Funder · State agency

Investissement Québec

Funds Quebec economic growth through enterprise financing, export support, and regional business scaling initiatives.

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Annual funding—

Programs6

Active grants2

Total grants4

About

Investissement Quebec is Quebec's provincial Crown investment corporation, mandated to support economic development across all regions of Quebec. It reports to the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy and uses financing plus public support to help firms grow, modernize, export, and invest in the future.

The organisation backs businesses of all sizes with loans, equity, loan guarantees, tax credits, and grants. Its grant-facing routes in this record include PSCE Volet 1, PSCE Volet 2, Programme innovation Volet 2, and PADAT, and PSCE Volet 2 is capped at CAD 60,000. The wider portfolio speaks to manufacturing, hardware, AI infrastructure, biotech, climate, and food-tech needs.

Investissement Quebec administers most Quebec government programmes on behalf of MEIE and provides expert guidance alongside financing. The practical fit is a Quebec business that needs export support, market diversification, innovation capital, or tourism and regional development support, with public processes routed through IQ rather than a general open-call grant desk.

Programs & grants under this funder

IQ ESSOR — Investment Feasibility and Digital Diagnostics (Volet 1)

Funds Quebec for-profit companies conducting feasibility studies or digital diagnostics to prepare major investment projects.

1 grant

IQ ESSOR — Investment Feasibility and Digital Diagnostics (Volet 1)

Open

— pool·269 days

PADAT — Tourist Attraction Development Support Program (Programme d'appui au développement des attraits touristiques)

Supports Financing for tourism attraction development and hotel park improvements in Quebec.

1 grant

PADAT — Tourism Development Financing

Open

— pool·Rolling submission

IQ Programme Innovation — Collaborative Mobilizing Projects (Volet 2)

Funds Quebec for-profit companies leading collaborative R&D projects with universities and research centres to develop innovative products or processes.

1 grant

Innovation Programme — Component 2 (Programme innovation — Volet 2 / Projets mobilisateurs)

Closed

— pool

Innovation Programme — Component 2 (Programme innovation — Volet 2 / Projets mobilisateurs)

Funds Collaborative innovation work grants for private companies partnering with universities and public research centres on innovative product or process development.

PSCE — Component 1, Quebec Market (Volet 1, Marché québécois)

Connects Support for Quebec small and medium-sized enterprises building domestic commercialization capacity as a first step toward exporting.

PSCE — Component 2 (Diversification Outside Quebec) (PSCE — Volet 2 / Diversification hors Québec)

Supports Quebec companies entering export markets outside the province through market development funding.

1 grant

PSCE Volet 2 — Europe

Paused

— pool

Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: www.investquebec.com