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Business Creation
Prizes

official categories prizes

Category
1st Prize
2nd prize
Bio-Food
$10 000
$5 000
Business Operation, Processing, Production
$10 000
$5 000
Commerce - Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
$10 000
$5 000
Services to individuals
$10 000
$5 000
Services to companies - Fondation de l'Ordre des CMA
$10 000
$5 000
Social Economy - La Capitale groupe financier
$10 000
$5 000
Technological and Technical Innovation - Rogers
$10 000
$5 000

 

Business Transition - Fonds de solidarité FTQ et ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation

 

$ 10 000

SPECIAL PRIZES

Winners of special prizes are selected in conjunction with the partners offering these prizes. The criteria listed below are used in an initial selection process. More detailed criteria determined by the partners are then used to select winning projects. All decisions made by the special juries are final and cannot be appealed.

 

SPECIAL PRIZES FOR BUSINESS CREATION AWARDED TO REGIONAL FINALISTS

All projects or businesses that are entered in the Contest and become regional finalists are eligible for the following prizes if they meet the criteria established by the sponsors, regardless of whether or not they are regional winners.

Place aux jeunes du Québec and Canadian Youth Business Foundation Prize ($5 000)

Each region (with the exception of Montréal and Laval) recommends from among its regional finalists the candidate or candidates whose project shows the greatest potential for allowing young entrepreneurs to set up a business in a regional county municipality affected by the exodus of young people and where Place aux jeunes is present. Thus, the business plan should demonstrate that the promoter(s) are 18 to 35 years old and that the creation of a business will have impacted their decision to live in a region outside the main centres. The provincial winner will be selected by the partner organizations and will receive a prize of $5 000.

SPECIAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRIZES FOR BUSINESS CREATION AWARDED TO PROVINCIAL FINALISTS

Winners of the special prizes listed below will be selected from among the provincial finalists of the contest's seven official categories. No other candidates will be eligible for these prizes.

Défi de l’entrepreneuriat jeunesse Grand Prize ($20 000)

A prize of $20 000 offered by the Secrétariat à la jeunesse will be awarded to the project selected from among the provincial finalists in the six official categories that best reflects the Défi de l'entrepreneuriat jeunesse program's objectives and whose entrepreneur(s) are under 35 years of age.

Association des centres locaux de développement du Québec Prize ($5 000)

A prize of $5 000 awarded to a company for an outstanding contribution to regional socioeconomic development. More specifically, the company will have enriched the socioeconomic profile of the community through innovation, job creation, involvement in the community and networking with social institutions.

Women's Entrepreneurhsip Prize (total value of $6 500)

Awarded to a project whose principal entrepreneurs are women with real decision-making power who have set up an innovative business.

One prize of $4 000 offered by the ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine.

This prize is supplemented by a prize worth $2 500 offered by the Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec:

  • a one-year membership in the Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec (RFAQ)
  • the choice of one of two training programs offered by the Centre d'entrepreneuriat féminin du Québec
  • access to a mentoring service
  • a half-page advertisement in the FRAQ directory

Young Women's Entrepreneurshi Prize (total value of $6 500)

Awarded to a project whose principal entrepreneurs are women, 18 to 35 years of age, with real decision-making power who have set up an innovative business.

One prize of $4 000 offered by the ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine.

This prize is supplemented by a prize worth $2 500 offered by the Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec:

  • a one-year membership in the Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec (RFAQ)
  • the choice of one of two training programs offered by the Centre d'entrepreneuriat féminin du Québec
  • access to a mentoring service
  • a half-page advertisement in the FRAQ directory

Research and Development Prize – INGENIO, subsidiary of Loto-Québec ($5 000)

A prize of $5 000 awarded to a company for its contribution to research and development in a particular sector. Without devoting itself entirely to research and development work, the company must support its main activities by innovative achievements or original research.

Business Transition Prize- Fonds de solidarité FTQ ($10 000)

offered also by the ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation

Available to a project undergoing a business transition. For details, click here.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL PRIZES – Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec (LOJIQ)

 

The LOJIQ is awarding three international prizes—namely, the Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, the Office Québec-Amériques pour la jeunesse Prize and the Office Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse Prize—to send a representative from each winning company on a business trip to France, a country in the Americas, and Wallonia-Brussels, respectively. Three companies selected from among the regional prizewinners will benefit from an international business trip for having demonstrated ability and interest in establishing lasting business contacts within the given territories. These trips will allow the winning businesses to carry out a trade mission for the purpose(s) of meeting experts; developing products, services or markets; establishing trade relations; and importing and exporting. These trips will contribute to the development of the businesses.

 

The winning businesses will each delegate one person between the ages of 18 and 35 to make the business trip abroad. This person can be an entrepreneur, an employee or any other person mandated by the business who satisfies the age requirements for the prizes.

 

Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize: A grant of $2000 will be awarded to the winning business to cover costs for air transportation, health and liability insurance, as well as living expenses while in France. The prize also includes professional assistance with organizing the trip before departure and one night’s accommodation upon arrival in Paris. This grant is non-negotiable and must be used within 12 months after it has been awarded.

 

Office Québec-Amériques pour la jeunesse Prize: A grant of $2000 will be awarded to the winning business to cover costs for air transportation, health and liability insurance, as well as living expenses while in a country in the Americas. The prize also includes professional assistance with organizing the trip before departure. This grant is non-negotiable and must be used within 12 months after it has been awarded.

 

Office Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse Prize: A grant of $2000 will be awarded to the winning business to cover costs for air transportation, health and liability insurance, as well as living expenses while in Wallonia-Brussels. The prize also includes professional assistance with organizing the trip before departure. This grant is non-negotiable and must be used within 12 months after it has been awarded.

 

prizes at the regional level

Prizes in cash or in free services will be awarded at the regional level. The amount of each prize is left at the discretion of the regional organizations. In addition, several provincial partners will support the Contest by increasing the value of the prizes awarded in the different regions of Québec.

prizes at the local level

Prizes in cash or in free services could be awarded at the local level.

 

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