Agri-Food
A Great Place for R&D
Québec is known as one of the most favourable locations for R&D activities. What’s more, thanks to its generous tax measures, businesses can cut their R&D expenses. Québec boasts a number of private and public research centres that work closely with the private sector and promote innovation in products and services.
Internationally renowned research centresExpand/Collapse
- Consortium for Research, Innovation and Transformation of Agrifood, McGill University
- Québec Agrifood Innovation Centre (CDBQ)
- Centre de Recherche en économie de l'Environnement, de l'Agroalimentaire, des Transports et de l'Énergie de l'Université Laval
(CREATE) (French website) - Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre
- Marine Biotechnology Research Centre (MBRC)
- INRS–Institut Armand Frappier research centre's Canadian Irradiation Centre
- NSERC-Industry Research Chair on Safe, Smart and Sustainable Packaging (3SPack)
- Cintech agroalimentaire
- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF)
- Mirabel Agri-food research centre (Merinov)
MacDonald Campus – McGill University
The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is internationally recognized for research that advances knowledge and solves problems related to agriculture, food and the environment. Researchers have access to world-class research facilities on both of McGill’s campuses and in McGill’s unique network of field stations. The Research Office helps link researchers with external partners and keeps researchers informed of funding opportunities and other research-related news.
Keep up with new developments in your industry
If you'd like to learn more about the issues facing Québec's agri-food industry, a number of organizations and associations provide information and opportunities for dialogue.
See the listExpand/Collapse
- Agri-Food Export Group Québec-Canada
- Capital Financière agricole
- Carrefour alimentaire du Québec (French website)
- Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre en transformation alimentaire (CSMOTA)(French website)
- Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ) (French website)
- Conseil des industries bioalimentaires de l'Île de Montréal (CIBIM) (French website)
- Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAC)
- Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
- Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) (French website)
- Québec Reference Centre for Agriculture and Agri-food (CRAAQ)
A closer look at agri-food 4.0
Fruits d’Or, a leading producer of cranberry and blueberry products, embarked on a major technological shift two years ago with the construction of a new smart factory equipped with a system of interconnected automatic systems. The move not only doubled its production capacity, it improved product quality as well. A big win, right down the line! Read our interview with Stéphanie Chagnon 
(French only), Fruit d’Or’s Vice President of Operations.
Other
sites
Productivité innovation website (in French only)
Compétivert(in French only)