Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Numerical

• Completed and signed application form submitted in Excel format.
• Complete business plan for the project, including required permits and authorizations, where applicable.
• Most recent financial statements for the last two years of the organization (with exceptions for start-ups, municipalities and Indigenous communities).
• Three-year financial forecasts of the organization after project completion, when required.
• Board resolution (or equivalent) authorizing the signatory and the funding application.

Who is eligible?

• Tourism businesses operating for profit.
• Tourism non-profit organizations.
• Tourism cooperatives.
• Municipal entities involved in tourism development.
• Indigenous communities, nations and Indigenous tourism enterprises.

Who is not eligible

• Crown corporations and ministries or agencies of the governments of Quebec and Canada.
• Applicants listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Enterprises not compliant with the francization process of the Office québécois de la langue française when required.

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees for support and implementation of digital solutions, including training of staff responsible for the digital project.
• Purchase of technological or other equipment enabling use of the digital solution, including software, mobile applications, e-commerce platforms and integrated management systems.
• First subscription (up to 24 months) to cloud services when the solution is offered as such.
• Project-specific travel expenses, overheads, salaries and benefits directly tied to the implementation of the promoter’s digital project.
• Net taxes (non-refundable portion) related to eligible project costs.

Eligible geographic areas

• Tourism enterprises and eligible organizations doing business in Quebec, specifically within the Eastern Townships region.

• Pre-admissibility forms are reviewed by Tourisme Cantons-de-l’Est to validate key eligibility elements before a full application form is issued.
• Full applications are analyzed over several months, with support or refusal letters issued on set announcement dates.
• A financial assistance agreement must be signed within six months, once all required confirmations and authorizations are obtained.
• Projects may begin at application submission but are carried out at the applicant’s risk until an official decision is made.

• The program generally launches two calls for projects per year, typically around late October and March.
• Projects can start at the time the application is submitted, at the applicant’s own risk.
• Approved projects must be completed within 24 months following the funding announcement.
• Incomplete applications are automatically rejected.