Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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701 Laure Blvd., Suite 202B, P.O. Box 698
Sept-Îles, Quebec G4R 4K9
Tel.: 418-968-3426
1-800-463-1707
Fax: 418-968-0806
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Socioeconomic profile
Côte-Nord Business Office
The Agency encourages the development of Côte-Nord 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 Côte-Nord region, the Agency gives priority to projects that foster the development of the following sectors:
- Small fruits
- Natural resources (value-added products: fishery, forest)
- Tourism
- Metal fabrication (aluminium, iron)
*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 Côte-Nord region or the temporary initiatives put in place to offset specific economic situations.
Programs
*Download the Community Diversification - Côte-Nord backgrounder
*Download the Business and Regional Growth - Côte-Nord backgrounder
Community Futures
Program
Infrastructure
Programs
Regional Development
Study
Initiatives
Community Adjustment
Fund
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.
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 Côte-Nord
- 456 Arnaud Avenue, Suite 205
Sept-Îles, Quebec G4R 3B1
Tel.: 418-962-7233 – 1-877-962-7233
sadc_septiles@ciril.qc.ca - SADC Manicouagan
- 67 Place LaSalle, Suite 301
Baie-Comeau, Quebec G4Z 1K1
Tel.: 418-296-6956
sadcmanic@bc.cgocable.ca - SADC Haute-Côte-Nord
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459 Route 138, Suite 200
Les Escoumins, Quebec G0T 1K0
Tel.: 418-233-3495
sadchcn@ciril.qc.ca - 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.
- Corporation de développement des exportations de la Côte-Nord
- Support and coaching for exporting SMEs to enable them to grow on international markets.
- Centre d'entrepreneuriat et d'essaimage de l'Université du Québec
- Promotes entrepreneurship and the creation of enterprises in the academic community through the following services: personalized coaching and advice at the enterprise startup stage, entrepreneurship awareness activities, research grants, international internships and a technology internship program with enterprises.
- Centre d'aide technologique aux entreprises de la Côte-Nord (CATECN)
- Supports SMEs in improving their expertise and developing new products or procedures.
See our list of partners by project type:
Our Success Stories
A blueberry farm is blazing the trail for the blueberry industry in the Côte-Nord region and will yield benefits for the region as a whole.
Argile Eau Mer, a firm specializing in sea mud and natural products of irrefutable quality, is putting Côte-Nord on the map in all corners of the world!
News Releases
- June 29, 2010 – $4.6 million financial assistance
- June 21, 2010 – Minister of State Denis Lebel unveils terms and conditions of new Temporary Initiative for the Strengthening of Quebec's Forest Economies
- June 10, 2010 – Government of Canada grants $393,901 in funding to Coasters' Association Inc. for development of new economic sector
