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• BDC Capital 

  ​Business Development Bank of Canada
  Access a wide range of specialized financing to match the various stages of your business' growth.

• Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology (ICE) Venture Fund 

  ​Business Development Bank of Canada
  ​Benefit from this funding if your business is in industrial, clean and energy technology sector and has a strong potential for productivity growth.

• National Bank SME Growth Fund 

  ​National Bank
  ​Receive up to $15 million for the growth, transfer or purchase of your company.

• Réseau des SADC et CAE (Network of CFDCs and CBDCs) 

  ​Réseau des SADC et CAE
  ​If you live in a rural region of Quebec, you could access business counseling, financing and training to start or grow your business.

• Solunov 

  ​Fonds de solidarité FTQ
  ​If you would like to implement an innovative solution into your business, you could benefit from coaching assistance as well as funding.

• Apollo13 startup support program (in French only)

  ​Apollo 13
  Do you have an entrepreneurial idea to put into action or a desire to grow your business? The Apollo13 support program may be right for you.​

• BDC - Business loans 

  Business Development Bank of Canada
  ​You could get money to help you start or grow your business.

• BDC Capital 

  ​Business Development Bank of Canada
  Access a wide range of specialized financing to match the various stages of your business' growth.

• Biomass Energy Fund (in French only)

  ​Fondaction
  ​You could benefit from support and funding for a heating project that uses residual forest biomass.

• CED Jobs and Growth Fund — For profit 

  ​Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get an interest-free, repayable contribution for up to 50% of the project’s costs.

• Farm Credit Canada — Loans and lending options 

  Farm Credit Canada
  You could access flexible financing options for your farming, agri-food or agribusiness operation.

• Financing for sustainable agri-food businesses (in French only)

  ​Fondaction
  If you are planning to grow your agri-food business, you could benefit from coaching and customized financing.

• Productivity innovation – Financing (in French only)

  ​Investissement Québec
  ​Do you have a Quebec business and want to introduce innovative initiatives to drive competitiveness and accelerate growth? You could receive financial aid from Investissement Québec to implement them.

• Réseau des SADC et CAE (Network of CFDCs and CBDCs) 

  ​Réseau des SADC et CAE
  ​If you live in a rural region of Quebec, you could access business counseling, financing and training to start or grow your business.

• Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program 

  ​Natural Resources Canada
  Get a repayable contribution of up to $50 million for a project that involves renewable energy, an emerging technology, or grid modernization, and covers up to 10%, 30% and 50% of the project costs for each of these 3 streams, respectively.

• Solunov 

  ​Fonds de solidarité FTQ
  ​If you would like to implement an innovative solution into your business, you could benefit from coaching assistance as well as funding.

• Invest-AI (in French only)

  ​Vooban​
  Have you started your digital transformation and have one or more projects with an AI component? You could receive a grant to cover up to 50% of your activities.

• Tax credit relating to information technologies in small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses (in French only)

  Revenu Québec​
  Looking to modernize your business processes? Your manufacturing or primary sector SME could get a refundable tax credit for the integration of IT.

• Transformation numérique program (in French only)

  ​CIETECH
  ​Are you a merchant who wants to initiate a digital transformation in your business? You could receive 15 hours of support for a low price.

• Agricultural Clean Technology Program — Adoption 

  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Get a financial contribution to support the purchase and installation of a commercially available clean technology or process, in 1 of 3 areas: energy efficiency improvements, precision agriculture, and bioeconomy solutions. Funding will be specifically allocated towards projects involving the purchase of more efficient grain dryers and fuel switching initiatives.

• Agrifood Innov’Action — Technology Adaptation 

  Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
  Get 70% of your costs covered when you undertake a technological adaptation project linked to agricultural production or food processing activities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Get up to $35,000 for a 1-year project, and up to $70,000 for a 2-year project.

• BioEnergy — Implementation 

  Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
  Get financing of up to $5 million for a project that helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using bioenergy for thermal energy production applications (heating or process) with a view to replacing fossil fuels.

• CED Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous stream 

  ​Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get a contribution for up to 100% of the project’s cost.

• CED Jobs and Growth Fund — Not-for-profit Stream 

  Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get a non-repayable contribution for up to 90% of the project’s cost.

• Farm Credit Canada — Loans and lending options 

  Farm Credit Canada
  You could access flexible financing options for your farming, agri-food or agribusiness operation.

• Financial Assistance for Industrial Energy Management Projects 

  Natural Resources Canada
  Get a contribution of up to $40,000 to cover 50% of the costs of an energy management project, or a process integration and computational fluid dynamics study.

• Fonds d'initiative et de rayonnement de la métropole (in French only)

  ​Affaires municipales et Habitation
  Receive financial support of up to $500,000 to implement a project that aims to improve the development, promotion and influence of Montreal and the metropolitan region in terms of economic, cultural, environmental and social development.

• Green infrastructure programs 

  Natural Resources Canada
  If your business is undertaking clean energy infrastructure projects, you may be eligible for funding to help with deployment and market entry.

• Industry audit 4.0 (in French only)

  Investissement Québec 
  Receive up to $30,000 for the digital transformation of your business.

• Invest-AI (in French only)

  ​Vooban​
  Have you started your digital transformation and have one or more projects with an AI component? You could receive a grant to cover up to 50% of your activities.

• Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 1 

  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Get a non-repayable contribution to cover up to 70% of the costs of on-farm investments in modernizing operations, increasing efficiency, biosecurity, environmental sustainability, and meeting changing consumer demands, retroactive to March 19, 2019.

• Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 2 

  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  If you were 35 years old or younger on January 1, 2021, get a non-repayable contribution to cover up to 85% of the costs of on-farm investments in modernizing operations, increasing efficiency, biosecurity, environmental sustainability, and meeting changing consumer demands, retroactive to March 19, 2019.

• Program of assistance to the digital adaptation of the companies of the written information press (in French only)

  Ministère de la Culture et des Communications
  ​Do you operate a print media enterprise? If so, you may be eligible for financial assistance to initiate or continue with digitalization.

• Quebec Economic Development Program 

  Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  ​Find out about financial and other resources that can help you develop your Quebec business.

• Scale AI (in French only)

  ​Vooban
  Have you started your digital transformation and have a project or projects with AI components? You could receive a grant covering up to 50% of your activities to integrate artificial intelligence into your supply chain?

• Tourism Industry Recovery Program (in French only)

  ​Tourisme et loisirs
  Obtain up to $5 million for the implementation and execution of projects aimed at developing and consolidating an innovative, scalable and sustainable tourism offer to ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of the Quebec tourism industry. 

• Transportez vert — DC fast charging station 

  ​Transition économique Québec
  Get financial assistance of up to $60,000 to acquire and install direct current (DC) fast charging stations to promote vehicle fleet electrification.

You can also consult our other directories of financing programs.

You could also avail yourself of non-financial resources to succeed in your business venture.