Although most industries are eligible for the program, some exclusions may apply. If your industry is not eligible, there are other programs available to you. Please do not hesitate to contact our experts to find out more.
ESSOR Program: Component 1
Access up to $50,000 in government funding to boost your business technology.
Important message from Investissement Québec
To ensure the availability of funds for approved projects, the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, and Energy suspended Component 1 of the ESSOR Program. This decision took effect at midnight on October 3, 2024, and will continue until further notice.
Program agent Investissement Québec will no longer accept new applications during the hiatus.
ESSOR grants a subsidy to eligible businesses in qualified sectors in Quebec for the development of digital diagnostics, digital plans, and implementation plans (sub-component B), up to a maximum amount of $20,000. Companies with fewer than 250 employees and a minimum annual revenue of $2.5 million are eligible for the subsidy.
A subsidy is also available for the implementation of an action plan and a digital plan (sub-component C) resulting from sub-component 1B.
The subsidy offered can cover 50 percent of the eligible costs of the first project submitted under the digital plan in sub-component B, 40 percent of the second project, and 30 percent for subsequent projects, with a maximum amount of $50,000 per project.
This program ends on March 31, 2025.
What are the ESSOR measures for Component 1?
The first step in digital transformation involves developing a digital strategy under Component 1B. This process includes assessing the organization and making recommendations for potential improvements.
MNP will meet with your key stakeholders, analyze your systems and key business processes, and deliver a digital transformation roadmap with specific actions that can be carried out over the next two to three years. The end goal is to help you fully integrate your business, whether that means streamlining or automating processes, making it more efficient, or positioning it for future growth and success.
Let’s begin your transformation journey
As Canada’s largest and most experienced digital advisory team focused on small and mid-sized businesses, MNP is the perfect partner to help you make the most of this opportunity.
We have local experts conveniently located across the country who understand the challenges and opportunities in your market — and how to help you succeed.
How we can help
Whether you want to better engage with customers, connect a geographically diverse workforce, or get better insight into the factors driving your business, we can help you get there faster.
Grant eligibility assessment
Review the financing criteria with a qualified advisor to determine if you meet them based on the eligibility conditions established by Investissement Québec and decide which stream would best suit your company.
Grant application support
Complete your application with the help of an MNP Digital advisor who can help maximize your funding and the likelihood of approval.
Business needs assessment
Review your operations, current technology, and business strategy to identify where you can benefit from digital transformation — and what to prioritize.
Digital maturity assessment
Evaluate your organization’s digital maturity and recommend focus areas for improvement by understanding how technology is being leveraged internally to deliver value and support operations.
Strategy and roadmap
Design a comprehensive digital strategy with steps, timelines, and resources to achieve your near- and long-term transformation objectives.
Do you qualify for funding?
Turn your plan into action
Developing your strategic plan and roadmap are just the beginning. You also need to execute throughout your transformation journey. Our comprehensive and highly skilled team of digital transformation architects can provide ongoing support to help you modernize and optimize your business technology.
With MNP, you won’t just get a service provider — but a transformation partner who’s completely invested in your success.
Let’s begin your transformation journey
Our dedicated team is standing by and ready to help you access and make the most of the ESSOR Program - Component 1 funding. Reach out today for more information about the program, your eligibility, and your transformation opportunities.
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Eric is a partner and Quebec Market Leader of MNP's Consulting and Digital practices. A trusted advisor, Eric brings a unique service offering to his clients, combining deep consulting knowledge and finance experience with expertise in technology solutions. His primary objective is to help his clients turn challenges into business opportunities. Eric helps clients achieve their strategic objectives by implementing optimal business and financial processes and innovative technologies.
Eric has more than 25 years of experience helping organizations in a variety of industries and sectors, including private, public and para-public sector entities. He has developed expertise working with retail and manufacturing companies, financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations, higher education institutions and government at both the federal and provincial levels.
Eric manages large engagements in areas that include financial audits, defining finance function vision structure, assessing business processes, designing future state business processes, and implementing EPM solutions. Prior to joining MNP, Eric was an audit partner with a Big Four firm in Ottawa.
Eric earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from l’Université du Québec en Outaouais in 1994. He qualified as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) in 1996.
In 2000, Eric received the Forty under 40 prize, awarded by the Ottawa Business Journal.