Foundation or company fund Canada, Montreal

Television Production Assistance Program, Creation of Intellectual Property Support

Run by Quebecor Fund (Fonds Québecor)

Development money for Québec television concepts and formats meant to sell abroad, where a French-language broadcaster has already put in development money. The fund invests rather than grants, taking its money back when the show shoots or exports. It names every funded producer since 2017.

Repayable, up to CA$300,000Open to writers in CanadaA production company

Next dates not yet published

The money

Amount
Up to CA$300,000Up to CAD 300,000 per project and no more than 75 percent of the direct cost of creating or adapting a format for the international market; an investment refunded from the first day of filming or from export profits.
What it is
RepayableA loan, an advance on receipts or a conditionally repayable grant: it is paid back only out of what the film earns.
To apply
Free

Who can apply

Applicant
A production company
Where you write
In Canada
Rules
Québec-controlled production companies headquartered in Québec (with separate envelopes for diverse-community producers and, Canada-wide, for official language minority producers), whose main activity is audiovisual production. The project must be a French-language television format or concept in development for foreign markets, with a development commitment from a CRTC-recognized French-language broadcaster.
Stages
Development
Formats
Series, Documentary, Animation
Language of the application
French

When to apply

The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. The television program's 2026 deadline was October 1, 2026 at 5 pm. The 2027 date is not yet published.

RoundCloses
2026 television deadline closedOct 1, 2026 passed

Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.

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