The standard figure is US$1,050,000 and the reduced figure is US$800,000 for a qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure project, but a statutory inflation adjustment takes effect from 1 January 2027, so the current amount must be checked on the official page before any money moves.
A number with a scheduled change in it
The two thresholds were set by statute and the same statute provided for them to be adjusted for inflation at five-year intervals, with the first adjustment arriving on 1 January 2027. That makes the date of commitment part of the analysis rather than an administrative detail. An applicant who reads a figure in an article written last year, transfers that amount, and then finds the requirement has moved has under-invested, and the shortfall is not cured by intention.
Hypothetical example: an investor near Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford budgets the reduced amount in autumn 2026 for a project he expects to fund the following spring, and never revisits the figure once the calendar turns. Two habits prevent this. Check the amount on the official programme page on the day the funds are committed, not on the day the plan was made.
And treat the reduced tier as a claim that has to be proved rather than a description the project supplies: the enterprise must be principally doing business in the targeted area, or the project must be one the statute treats as infrastructure, and the evidence for that belongs in the file.