AI for Quebec SMBs
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From diagnosis to autonomy: no jargon, no one gets replaced.
We walk the path with you.
Only 12.7% of Quebec businesses use AI (ISQ, 2025) Institut de la statistique du Québec, November 2025. Publication: "Adoption and use of artificial intelligence by businesses in Quebec, 2024-2025 · Exploratory portrait", by Pascasie Nikuze. Data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (Statistics Canada, Q2 2025).. Meanwhile, your competitors are automating. Horizon Secure helps Quebec SMBs with an AI readiness assessment, no-prerequisite training, and tailored support.
From Shawinigan, Mauricie · the bridge between you and tomorrow.
- Modernization without compromising your data security
- Horizon 360° Program: AI maturity diagnosis, training, ongoing support
- AI training with no jargon, no prerequisites
- Ongoing, human-first support adapted to your pace
- Your data hosted in Quebec, Law 25 compliant
- We empower your team, we don't replace it
$1.60
Return per dollar invested
29%
Productivity from year one
100+
Workers and managers trained
20+
Quebec SMBs supported
Free first consultation · 30 minutes · No commitment
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Who helps Quebec SMBs adopt AI?
From a firsthand realization to a mission: making AI accessible to Quebec SMBs
Most Quebec SMBs know AI could help them. What's missing is someone to show them how -- practically, without risk.
That's exactly what Horizon Secure has been doing since April 2025. Founded in Shawinigan, Mauricie, incubated at DigiHub, this AI consulting firm supports SMBs, professionals, and curious minds across Quebec in their AI adoption: diagnosis, training, follow-up to make it stick.
20+ organizations supported and 100+ managers trained. Samuel Bellemare, founder, 2026 OSEntreprendre local and regional laureate, built an approach that puts people before technology.
Our Mission
Make AI useful in the real world: accessible to everyone, without compromising on security or the human side.
AI won't replace managers. But managers who use AI will replace those who don't.
Artificial intelligence services for Quebec SMBs: training, support, and tailored solutions in Shawinigan, Mauricie, and across Quebec.
We don't sell technology, we deliver measurable results
Training, support, and tailored AI solutions for Quebec SMBs.
Training
Open enrollmentFor anyone looking to get up to speed on AI or cybersecurity. In-person, online, or bootcamp.
Starting at $149 / course
- AI, cybersecurity and Vibe Coding
- From 45 minutes to a full day
- Certificate of completion included
Corporate Training
For your teamYour entire team trained together, with examples from your actual business. In person or by videoconference.
Starting at $745
- Tailored to your industry
- Flexible format for any group size
- Certificate of completion included
Horizon 360° Program
Turnkey for SMBsThe complete journey. From assessment to real team autonomy, in a matter of weeks.
Starting at $2,125
Strategic Diagnosis
Assessing your team’s technology readiness.
Custom Training
Training built around your real scenarios, in person or by video.
Ongoing Support
2-month follow-up to make new habits stick.
Custom Services
Tailor-madeBuilt around your real pain points, not a generic template. Sovereign AI prioritized.
Custom quote
- AI meeting assistant
- Internal or client-facing chatbots
- Process automations
How to structure a request to artificial intelligence?
The N.O.R.D.™ Method
Tried AI and the results fell flat? The problem isn't the tool, it's how you talk to it. The N.O.R.D.™ Method is our 4-step approach to communicate clearly with AI and get results that actually matter.
Nature of role
Define who is speaking and in what context. AI adjusts its responses based on the role you assign it.
Example : "You are [specific role]..."
Objective
What you actually want to achieve. A vague objective gives a vague answer.
Example : "I want to get [specific result]..."
Reasoning
How AI should process the information. Method, tone, analytical approach.
Example : "Use the [method] approach..."
Data
Context, constraints, and desired format. AI doesn't guess what it doesn't have.
Example : "Here's the info [data]. Format: [structure]"
Get the N.O.R.D.™ quick reference
The foundation for structuring your AI prompts and getting responses that make sense. Free PDF, no commitment.
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Results and proof
What our clients experience
« The best way to use something that’s different from you is not to use it to replace yourself, but to use it in a complementary way. »
Daron Acemoglu
MIT Professor - 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economics
1h/day
thanks to AI
49%
without approval
Who We Are
The humans behind
Horizon Secure
Samuel
Bellemare
President & Founder
No mind is complete by itself. It needs contact and association with other minds to grow and expand.
Consultants & Collaborators
Lydia M.
Carrier
Speech-Language Pathologist, Pedagogy Consultant
Dominique Oury
Strategic Advisor
His role at Horizon Secure
Dominique supports Samuel in the structuring and strategic development of Horizon Secure through DigiHub Shawinigan's incubation program. The one who gets things back on track when it matters, and shows the way at every fork in the road. Through his network and strategic vision, he multiplies opportunities and connects Horizon Secure with the right people at the right time.
The first to believe
In June 2025, Dominique was the first person outside Samuel's close collaborators to hear the Horizon Secure project. His response: "We can do something. We can help you." Since then, it's been meetings, plenty of laughs, and a trust that has only grown stronger. Through the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, Dominique always pushes in the right direction. And when it comes to practicing cold calls, let's just say he doesn't go easy: he puts Samuel through such a grilling that the real call feels natural afterward.
30 years of experience, a unique vision
With over 30 years of business experience as owner-manager, corporate executive, trainer, and entrepreneurial coach, Dominique is now Director of Incubation and International Development at DigiHub Shawinigan. Author of several books on entrepreneurship, leadership, and personal development, he draws on martial arts principles to build a leadership philosophy rooted in balance, flow, and resilience. This is the approach he brings to Horizon Secure every day.
Lydia M. Carrier
Speech-Language Pathologist, Pedagogy Consultant
Her role at Horizon Secure
Lydia serves as a pedagogy consultant and content reviewer. Training programs, marketing content, technical concepts: she ensures every Horizon Secure message is clear, precise, and accessible.
Making the inaccessible accessible
A speech-language pathologist for ten years, with a bachelor's and a master's in speech-language pathology from Université de Montréal, Lydia specializes in working with children with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disabilities. Her daily work: helping people for whom communication is not innate find the means to express themselves. She has also contributed to the development of Quebec's digital health record and serves as an expert within a diagnostic support program for autism in children. At Horizon Secure, the mission is the same: making AI understandable for those who don't speak its language.
18 years of partnership
Samuel's partner for 18 years and mother of their two boys, her involvement in Horizon Secure came naturally. Turning complexity into clarity is what she has always done.
Bruno Laribière
Computer Engineer, Technology & AI Consultant
His role at Horizon Secure
Bruno serves as an external technology and AI consultant. Architecture, artificial intelligence integration, backend development: he brings the perspective and rigor of an engineer who lives these challenges daily in global industry. He is the expert eye on our technology choices before they become decisions.
Partners since 2008, an ocean of trust
Bruno and Samuel have been collaborating for over 15 years. For ten years, they built and operated large-scale community digital platforms together: online payments, databases, server infrastructure, and managing massive user volumes, all in Java. That shared adventure is where the duo's passion for technology was born. An ocean separates France from Quebec, but never their collaboration, marked by reunions in Paris and Quebec alike. When Samuel founded Horizon Secure, he barely had time to pitch the project: Bruno had already said yes.
Expertise forged at Michelin
A technology enthusiast since the age of 15, Bruno is now a computer engineer at Michelin, where he leads technology intelligence for all development teams. He drove the implementation of GitHub Copilot across the group and trains developers on using AI in their daily work. This world-class expertise is exactly what he brings to Horizon Secure and its clients.
Anthony Douville
Business Administration Consultant
His role at Horizon Secure
Anthony advises Horizon Secure on entrepreneurial vision, long-term planning, and business management. Where entrepreneurial instinct needs a framework, he brings the structure and perspective to see further ahead.
From high school to entrepreneurship
Samuel and Anthony have known each other since high school. They reconnected by chance during Horizon Secure's early months, through conversations about entrepreneurship, business administration, and artificial intelligence. Samuel introduced him to AI, Anthony brought his perspective on business structure. One thing led to another, and the collaboration took shape naturally.
A profile that breaks the mold
With a Bachelor's in Business Administration from UQTR, Anthony also has training in police technology and criminology. An atypical background that gives him a unique lens: the rigor of business analysis, combined with the critical thinking of someone trained to assess complex situations quickly.
Mathieu Déziel
Offensive Security Specialist, Cybersecurity Consultant
His role at Horizon Secure
Mathieu serves as an external cybersecurity consultant. Answering our questions, validating content, informing key decisions: his background spanning both development and security makes him an invaluable asset day to day.
Years of mutual trust
Samuel and Mathieu have known each other for about fifteen years, connected through a partnership that has always been mutual. Mathieu was a loyal client of the first aid training company Samuel ran before Horizon Secure, and Samuel has called on his expertise in development and cybersecurity over the years. When the project took shape, the collaboration was a natural fit.
From the field to the code
A former volunteer firefighter, Mathieu knows what it means to make decisions under pressure. An offensive security specialist, he brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of development and cybersecurity. Now a Penetration Tester and Certified Web Exploitation Specialist (Hack The Box), he approaches security as a partnership, not an audit. He understands both those who build and those who protect.
Juhana Hamel
Administrative Assistant, SMB Specialist
Her role at Horizon Secure
Juhana is Horizon Secure's administrative safety net. When things are running at full speed, she steps in behind the scenes: organization, follow-ups, accounting, coordination. Don't be surprised if you receive an email from her one day. She has been a tremendous help during busier periods, and still is.
The one who gets it right away
It's always a genuine pleasure to work with someone so authentic and straightforward. Juhana doesn't need things explained twice: she quickly identifies needs and brings her full skill set to every collaboration. No detours, no complications. Samuel and Juhana have been collaborating for several months, and the trust was there from day one.
Founder of Adjointe Signature
A virtual administrative assistant and SMB specialist, Juhana founded Adjointe Signature to support entrepreneurs who don't have time to manage the back office. Accounting, invoicing, coordination, process design: she transforms administrative chaos into clarity. A school secretary by day, she holds a vocational diploma in secretarial studies and a vocational diploma in accounting. Her sweet spot: fast-moving businesses. Construction, transportation, landscaping, and family businesses.
Report by Maxim Danis for Noovo Info in Mauricie
An $18 million investment was granted to the Olymel plant in Trois-Rivières to initiate a digital transformation including the integration of artificial intelligence into manufacturing operations.
Samuel Bellemare, founder of Horizon Secure and AI adoption specialist for SMBs, provides expert commentary on the opportunities, adoption challenges, and importance of supporting workers through this technological transition in Mauricie's manufacturing sector.
Content owned by Noovo Info / Bell Media. Reproduced for reference purposes.
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