Bas-Saint-Laurent Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Offer Structuration

• Completed and signed application form submitted in Excel format.
• Project plan detailing expected deliverables and impacts over three years.
• Financial statements for the two most recent years of the organization, where required.
• Projected revenues and expenses covering the full project duration.
• Board resolution authorizing the signatory, plus any required attestations (OQLF, Indigenous status, partner confirmations).

Who is eligible?

• For-profit tourism businesses.
• Non-profit tourism organizations.
• Tourism cooperatives.
• Municipal entities involved in tourism.
• Indigenous communities, nations and tourism organizations, and groupings of these clients.

Who is not eligible

• Crown corporations, and departments or agencies of the Quebec and Canadian governments.
• Organizations listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Organizations not compliant with the Office québécois de la langue française francization process, where applicable.

Eligible expenses

• Fees for specialized firms or consultants.
• Travel expenses within public-sector scales, project-specific salaries, benefits and overheads.
• Purchase and installation of equipment necessary for structuring the tourism offer.
• Net taxes related to eligible project costs, excluding refundable portions.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Working capital, debt service, operating losses, capital losses and share buybacks.
• Bringing assets up to standard, asset maintenance and regulatory compliance costs.
• Donations, in-kind or in-service contributions, asset transfers and usual operating, administration or maintenance expenses.
• Financing costs, legal fees, lobbyist remuneration and cost overruns.
• Costs incurred before the application (except certain project development fees), promotion and marketing costs (outside festivals/events) and motorized transport equipment not dedicated to visitor experience.

Eligible geographic areas

• Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec.
• Organizations legally constituted under Quebec or Canadian law and doing business in Quebec.

• Initial verification of project eligibility and clarification requests are carried out by Tourisme Bas-Saint-Laurent.
• Projects are then analyzed and assessed, with recommendations made by a management committee.
• Applicants receive a letter either announcing the amount awarded or confirming a refusal.
• Selected projects must sign a financial assistance agreement, generally within six months of the announcement.
• Applicants should expect a response at least two months after the end of the call for projects to which they applied.

• Financial support under this program is non-repayable.
• Application deadlines are set several times per year between 2025 and 2027.
• Applicants should allow about two months after each deadline to receive a funding decision.
• Using outdated application forms is not accepted; applicants must request the latest version.