Our Services
The FNQLEDC offers a wide range of services to community economic development officers and entrepreneurs. The FNQLEDC also oversees large-scale projects and initiatives allowing it to reach a varied clientele. To view the details of the services, please click on one of these categories.
Entrepreneurs
The FNQLEDC offers a variety of free entrepreneurial support services for Indigenous entrepreneurs located in communities or urban areas.
Communities
The FNQLEDC offers a whole range of services to community economic development officers (CEDOs) and, more broadly, to First Nations communities.
Project & Initiatives
In addition to the services developed for entrepreneurs and communities, the FNQLEDC also oversees various strategic projects and initiatives. These are tools of reconciliation and recognition of the economic contributions of First Nations to Quebec.
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Latest Publications
Our team of advisors and partners share tips and advises for the successful completion of your projects.
30
Apr
2024
The FNQLEDC, in collaboration with the Centre de transfert d’entreprise du Québec (CTEQ,) was pleased to welcome community economic development officers (CEDOs), on March 26th, as well as Indigenous and non-Indigenous entrepreneurs from the Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec regions as part of its Conference Day on Business Transfer.
23
Apr
2024
The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission had the pleasure of welcoming around thirty young Indigenous entrepreneurs from across Quebec on March 12 and 13 as part of its event entitled “Auetiss: Me, an entrepreneur? Why not?”
16
Apr
2024
As part of its series of success stories in the Indigenous communities in Quebec, the FNQLEDC spoke with Jason Picard-Binet, new owner and president of Bastien Industries, a moccasin manufacturer that has been established in the community of Wendake since 1878.
26
Mar
2024
Annick Ouellet, an Innu from Mashteuiatsh, is a start-up entrepreneur whose business specializes in growing specialty mushrooms and harvesting wild mushrooms.
19
Mar
2024
We have seen the social economy movement progress in Quebec for more than thirty years, but the model remains vague for some. The social economy is above all a means of providing solutions to the challenges of our communities through entrepreneurial projects.
29
Feb
2024
In 2023, the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission (FNQLEDC) awarded eleven (11) Nikanewin Bursaries of $2,500 in addition to one $5,000 Bursary. These grants were awarded specifically to First Nations people aged 18 and over living in Quebec (inside or outside the communities) who have a business project in mind and want to take action. Today, we present to you one of the recipients of the 2023 edition, Ms. Lily Duchesneau, and her Hutte de médecine étoilée (starry medicine hut) project.
Tools For You
The FNQLEDC team provides tools that will help you with different types of projects.