: February 28, 2023, 11:59 p.m.

Make a video clip illustrating your co-op experience in school or in your community for a chance to win one of the prizes worth a total of $6,550.
Registration deadline: February 6, 2023, noon

Have the excellence of your company in the RCMs of Arthabaska or L’Érable recognized.
Registration deadline: February 10, 2023, 4:30 p.m.

Be one of 5 winners who share $35,000 in bursaries to reward their efforts to increase the participation of people with disabilities in society.
Registration deadline: February 24, 2023, 4:30 p.m.