get up to $750,000 in Grant Funding to Empower Food Processing Capabilities in Quebec
The Quebec MAPAQ Food Processing Program aims to enhance the productivity, competitiveness, and environmental sustainability of the province's food processing sector. It supports projects that contribute to the development of this sector, addressing various aspects from workforce training to infrastructure improvement.
Funding INformation
- Funding Type: Grant
- Funding Availability: Open (Accepting Applications)
- Funding Organization: Government of Québec
- Maximum Funding Amount: $750,000.00
- Percentage of Costs Eligible: 50.0%
Streams Breakdown
- Stream 1: Project Planning and Skills Development
- Eligible activities:
- Business diagnostics
- Workforce recruitment or retention strategy development
- Employee skills development
- Planning a business transfer
- Drawing up plans and specifications
- Eligible activities:
- Stream 2: Labour Productivity
- Eligible activities:
- Automation, robotization, or digitization of processes
- Implementation or adaptation of ERP software
- Eligible activities:
- Stream 3: Food Quality and Safety Management
- Eligible activities:
- Implementation of food quality and safety management systems
- Implementation of preventive control plans
- Implementation or updating of food safety and quality management systems leading to certification or recognition
- Eligible activities:
- Stream 4: Competitiveness and Environmental Challenges of the Slaughterhouse and Cheese Sector
- Eligible activities:
- Automation, robotization, or digitization of processes
- Implementation or adaptation of ERP software
- Implementation of new processes
- Process optimization
- Addition of a production line or product diversification
- Implementation or modernization of animal or food traceability systems
- Eligible activities:
Substreams under Stream 4:
- Stream 4.1: Similar to Stream 4 activities
- Stream 4.2: Specific to activities related to environmental performance, slaughterhouse construction or recommissioning, sanitary supervision, collective initiatives, humanitarian slaughter line, and biosecurity measures for animal transport.
Deadline
All proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2026.
