Increasing productivity

Native Commercial Credit Corporation
Get a non-refundable contribution of up to $99,999 for business start-up or expansion, marketing, project management, professional advisory services, and development of a business plan, marketing plan or feasibility studies.

Native Commercial Credit Corporation
Get a non-refundable contribution of up to $1 million for businesses owned by a First Nation, the Native Alliance of Quebec, or by one of their members. Funds can be used for business start-up or expansion, marketing, project management, professional advisory services, and development of a business plan, marketing plan or feasibility studies.

​Ville de Laval
Get support and a grant of up to $125,000 for your Laval company's digital transformation project.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
National associations and Indigenous groups can apply for up to $5 million over 5 years to cover 70% of the costs of activities that help the agricultural sector to leverage, coordinate and build on existing capacity; enhance safety; adapt to changing commercial and regulatory environments; seize new opportunities; share best practices; and provide mentorship opportunities.

Government of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Get up to $5 million in repayable contributions to cover 50% of the cost of projects that aim to accelerate demonstration, commercialization and/or adoption of innovative products, technologies, processes or services that increase agri-sector competitiveness and sustainability.

​Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Obtain financing in the form of investment, support from specialists and access to an international network to propel the development and growth of your medium-sized Quebec company.

​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.​

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

Business Development Bank of Canada
Get financing and advice from growth equity partners to help grow your business in Canada and internationally. This support will be provided through partnerships, funding and access to potential growth capital.

Business Development Bank of Canada
Get financing and advice from venture capital investors to help you build and grow your business in Canada and internationally.

Business Development Bank of Canada
Get a loan of up to $100,000 to help small and medium sized enterprises adopt digital technologies to increase their competitiveness.

​Government of Canada
Get a loan of up to $250,000 (including microloans in some cases) to help your for-profit, Black-led startup business or SME scale up and grow domestically and internationally.

​Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your SME or non-profit is working on a project to become more environmentally friendly, improve productivity, strengthen commercialization or integrate with regional and global supply chains, you could get a contribution to help with some of the costs.

​Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If your export-ready company features products from the agriculture and agri-food sectors, you can get funding to offset the cost of booth prices on a show-by-show basis when you exhibit at trade shows.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If you’re a not-for-profit or Indigenous organization working towards sustainability and competitiveness by adopting new technology or building capacity, get up to $1 million per project in cost-shared funding to cover up to 50% of eligible project costs in most cases, and up to 75% for high-priority projects for the sector.

​Community Futures
If your business is located in a rural community, you may be eligible for financing and business support services through your local Community Futures organization.

​Investissement Québec
Get a term loan and guarantee starting at $50,000 to increase productivity by financing your green projects.

​Canada Council for the Arts
Get a grant of up to $100,000 for projects up to 12 months involving creating (research/writing), knowing (mentorship, training) or sharing (exhibitions, presentations, collaborations) — including those with non-Indigenous artists.

​Desjardins​
If you are under 35 years of age and starting a business or developing a business that is less than 3 years old, obtain financial assistance in the form of a line of credit of up to $15,000 at a preferential rate of 0.5% and a grant of up to $5000.

Export Development Canada
Get equity capital for your high-revenue, women-led business in the form of direct investment or venture capital funds, to grow and scale to new markets.

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

​SODEC
​Do you own a music, entertainment-production, or artist management company? If so, you could get a grant for your commercial activities.

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

PME MTL
Receive up to $25,000 in financial assistance to develop your business in the retail sector.

Filaction
If you are a member of one of Quebec's cultural communities, you may be eligible for funding to start a business or run a business that has been in operation for less than five years.

​Filaction​
Are you a member of one of Quebec's black communities? You could receive a loan or loan guarantee for your business' needs.

​Filaction
Obtain a loan ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 for the realization of innovative projects that will improve the tourism offer in Quebec.

​MRC de la Vallée-du-Richelieu
Get an interest-free loan to help you develop your farm business.

​Fonds de solidarité FTQ
​If your Quebec business is in a period of growth and profitability, you can use this fund to obtain personalized business solutions that meet your needs.

​Desjardins
​Are you working on a project in education, environment, employment or entrepreneurship? You can bring it to life thanks to access to grants from a $150-million fund.

​Filaction
​Get up to $10,000 to cover the fees of experts who will help your collective business assess the situation following the health crisis and up to $30,000 for them to assist you with your change management plan, recovery or business model adjustment.

​Filaction
​Get up to $15,000 to cover a portion of the service fees of management and governance consultants employed by your group company.

National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA)
Access investments to help you develop your Aboriginal business.

Grand Challenges Canada
Apply to the challenges and get funding to support innovative and scalable Indigenous-led ideas, to develop and test bold ideas from all sectors and industries.

​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.

​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.

​Jeune chambre de commerce de Montréal
​Are you a Montreal entrepreneur between the ages of 18 and 40? If so, you can receive a loan to start or grow your business.

Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Loans and loan guarantees to start or expand a business, or purchase at least 25% of an existing business, in Quebec.

MicroEntreprendre
Quebec entrepreneurs who are unable to obtain financing in conventional financing networks can obtain loans of $2 000 to $20,000 and support.

NGEN - Next Generation Manufacturing
You can get a funding of up to $150, 000 to cover a maximum of 50% of eligible costs if you work within an industry-led, membership-based organization to enhance capabilities and growth through the application of, or access to advanced manufacturing technologies, best practices and principles.

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

Service de développement économique de la MRC de Nicolet-Yamaska​
You could receive financial assistance of up to $10,000 to start or expand your non-conventional-sized agri-food business.

Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs
Get a grant of up to $375,000 for your wood-to-panel project.

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.

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.

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
Obtain financial assistance for the contribution of expertise, the improvement of competitiveness and the realization of structuring projects in your company in the dairy and meat processing sectors.

Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale
Obtain financial support of up to $400,000 for the research and implementation of projects that support government orientations in community action.

Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Obtain support for projects involving the sharing or pooling of resources, services or activities between social economy enterprises in order to optimize access to these resources and ensure the economic viability of the enterprises.

Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Get financial support for promotional and outreach activities that allow your company to access government, municipal and private markets.

Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Receive a grant of up to 50% of the cost of eligible expenses for the implementation of departmental and governmental strategies for the development of strategic sectors and niches of excellence.