Established in 1996, the Montreal Neighbourhood Round Tables Coalition (CMTQ) has since united the city’s network of local round tables, now counting 32 across the island of Montreal. The CMTQ operates at the city-wide level while remaining rooted in each neighbourhood’s realities, addressing a broad range of social and territorial issues – from housing, urban planning and the environment to food security, transportation, culture, education and employment – with the overarching goal of improving residents’ quality of life and reducing poverty and exclusion. Each neighbourhood round table convenes community organizations, public institutions, business and cultural stakeholders, local officials, and residents to identify local priorities and develop collaborative solutions tailored to community needs. As a coalition, the CMTQ animates collaboration among its member tables, provides them with support and resources (e.g. training, information, tools for citizen participation and good governance), and represents their collective interests in dialogue with decision-makers. The CMTQ also plays a key role as the mandated intermediary for a major local social development funding initiative, serving as a bridge between funding partners (municipal, public health and philanthropic) and the neighbourhoods to ensure stable core funding for each table and to channel resources toward community-driven projects. The initiatives supported through this mechanism are designed to foster inclusive participation, strengthen local capacity, and launch collective actions – resulting in tangible impacts such as greater social inclusion, reduced poverty, revitalized neighbourhoods, empowered citizen engagement, and improved social cohesion in communities.