Business and Innovation

Support for businesses

To support its economy, the city has launched, with its partners, programs and measures for businesspeople, private and collective companies and support organizations.

Programs and measures

Businesses

Companies in all sectors of activity can count on the support of the city and its economic development partners.

PME MTL, the city’s business support network, offers loans and subsidies to support startup and growth of Montréal businesses. It also offers customized support with experts free of charge.

Merchants

Montréal merchants are eligible for measures that have been implemented for businesses. The city and its partners also have specific support and funding measures to offer.

Find out more about these measures

Social economy businesses

Social economy businesses, cooperatives and non-profits are eligible for measures created for businesses and companies. They can also get financial support that is customized to their needs, free advisory services and training.

Learn more about these measures

Non-profit organizations (NPO)

Montréal supports NPOs in its economic ecosystem. Through calls for projects, non-profit organizations can get funding to carry out innovative projects for businesses in various sectors.

Economic stimulus plans and measures

2021 plan: Acting now to prepare recovery

This plan provides for a $60 million investment and includes 10 support measures that are a continuation of the first recovery plan. It aims to support sectors that have been made more fragile by the crisis; to set the stage for a green, resilient and inclusive recovery; and to mobilize all partners around the city’s recovery. 

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Specific support measures for the downtown area

Montréal is partnering with the Québec government to invest $25 million in a series of tangible measures to revitalize this area, which has been hit hard by the crisis.

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