Productivité-Compétences

Insider Tip

You cannot apply directly to Productivité-Compétences — you must find a collective promoter (promoteur collectif) active in your sector or region. Start with your sectoral employer association, your regional CLD or CRPMT, or search the CPMT website for approved promoters. The broader successor program to earlier CPMT workforce investments, it launched Feb 2026; some promoters may already have active project calls. This program is the tariff-resilience companion to FORCE — if your workforce needs upskilling for productivity (not tariff-crisis retention), this is the right vehicle.

Rejection Pitfalls 5

• SME attempts direct application without a collective promoter (not permitted)
• Training falls outside the five eligible themes
• Expenses incurred before promoter project approval

Success Profile

Quebec SME in manufacturing, technology, agrifood, construction, or services that has an active relationship with its sectoral employer association or regional workforce body. Company with 5–200 employees that wants to upskill workers in AI tools, management practices, digital systems, or green operations. Best positioned when a collective promoter in your sector has an active call for projects — largest employers in SME cohorts tend to be prioritized due to worker-count impact.

Evaluation Criteria

CPMT evaluates collective promoter project proposals, not individual SMEs. Promoter projects are assessed on number of workers to be trained, sector relevance, training quality, budget soundness, and alignment with Quebec labour market priorities. SMEs within approved promoter projects are generally eligible as long as they meet the participation criteria set by the promoter.

Application Steps

Required Documents 5

Eligible Expenses 4

• Third-party training provider fees in AI/innovation, management, green transition, digital transformation, or literacy/numeracy
• Wages of employees during employer-sponsored training (where approved by promoter project terms)
• Training materials and course fees from accredited providers
• Travel costs for training attendance (where included in promoter project)

Ineligible Expenses 5

• Training expenses incurred before CPMT project approval
• Training outside the five eligible theme areas
• Internal training delivered by the employer's own staff
• Consulting or advisory services not directly tied to employee skill development
• Expenses fully covered by another provincial or federal training grant

Intake Periods

Ongoing, subject to collective promoter project cycles. Individual SME access depends on when a promoter in your sector launches a CPMT-approved project. Monitor promoter and CPMT communications for active intakes.

Deadline Notes

Announced February 2, 2026; program is active on the official CPMT current-programs list. Budget is $55M over two years — first-come until envelope exhausted per call-for-projects cycle. Collective promoters submit periodic project calls; individual SME access depends on when a promoter in your sector launches a cohort. Monitor the CPMT website and sector associations for intake openings.

Ineligible Organizations

• Government bodies and public-sector agencies
• Educational institutions (as participants — they may be training providers)
• Public health and social services institutions
• Businesses not operating in Quebec
• Self-employed individuals without employees

Compatible Programs

Clawback Risk

Low Risk

Clawback risk is low for SMEs if training is completed as agreed. If training is not completed or expenses are ineligible, the promoter may recover reimbursed amounts. Major clawback exposure is at the promoter level, not individual SME level.