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Le Québec Food Directory is an electronic showcase that promotes Québec’s food products to:

  • Professional buyers for domestic and international retailers, wholesalers, hotels, restaurants and public institutions
  • Québec consumers

The Directory is a one-stop shop for information about Québec’s food products, making it an excellent way to boost the visibility of Québec companies’ products and multiply business opportunities.

Add your products to the Québec Food Directory

Bio-food businesses can grow the Directory by adding their food products that are produced or processed in Québec.

To be added, a business must do one of the following:

1. Add their products to GS1 Canada’s ECCnet Registry

2. Add their products directly to the Québec Food Directory

1. Add your products to GS1 Canada’s ECCnet Registry:

A. Add your products and make sure that the product information is complete and up to date

Start by following the instructions to add MAPAQ as a trading partner for your company in GS1 Canada.

B. For each product (in the sections “Certifications des produits” [Product Certifications] and “Allégations relatives aux produits du Canada” [Canadian Product Claims]), enter the relevant information in the following fields:

  • If applicable, whether the product holds one of these certification marks: Aliments du Québec, Aliments préparés au Québec, Aliments du Québec bio or Aliments préparés au Québec bio
  • The province where the product was processed
  • The province where the product was packaged

To improve product visibility in the Directory, we recommend submitting images of the products and entering planogram, nutritional, marketing and ECCnet eCommerce content data.

For any technical issues, contact GS1 Canada directly at 1-800-567-7084 or info@gs1ca.org.

C. Send the information below to MAPAQ:

  • Company name
  • Québec Enterprise Number (10-digit code)
  • Primary GLN code (13-digit identification code assigned by GS1 Canada)
  • Company website
  • Contact person’s name, email address and phone number

This information must be emailed to Pilotage.RAQ@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca.

2. Add your products directly to the Québec Food Directory

Québec companies can directly add their food products that are produced or processed in Québec to the Directory.

To use MAPAQ’s Québec Food Directory a business must have a Québec Enterprise Number from the Enterprise Register and have a clicSÉQUR – Entreprises account. This is an authentication service of the government of Québec that provides secure access to online services offered by departments and agencies.

I don’t have a clicSÉQUR – Entreprises account

You will need to register your business with clicSÉQUR – Entreprises (in French only).

When registering, you will be able to sign up to receive MAPAQ services electronically by selecting MAPAQ in the list.

For assistance, see the clicSÉQUR – Entreprises website (in French only).

I already have a clicSÉQUR – Entreprises account

To access MAPAQ’s Québec Food Directory for the first time, you will need to use your clicSÉQUR – Entreprises account to sign your company up for it. See the section How to manage a clicSÉQUR account [] (in French only) for instructions.

I want to add my products to the Directory

After you have signed your company up for the Directory service with clicSÉQUR – Entreprises :

You will then see a page that gives you access to your business’s products and options to add foods.

A MAPAQ representative may reach out to your business’s contact person to finalize its file.

Contact us

Questions about the Directory? Email MAPAQ’s market access office at Pilotage.RAQ@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca.

For assistance, call MAPAQ’s customer service at 1-514-873-4147.