Do you want to create a start-up or understand the basics of starting
a business? Consult this directory of training programs to help you
become your own boss and start your own business.
Vocational training
The course Lancement d’une entreprise, financed by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur (MEES), leads to an Attestation of Vocational Specialization.
This course provides basic tools to:
- develop plans to start a business
- create a business plan
- conduct a market analysis
- understand notions of management
All centres that are members of Entrepreneuriat Québec have a pedagogical support structure that enables them to be leaders in business pre-startups and startups.
Consult the list of centres that offer this training:
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
CFP Harricana (in French only)
City: Amos
Bas-Saint-Laurent
CFP Amqui (in French only)
City: Amqui
CFP de Matane (in French only)
City: Matane
CFP du Fleuve-et-des-Lacs (in French only)
City: Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
CFP du Fleuve-et-des-Lacs (in French only)
City: Trois-Pistoles
CFP Mont-Joli-Mitis (in French only)
City: Mont-Joli
CFP Pavillon-de-l'Avenir (in French only)
City: Rivière-du-Loup
CFP Rimouski-Neigette (in French only)
City: Rimouski
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale entrepreneur (in French only)
City: Québec
CEAFP Charlevoix, Pavillon Les Cimes (in French only)
City: La Malbaie
CEAFP Charlevoix, Pavillon Saint-Aubin (in French only)
City: Baie-Saint-Paul
Centre de formation de Portneuf (in French only)
City: Saint-Raymond
Eastern Québec Learning Centre
City: Québec
CFP de Neufchâtel (in French only)
City: Québec
CFP Fierbourg (in French only)
City: Québec
CFP Maurice-Barbeau (in French only)
City: Québec
Centre-du-Québec
CFP de la Riveraine (in French only)
Cities: Bécancour (Saint-Grégoire), Victoriaville, Drummondville
Chaudière-Appalaches
CFP de l’Envolée (in French only)
City: Montmagny
CFP des Bâtisseurs (in French only)
City: Sainte-Marie
CFP Gabriel-Rousseau (in French only)
City: Lévis
CFP Le Tremplin (in French only)
City: Thetford Mines
CFP Pozer (in French only)
City: Saint-Georges
Côte-Nord
CFP de l'Estuaire (in French only)
City: Forestville
Estrie
CFP 24-Juin (in French only)
City: Sherbrooke
CFP de Coaticook (CRIFA) (in French only)
City: Coaticook
Centre Expé (in French only)
City: Val-Des-Sources
Centre Expé (in French only)
City: Magog
CFP du Haut-Saint-François (in French only)
City: East Angus
CFP le Granit (in French only)
City: Lac-Mégantic
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Centre de formation de La Côte-de-Gaspé (in French only)
City: Gaspé
Centre de formation de La Haute-Gaspésie (in French only)
City: Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
CFP L'Envol (in French only)
City: Carleton-sur-Mer
Lanaudière
Centre multiservice des Samares (in French only)
City: Joliette
CFP des Moulins (in French only)
City:Terrebonne
CFP des Riverains (in French only)
City: Repentigny
Laurentides
Centre de formation des Nouvelles-Technologies (in French only)
City: Sainte-Thérèse
Centre d’études professionnelles Saint-Jérôme (in French only)
City: Saint-Jérôme
CFP des Sommets / L'Horizon (in French only)
City: Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
CFP L’Émergence (in French only)
City: Deux-Montagnes
CFP Mont-Laurier (in French only)
City: Mont-Laurier
Laval
CFP Paul-Émile-Dufresne (in French only)
City: Laval
Mauricie
Carrefour Formation Mauricie (in French only)
Cities: Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières
Centre d’entrepreneuriat Alphonse-Desjardins Shawinigan (in French only)
City: Shawinigan
Montérégie
Campus Brome-Missisquoi (CBM)
City: Cowansville
Centre Bernard-Gariépy (CBG) (in French only)
City: Sorel-Tracy
Centre régional intégré de formation (CRIF) (in French only)
City: Granby
CFP à La Prairie (in French only)
City: La Prairie
CFP de la Pointe-du-Lac (in French only)
City: Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
CFP des Patriotes (in French only)
City: Sainte-Julie
CFP Jacques-Rousseau (in French only)
City: Longueuil
CFP Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (in French only)
City: Vaudreuil-Dorion
CFP Pierre-Dupuy (in French only)
City: Longueuil
École professionnelle de Saint-Hyacinthe (in French only)
City: Saint-Hyacinthe
Montréal
CIAVL - Entrepreneuriat Marguerite-Bourgeoys (in French only)
Area: Verdun-LaSalle
CFP Calixa-Lavallée (in French only)
Area: Montréal-Nord
CFP Daniel Johnson (in French only)
Area: Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
Collège Insa (in French only)
Area: Ville-Marie
École des entrepreneurs du Québec (in French only)
Area: Ville-Marie
École des métiers de l’informatique du commerce et de l’administration - EMICA (in French only)
Area: Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Groupe 3737
Area: Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Jade College
Area: Ville-Marie
Objectif Emploi (in French only)
Area: Ahuntsic-Cartierville
PACC Vocational Training
Area: LaSalle
SAJE Montréal (in French only)
Area: Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Shadd Health & Business Centre (SHBC)
Area: Montréal-Ouest
St. Pius X Culinary Institute
Area: Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Trait d’Union de votre réussite (in French only)
Online training
West Island Career Centre
Area: Montréal-Ouest
Nord-du-Québec
Cree School Board
City: Chisasibi
Cree School Board
City: Wemindji
Outaouais
Centre d'Entrepreneurship de l'Outaouais
City: Gatineau
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
CFP de Roberval–Saint-Félicien (in French only)
City: Roberval
CFP Dolbeau-Mistassini (in French only)
City: Dolbeau-Mistassini
CFP Jonquière (in French only)
City: Jonquière
College training
Many CEGEPs in Québec offer students complementary courses or concentrations in entrepreneurial studies to include ideas of entrepreneurship in their education.
Consult the list of colleges that offer resources to student entrepreneurs:
Cégep de Sherbrooke – Entrepreneuriat
Parcours entrepreneuriat-études offerts aux étudiants (in French only)
Region: Estrie
Cégep de Trois-Rivières – Zone entrepreneuriale
Cours complémentaires en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Region: Mauricie
Cégep du Vieux-Montréal – Centre d’innovation et de formation en entrepreneuriat
Cours complémentaires en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Création d'entreprises dans le secteur des industries créatives et culturelles (RNA.07) (in French only)
Région : Montréal
Cégep Garneau – Espace entreprendre
Cheminement entrepreneurial offert aux étudiants des trois programmes de techniques administratives (in French only)
Region: Capitale-Nationale
Cégep Limoilou –Entrepreneuriat-études
Parcours entrepreneuriat-études offerts aux étudiants et au public (in French only)
Region: Capitale-Nationale
Champlain Regional College – Saint-Lambert
Entrepreneurship program
Region: Montérégie
École des entrepreneurs du Québec
Formations pour entrepreneurs (in French only)
Region: Montréal
Many colleges also have student entrepreneur clubs for sharing knowledge and networking. See a list of clubs here (in French only).
University training and programs
If you want to increase your technical knowledge, university studies may be the answer, whether in the form of a certificate, a bachelor’s degree, a short program, a microprogram or entrepreneurial training to
develop your entrepreneurial skills.
Centre d'entrepreneuriat et de PME (Université Laval)
Region: Capitale-Nationale or remotely
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Microprogramme en génie et entrepreneuriat technologique (in French only)
Parcours entrepreneurial Rémi-Marcoux (in French only)
Region: Montréal
HEC Montréal
Certificat en entrepreneuriat et création d'entreprise (in French only)
Microprogramme en création d'entreprise (in French only)
D.E.S.S. en gestion – option entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Parcours entrepreneurial Rémi-Marcoux (in French only)
Programme en entrepreneuriat : culture, médias et divertissement (in French only)
Region: Montréal
TÉLUQ
Programme court en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Online training
Université de Montréal (UdeM)
Parcours entrepreneurial Rémi-Marcoux (in French only)
Region: Montréal
Université de Sherbrooke
BAA Concentration en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Region: Estrie
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Programme court de deuxième cycle en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Region: Montréal
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
Baccalauréat en administration – Concentration en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Certificat en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Regions: Bas-Saint-Laurent - Chaudière-Appalaches
Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
Programme court de deuxième cycle en entrepreneuriat (in French only)
Region: Outaouais
Concordia University
Diploma in Entrepreneurship
District 3 – Launch & Grow Program
Region: Montréal
Université Laval
Certificat en entrepreneuriat et gestion de PME (in French only)
Microprogramme en développement des compétences entrepreneuriales (in French only)
Region: Capitale-Nationale
McGill University
Entrepreneurship
Region: Montréal
Private training
Schools that specialize in entrepreneurship offer programs in starting and managing a business:
Compagnie F
Femmes entrepreneures (in French only)
Region : Montréal
École d'entrepreneurship de Beauce
Programme Émergence (in French only)
Region: Chaudière-Appalaches
École d’entrepreneuriat de Québec
Parcours démarrage (in French only)
Region: Capitale-Nationale
L’Académie de l’Entrepreneurship (Collège April-Fortier)
Démarrage d'entreprise (in French only)
Region: Montréal
Intrapreneurial Initiative
Intrapreneurial Program
Region: Montréal
Yes Montreal
Workshops for entrepreneurs
Region : Montréal
PRÉSÂGES
Mûr.e pour entreprendre (in French only)
Region : online