Featured Grants & Tax Credits
We master more than 2000 financial incentives
Take a few moments to discover AVINOVA's categories, you may be entitled to certain grants or tax credits!
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Whether you are a technology company or not, one or more of these grants could apply to your business. You only need to be in the process of a product development, innovation, information management system implementation (ERP, CRM, etc.) or R&D project to be eligible for a grant or tax credit. Learn more by consulting the list of available financial incentives.
Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED)
Thanks to its tax incentives, the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program allows Canadian companies of all sizes and sectors to conduct research and development activities. The SR&ED tax credit is one of the most important sources of federal funding for business research and development in Canada.
Decision entities: CRA - RQ
Possible returns: Up to 70% of salaries
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Tax Credit for the Development of E-Business (CDAE)
Benefit from tax assistance for companies specialized in innovative high value-added activities in the information technology sector, more specifically in the design and implementation of computer systems. These Tax Credits for the Development of E-Business help Quebec companies develop their activities in a context of strong international competition, maintain and create jobs, and their growth and professional efficiency.
Decision entities: IQ - RQ
Possible returns: Up to 30% of salaries
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Multimedia Titles Production
This tax credit aims to promote the production of multimedia titles in Quebec. This tax measure allows eligible companies to obtain a refundable tax credit on labor expenses. To be entitled to this credit, your company must first hold a valid initial eligibility certificate issued by IQ certifying that the title meets the rules in force.
Decision entities: IQ - RQ
Possible returns: Up to 37.5% of salaries
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Industrial Design
Are you a company or partnership performing industrial design activities and generating revenue of more than $150,000 annually? Your economic impacts have an effect in Quebec and your employees are salaried or consultants? You may be eligible for the tax credit for industrially manufactured product design and thus cover part of the salaries of employees hired internally for one or more industrial designers employed by the company or an external designer, i.e. a consultant.
Decision entities: MEI - RQ
Possible returns: Up to 24% of salaries
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Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Do you own a small or medium-sized business and want to undertake innovation projects? The Industrial Research Assistance Program is for you. IRAP helps SMEs develop, adopt and adapt technologies and integrate them into competitive products and services for commercialization in the international market.
Decision entities: NRC
Possible returns: Up to 80% of salaries
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Productivity Support - SME in Action Program
This financial assistance aims to increase the level of productivity and enhance the competitiveness of businesses in Quebec. Eligible projects include: supply chain optimization; implementation of an integrated management system (ERP) or customer relationship management (CRM); implementation of a cost accounting system.
Target companies are generally active in the following sectors:
- + manufacturing
- + information and communications technologies
- + high value-added distribution center
Decision entity: IQ
Possible returns: 50% of consultant fees up to $100,000
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Robotics and Quality Systems
This program aims to increase investments in food processing to address the labor shortage and increase business competitiveness. Eligible projects include: Automation or robotics of a process; Development of new processes and technology that increase labor productivity; Improvement of a process that increases labor productivity; Implementation or enhancement of an integrated management software.
Decision entity: MAPAQ
Possible returns: 50% of project cost up to $150,000
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EXPORT
Are you planning international or inter-provincial market development projects? We work in partnership with many export organizations to make your task easier. Take a look at our services to discover which grants apply to your project.
Commercialization and Export Support Program (CESP)
International scope project? The CESP Program offers a non-refundable financial contribution to Quebec companies to help them with their export project. If your company operates in the manufacturing, retail and wholesale-distribution, or tertiary engine sectors, this financial assistance may apply to you.
Decision entities: IQ
Possible returns: 50% of expenses up to $250,000
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This grant is for exporters, innovators, associations and communities, whether you are in any business sector, travel-related or not. This financial assistance helps prepare for international markets.
Decision entity: GAC - Global Affairs Canada - NRC
Possible returns: 50% of expenses up to $50,000
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Support for food exports helps support the development of markets outside Quebec for all Quebec food companies that want to better prepare and strengthen their export capacity as well as diversify their market outside Quebec. MAPAQ offers you the opportunity to receive grants to meet these needs.
Decision entity: MAPAQ
Possible returns: 40% of expenses up to $80,000
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HR
Companies from all business sectors: do you need financial assistance for human resources management, training or hiring? We can help you find grants and tax credits that could apply to your projects.
Internship Tax Credit
This tax credit is for companies that hire: Students pursuing a degree at an academic institution; Workplace apprentices in several trades including: welder, polisher, machinist, telecom technician, etc.
Decision entity: RQ
Possible returns: Up to 32% of salaries
I am interested Program to Assist the Integration of Immigrants and Visible Minorities into Employment (PRIIME)
The objective of PRIIME is to support the integration of newcomers or people from visible minorities in finding their first sustainable job in their field of expertise. The Ministry offers companies financial support to support their integration.
Decision entity: Employment Quebec
Possible returns: 70% of salary for the first 30 weeks of employment
I am interested Workforce Training
To allow your employees to follow training to perform their work properly, you may be entitled to financial assistance to define your training needs, carry out your training project, and evaluate the effectiveness of the training received. If you are an employer located in Quebec, whether you are a private company, a cooperative, a self-employed worker or more, you may be eligible for this government assistance.
Decision entity: Employment Quebec
Possible returns: 50% of the cost of training provided by a subcontractor
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Compliance and Maximization
At Avinova, whether you are a client or not, our mandate is to ensure that you maximize returns on your grant and tax credit applications.
Are you used to preparing your applications yourself or entrusting them to an external preparer?
Avinova offers you the possibility to verify your claims so that nothing is left on the table, and this by:
- + Maximizing the credits/grants you already claim
- + Identifying new incentives you are entitled to
To do this, you will need to send us all documents and claims already submitted to decision-making entities. We will then perform a verification to produce a report detailing unclaimed eligible expenses as well as incentives that could have been requested. This report will allow you to understand how you could maximize your incentives, and thus benefit from additional income.
Also, you can benefit from our training and support service to assist you with:
- + Raising awareness among your resources about the various available financial incentives and their benefits to businesses
- + Popularizing the requirements of grant and tax credit programs
- + Presenting best practices for documentation