Bas-Saint-Laurent Business Office

The Agency encourages the development of Bas-Saint-Laurent business communities by assisting the region’s SMEs with their projects directly. We also assist economic development stakeholders and the economic organizations that support these SMEs.

Priorities
Programs
Services
Partners

Regional priorities

In the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, the Agency gives priority to projects that foster the development of the following sectors:

Bio-resources (forest, peat, bio-food)
Renewable energy and environment
Metal products and innovative materials
Marine sciences and technologies
Tourism

*Cautionary note: Other conditions apply. Contact an advisor at your regional business office in order to ensure that your project is eligible.

Programs available in the region

Consult the programs offered by the Agency in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region or the temporary initiatives put in place to offset specific economic situations.

Programs

Community Diversification*

*Download the Community Diversification - Bas-Saint-Laurent backgrounder

Business and Regional Growth*

*Download the Business and Regional Growth - Bas-Saint-Laurent backgrounder

Community Futures Program
Infrastructure Programs
Regional Development Study

Initiatives

Linguistic Duality Economic Development Initiative

Services available in the region

Our team of advisors delivers quality services. Working in our 14 business offices, they provide information, advice and guidance to businesses and non-profit organizations to help them with their economic development projects.

All services

Network of service delivery partners

Ressources Entreprises: Offers professional support and specialized information services on all private and government programs and services to entrepreneurs in Eastern Quebec.
Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs): CFDCs contribute to the economic development of their communities by providing services to enterprises: access to funding, technical assistance and support for local, youth and female entrepreneurship.
SADC de la région de Matane: 235 Saint-Jérôme Avenue, Suite 312
Matane, Quebec G4W 3A7
Tel.: 418-562-3171
sadc_matane@ciril.qc.ca
SADC de la Matapédia: 123 Desbiens Street, Suite 401
Amqui, Quebec G5J 3P9
Tel.: 418-629-4474
sadc_amqui@ciril.qc.ca
SADC de La Mitis: 1534 Jacques-Cartier Boulevard, Suite 101
Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H 2V8
Tel.: 418-775-4619
sadc_mitis@ciril.qc.ca
SADC de la Neigette: 671 des Pionniers Street
Rimouski, Quebec G5N 5P4
Tel.: 418-735-2514
sadc_neigette@ciril.qc.ca
SADC des Basques: 400-3 Jean-Rioux Street
Trois-Pistoles, Quebec G0L 4K0
Tel.: 418-851-3172
sadc_basques@ciril.qc.ca
SADC de la M.R.C. de Rivière-du-Loup: 646 Lafontaine Street, Suite 201
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec G5R 3C8
Tel.: 418-867-4272
sadc@mrc-rdl.qc.ca
SADC Témiscouata: 3-A Hôtel-de-Ville Street
Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec G0L 1X0
Tel.: 418-899-0808
sadctemis@qc.aira.com
SADC du Kamouraska: 901 6^th Avenue, Suite 2
La Pocatière, Quebec G0R 1Z0
Tel.: 418-856-3482
sadck@kamouraska.com
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) of NRC: Supports SMEs in approving and developing new products or procedures. Financial assistance is awarded after the project has been assessed by an industrial technology advisor.
Québec maritime: Marketing of North Shore, Lower St Lawrence, Gaspé and Magdalen Islands tourism products on international markets.
SEREX (french): With sustainable development in mind, offers forest product processing enterprises scientific and technical assistance, watch and technology transfer services and customized applied research and training services.
Lower St-Laurence Region Export Promotion Corporation (french): Consulting and coaching services to export SMEs to further their development on international markets.
Centre spécialisé de technologie physique du Québec inc. (CSTPQ): The purpose of this organization is to develop advanced technology products and production processes. It offers enterprises consulting services and a computer-integrated manufacturing development laboratory.

See our list of partners by project type:

Our Success Stories

CIDCO, technology that probes the ocean’s depths

This Bas-Saint-Laurent organization is developing underwater applications for the analysis of coastal erosion, the ocean floor and much more.
OpDAQ is sailing to success!

Discover this new player in the marine industry that develops one-of-a-kind environmental improvement instrumentation to optimize ships.