Mauricie Business Office

The Agency encourages the development of Mauricie 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 Mauricie region, the Agency gives priority to projects that foster the development of the following sectors:

Agri-food
Energy and Green technologies
Forest products (secondary and tertiary wood processing)
Metal products
Information, communications and advanced technologies
Métallurgical technologies
Transportation equipment
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 Mauricie region or the temporary initiatives put in place to offset specific economic situations.

Programs

Community Diversification*

*Download the Community Diversification - Mauricie backgrounder

Business and Regional Growth*

*Download the Business and Regional Growth - Mauricie 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

Info entrepreneurs: Offers information services to businesses from all sectors and at every stage of development. Provides access to information on federal and provincial departments as well as to integrated information products and interactive tools.
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 du Haut-St-Maurice: 290 Saint-Joseph Street
La Tuque, Quebec G9X 3Z8
Tel.: 819-523-4227
info-sadchsm@ciril.qc.ca
SADC de la Vallée de la Batiscan: 390 Goulet Street
Saint-Stanislas, Quebec G0X 3E0
Tel.: 418-328-4200
sadc_batiscan@ciril.qc.ca or sadcvb@cgocable.ca
SADC Centre-de-la-Mauricie: 812 Des Cèdres Avenue
Shawinigan, Quebec G9N 1P2
Tel.: 819-537-5107
info@sadccm.ca
SADC de la MRC de Maskinongé: 871-A Saint-Laurent Boulevard W
Louiseville, Quebec J5V 1L3
Tel.: 819-228-5921
info@sadcmaskinonge.qc.ca
Centres d’Aide aux Entreprises (CAE): The Centres d'Aide aux Entreprises (CAE) play a role in the economic development of the regions they serve by providing SMEs with financial assistance and consulting services to stimulate the creation and maintenance of jobs.
CAE LaPrade Trois-Rivières inc.: 370 Des Forges Street, Suite 300
Trois-Rivières, Quebec G9A 2H1
Tel.:819-378-6000
cae@cae3r.com
Community Economic Development Corporations (CEDCs) (french): CEDCs focus on the economic and social revitalization of the most disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods by stimulating the startup of small businesses in their areas.
ECOF-CDEC de Trois-Rivières (french): 1060, St-François-Xavier Street, room 318
Trois-Rivières, Quebec G9A 1R8
Tel.: 819-373-1473
Fax: 819-373-7711
info@ecof.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.
Technopole Vallée du Saint Maurice (french): Support for the creation or expansion of new economy enterprises, particularly in the region's most productive areas: pulp and paper technologies and the energy and environment sectors. Services offered are incubation-counselling, technical assistance and networking with scientific experts.
Carrefour Québec International (french): Centre-du-Québec International is active throughout Central Quebec supporting companies with their exporting operations.
Fonds de développement économique LaPrade (FDE LaPrade) (french): Offers individual coaching services to SMEs in order to guide them in the shift to electronic commerce and inform them of resources available. Training and e-commerce watch activities.

See our list of partners by project type:

Our Success Stories

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