Resources for Businesses

Technical and financial support

Here is a non-comprehensive list of organizations, ministries and banks that can help you with your agri-food projects:

Agriculture Canada

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

Canadian Economic Development
(mainly for processing projets)

Centre locaux de développement (CLD)
(business plans, financial aid)

Community Futures Development Corporations (SADC)
(business plans, financial aid)

  • Papineau SADC
    565, Buckingham Avenue, Gatineau, (Quebec) J8L 2H2
    Telephone: 819 986-1747 or 1-888-986-SADC (7232)
    Fax: 819 281-0303

  • Pontiac SADC
    1409 Route 148, Box 425,
    Campbell's Bay, (Quebec) J0X 1K0
    Telephone: 819 648-2186
    Fax: 819 648-2226

  • Gatineau Valley SADC
    100 Principale Sud Street, office 210,
    Maniwaki, (Quebec) J9E 3L4
    Telephone: 819 449-1551
    Fax: 819 449-7431

Desjardins - Centres financiers aux entreprises
880, boulevard de la Carrière
bureau 100
Gatineau (Québec) J8Y 6T5
Tel.: 819 778-1400 ou 1 877 441-1400

276, rue Papineau
Papineauville (Québec) J0V 1R0
Tel. : 819 427-5222 ou 1 866 427-5222

Emploi Québec, Outaouais region

Farm Credit Canada
Financière agricole du Québec
La Financière agricole offers a range of financial tools to ensure the economic and financial stability of farm businesses: agricultural and forestry financing with guarantied loans, protection against interest rate hikes, financial assistance for establishment in agriculture, capital risk investment, crop insurance and the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program.
Laurentienne Bank (BLC)

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, Outaouais region

  • Gatineau Agriculture Services Centre
    Galeries de Buckingham
    999, Dollard Street,
    Gatineau, (Quebec) J8L 3E6
    Telephone: 819 986-8544 or 1-888-536-2720

  • Maniwaki Agriculture Services Centre
    116, King Street,
    Maniwaki, (Quebec) J9E 2L3
    Telephone : 819 449-3400 or 1 800-266-5217

  • Shawville Agriculture Services Centre
    127, Lake Street, Box 880,
    Shawville, (Quebec) J0X 2Y0
    Telephone: 819 647-5779 or 1-888-206-7575

Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation du Québec
National bank of Canada
Commercial banking center
920, boulevard St-Joseph
Bureau 200
Gatineau (Québec) J8Z 1S9
Tel. : 819 772-1422
RBC Royal bank
Société générale de financement
(Capital stock investment)