Grant Provincial ● Closed

MAPAQ Initiative Ministérielle Proximité (2024–2026)

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ)
Maximum Funding
Historically up to $50,000 per applicant over the program...
This program is no longer accepting applications.

Quebec ministerial initiative that funded Quebec agricultural producers, food processors, and collective entities to develop proximity marketing (short supply chains, direct-to-consumer sales) and agrotourism activities. The initiative ran 2024–2026 with two streams: Volet 1 for collective initiatives (non-profits, cooperatives, business groupings, municipal and Indigenous entities) at up to 70% of eligible costs, and Volet 2 for individual agricultural and food-transformation enterprises at up to 50% of eligible costs. As of April 23, 2026, both streams are CLOSED — Volet 2 closed on August 29, 2025, and Volet 1 is no longer open. No successor program has been publicly announced by MAPAQ.

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