On 15 January 2026, the Government of Quebec, through Investissement Québec's ESSOR programme, announced a CAD 35 million repayable, non-forgivable loan to Bombardier to support construction of a new 11,705 m² (126,000 sq ft) manufacturing centre in Dorval, Quebec, as part of a roughly CAD 100 million project. The facility will expand business-jet production capacity and is scheduled to open before the end of 2027, with the province citing more than 330 skilled jobs created in the Montreal region.

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Mechanism

Investissement Québec, the province's economic-development Crown corporation, approved a CAD 35 million repayable (but non-forgivable, i.e. below-market or deferred-repayment) loan under its ESSOR programme — a general-purpose investment-support facility open to companies undertaking significant capital projects in Quebec. The loan funds roughly a third of Bombardier's ~CAD 100 million project to build a new manufacturing centre adjacent to its existing Dorval campus, aimed at streamlining assembly and expanding output capacity for its business-jet line as order backlogs grow. Quebec's Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Christine Fréchette, announced the loan alongside Bombardier at the Dorval site.

This is a single-company capital subsidy rather than a broad sectoral programme, but it sits within Quebec's longstanding pattern of state-backed financing for Bombardier (federal and provincial loans date back decades) and reflects continued provincial industrial-policy support for the Montreal-area aerospace cluster.

Downstream implications

Adds to the register of Quebec/Investissement Québec state financing to

named companies (see also the Vention and Galv-Eco loans), reinforcing the province's active industrial-policy posture toward its aerospace and advanced-manufacturing base.

Strengthens Bombardier's Montreal-area production footprint ahead of the

new facility's targeted end-2027 opening.

Open questions

Whether additional federal (Government of Canada) financing accompanies

this provincial loan, as has occurred in prior Bombardier support packages.

Exact repayment terms/interest rate of the ESSOR loan were not disclosed in

the primary announcement.

Sources

Primary: Gouvernement du Québec — Accroître la capacité de production de l'industrie aérospatiale: Québec soutient la construction d'une nouvelle usine de Bombardier

Secondary: Bombardier — Bombardier Expands Its Manufacturing Footprint in Dorval with $100 Million Project to Support Worldwide Growth · Global Trade Alert — state act 99401

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Mechanism

Downstream implications

Adds to the register of Quebec/Investissement Québec state financing to

named companies (see also the Vention and Galv-Eco loans), reinforcing the province's active industrial-policy posture toward its aerospace and advanced-manufacturing base.

Strengthens Bombardier's Montreal-area production footprint ahead of the

new facility's targeted end-2027 opening.