Canada Startups proudly operates the Montreal Small Business Startup Centre, a resource for entrepreneurs navigating the opportunities of Ontario's growing small-business landscape. With an economy focused on innovation and local job creation, Montreal continues to attract strong business investment.
Our team assists founders in building strong business plans and securing funding from municipal Montreal programs, provincial Ontario initiatives, and federal small-business grants. We also connect entrepreneurs with private investors interested in supporting the regions growth.
- Strategic business planning creating professional, fundable proposals.
- Access to funding connecting entrepreneurs to Montreals local programs and Ontarios funding network.
- Growth support and advisory offering hands-on mentorship for expansion.
The Centres ongoing collaboration with local and provincial partners ensures that Montreal entrepreneurs have every opportunity to grow and prosper within Ontarios supportive business climate.
The Montreal Small Business Startup Centre by Canada Startups is staffed by specialists who guide startups in Montreal, Ontario through planning, financing, and early growth.
With deep familiarity across Montreal and the broader Ontario ecosystem, we tailor guidance to local requirements and provincial opportunities.
The roster blends accounting and legal talent with capital advisors, investors, and founders who have built and scaled companies themselves.
On average, our members unlock $79,000 in local funding; beyond that, we have guided numerous entrepreneurs to totals well over $500,000, plus many smaller grants and program awards.
Our team takes pride in serving the founders who drive jobs, innovation, and local prosperity in Montreal, Ontario.
- Startups (pre-launch) - Support for individuals starting a business from scratch.
- Startups (Year 0-2) - Guidance for businesses in their first or second year.
- Existing businesses - Support for stabilizing, restructuring, or expansion.
- Business plan guidance, writing, and review.
- Financial review and projection guidance.
- Funding search - Assistance with government, government-backed, and private funding options.
Get started - chat with one of our Montreal business experts.
Book an appointment at one of our other Centres
With multiple locations across Ontario to serve you better, you can call one of our other centres to access business support and funding search assistance. See below for the next closest centre to you:
- Monkton Small Business Startup Centre - schedule a call
- Molesworth Small Business Startup Centre - schedule a call
- Mitchell Small Business Startup Centre - schedule a call
- Mono Small Business Startup Centre - schedule a call
- Moonstone Small Business Startup Centre - schedule a call
Clarendon Station Small Business Startup Centre
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See services offered >Access Montreal, Quebec Funding Options for Businesses
With the below funding search tool, you will be able to see what is available in terms of funding in Montreal, Quebec for your small business.
Tips to Maximize Funding!
Step 1: Search Locally + Provincially
As you are in Montreal, Ontario, funding should be looked at locally first. Montreal has numerous funding options to consider, not only from government sources, but government-backed and private. Provincial, Ontario options are also available!
Just look at some of these successes:
| Company Name | City | Province | Funding Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| F****David International Inc. | Montreal | QC | $98,000.00 |
| D****ique Ouzilleau Inc. | Montreal | QC | $95,044.00 |
| S****o Mokko Inc. | Montreal | QC | $93,650.00 |
| T****s En Vues | Montreal | QC | $9,000.00 |
| F****My Closet | Montreal | QC | $9,000.00 |
| S****box Truck Systems Inc. | Montreal | QC | $8,998.00 |
| E****l Manufacturing Inc. | Montreal | QC | $8,475.00 |
| T****t Exclusive Inc. | Montreal | QC | $82,725.00 |
| J****al Al-Ahram | Montreal | QC | $8,000.00 |
| I****o Chasse Et Peche | Montreal | QC | $78,000.00 |
Step 2: Select Your Funding Need
In Step 1, we highlighted local success stories from Montreal that showed how founders secured funding for their ideas. Now it's time to define your own funding priorities. Funding needs vary across Montreal, Ontario. The more clearly you define your costssuch as inventory, payroll, machinery, marketing, or leasehold improvementsthe stronger your applications will be. At the Montreal Small Business Startup Centre, our team works with you to categorize expenses and match them with the right programs at the local and provincial levels.
Access the Funding Course - Free in Montreal
Education on the different funding options will ensure you ask the right questions, to maximaize your funding potential with optaining grants, government loans and funds for your business. Take a minute now!
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