Miralis inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Saint-Anaclet|Saint-Anaclet, QC · grants and contributions register · Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques

Miralis inc.: federal grants and contributions: 24 agreements; $6.7M value; 2 departments; 9 programs.

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24agreements
$6.7Mvalue
2departments
9programs

Largest agreements

600070170$2.0Mvalue2022start2023end

Acquisition of digital equipment: The project aims to improve the productivity and production capacity of a company specializing in the manufacture of kitchen cabinets.

Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)$1.4Mvalue2018start–end

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Community Adjustment Fund (Community Adjustment Fund (CD))$1.0Mvalue2010start–end

;Repayable Contribution

Plant 4.0$600Kvalue2023start2024end

The project consists of building and operating a fully automated custom kitchen cabinet production facility on par with the largest European manufacturers. With this innovative project, Daniel Drapeau and his team hope to influence and transform the industry and, by the same token, contribute to keeping the local manufacturer successful.

Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)$525Kvalue2014start–end

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Business and Regional Growth Program (CED-Business)$304Kvalue2012start–end

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Robotization of the machining cell of the parts of a caisson$137Kvalue2018start2020end

Develop and integrate 2 multifunctional robots in the machining cell of the parts of a caisson, which will handle and manage the pieces by redirecting them towards the following manufacturing cell according to their degree of completion in the manufacturing process.

Productivity improvement project$100Kvalue2025start2026end

The project therefore consists of adjusting and improving the product offering of the M02 collection and untangling technological knots so that the firm can reap the benefits of automation and return on investment in 2022.

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Agreement$92.0Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$50.0Kvalue2009start–end
Automation Feasibility Study$50.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Miralis' management wishes to initiate a feasibility study in order to set up the most automated and robotized kitchen cabinet production line in North America, similar to the major European manufacturers.

ARP - Automated Order Taking$50.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Orders from the retail network must be processed manually by technicians in the order desk. In concrete terms, they must enter orders from one system to another in order to put them into production. Processing time is a major irritant for retailers; they sometimes have to wait several days to receive a shipping date. The project aims to automate 50% of orders (the most standard ones).

Agreement$47.9Kvalue2012start–end
Agreement$47.0Kvalue2012start–end
Agreement$40.3Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$36.0Kvalue2014start–end
Agreement$30.0Kvalue2010start–end
YEP - Operational Excellence$30.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Hiring of an industrial engineer.

YEP - Marketing Partner$30.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Marketing Partner.

YOUTH new engineer (F)$30.0Kvalue2025start2025end

YOUTH Woman. A recent graduate in biotechnological engineering, she will be responsible for assisting the head of product innovation in the various projects relating to product development, in both the cabinets and the counters divisions.

YEP - Marketing Coordinator$29.2Kvalue2021start2022end

The hiring of a marketing coordinator will fill a need in the marketing team for product marketing. She will be responsible for the entire marketing process. She will also be a member of the Product Leadership team in charge of product innovation. She will also be responsible for conducting webinars (English and French) to introduce new products to our retail partner network.

Miralis inc.-2024-2025-1020802$25.0Kvalue2024start2025end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Improving energy efficiency$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

During his internship, Mr. Samuel Labonté will work on projects to improve the energy efficiency in order to reduce the environmental footprint of Miralis. He will be working, among other things, on the replacement of pneumatic brewers (that function on compressed air and consume a lot of electricity) by electrical brewers that are less energy-consuming. In addition, he will modernize our finishing equipment control system (high energy-consuming production cell) in order to better understand the variations in consumption of propane or electricity, and to intervene more effectively to reduce it

Youth Green: Conversion of production schedules into electronic mode (phase 2)$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Creation of schedules and other documents in electronic mode to eliminate a maximum amount of paper documents circulating in the factory and in the ordering offices. This project is related to the implementation of our MRP system (2020 Insight). This is Phase 2 of a project started last year by another intern.

Departments

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions5agreements$5.2Mvalue4programs
  • The Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation Program (REGI)
  • Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
  • Community Adjustment Fund (Community Adjustment Fund (CD))
  • Business and Regional Growth Program (CED-Business)

All grants from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

National Research Council Canada19agreements$1.4Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • CanExport SME
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20252agreements$130Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20241agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20231agreements$600Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20221agreements$2.0Mvalue1programs
  • The Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation Program (REGI)
20214agreements$159Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20201agreements$30.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20184agreements$1.6Mvalue3programs
  • Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20161agreements$92.0Kvalue0programs
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    20151agreements$40.3Kvalue0programs
      20142agreements$561Kvalue1programs
      • Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP)
      20123agreements$398Kvalue1programs
      • Business and Regional Growth Program (CED-Business)
      20102agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
      • Community Adjustment Fund (Community Adjustment Fund (CD))
      20091agreements$50.0Kvalue0programs

        Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.