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Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering - Quebec - Canada
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Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering

Supports tourism development and digital transformation
Offered by
Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est
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Funding available
$ 30,000 - $ 150,000
Deadline
Open continuously
Location
Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Who can apply

For-profit tourism enterprises.

See full eligibility

Overview

Entente de partenariat régional et de transformation numérique en tourisme 2025-2027 offers non-repayable support to tourism businesses and related organizations in Cantons-de-L’Est to develop and grow a responsible, sustainable tourism offer through regional partnership and coordination. It funds tourism routes, themed regional products, digital transformation, and initiatives that improve access, intermodality, and traveler mobility.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.

At a glance

Funding available

Financing goals
  • Increase performance through digital transformation
  • Develop workforce skills
Eligible Funding
  • Maximum amount : 150,000 $
  • Minimum amount : 30,000 $
  • Up to 50% of project cost
Funds Providers

Eligible candidates

Eligible Industries
  • All industries
Location
  • Estrie
  • Quebec
Legal structures
  • For-profit business
  • Non-profit
  • Public or Parapublic institution
Annual revenue
  • All revenue ranges
Organisation size
  • All organization sizes
Audience
  • Indigenous Peoples
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
  • Environment
  • Economic, Social and Community Development
  • Business Associations
  • Not Elsewhere Classified
Target groups
  • General public
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Rural / Remote communities
  • Business owners / entrepreneurs
  • Artists / creatives
Revenue structures
  • All structures
Scope
  • Regional
  • Provincial

Next Steps

1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility

Activities funded

  • Projects linked to tourism routes and circuits, a thematic and identity product for the region, and initiatives that improve access to territories, intermodality and sustainable mobility for travelers.
  • Any other project that demonstrates structuring of the tourism offer.

Documents Needed

  • Completed and signed application form in Excel format.
  • Project plan specifying the expected deliverables and impacts over three years.
  • Financial statements for the two most recent years, not required for ATRs, municipal entities and Indigenous communities.
  • Projected income and expense budget covering the project duration; board resolution authorizing the signatory and any relevant document; partner funding confirmations, if available.
  • OQLF attestation or certificate of compliance where required; Indigenous certificate or certification if applicable; Qualité-Sécurité d’Aventure Écotourisme Québec document for nature and adventure tourism companies.

Eligibility

Who is eligible?

  • For-profit tourism enterprises.
  • Non-profit tourism organizations and cooperatives.
  • Municipal entities.
  • Recognized Indigenous communities and nations, and Indigenous tourism enterprises.
  • Regional tourism associations with financial partners for each submitted project, and groupings of these eligible clients.

Who is not eligible

  • State-owned corporations, and ministries and agencies of the Quebec and Canadian governments.
  • Applicants listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
  • Enterprises that are not compliant with the francization process of the Office québécois de la langue française.

Eligible expenses

  • Professional fees from specialized firms or consultants.
  • Travel expenses within public service rates, general expenses, and salaries and social benefits of human resources specifically dedicated to the project.
  • Costs to purchase and install equipment necessary to structure the tourism offer.
  • Net taxes, excluding the reimbursed portion, related to eligible costs.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

  • Motorized transport equipment not dedicated to the visitor experience.
  • Working capital, debt service, operating losses, capital losses and capital buyback.
  • Compliance costs, asset maintenance costs and costs related to regulatory conformity.
  • The Quebec sales tax portion, the goods and services tax portion and any costs for which the business or a third party is entitled to a reimbursement.
  • Donations, in-kind or service contributions, asset transfers, direct or indirect operating or administrative costs, usual maintenance and operating costs, financing costs, lobbyist remuneration, costs committed before the application is filed except project development fees, promotion, advertising and marketing costs, cost overruns and legal fees.

Eligible geographic areas

  • Cantons-de-l’Est (Eastern Townships).

Selection criteria

  • Alignment with program objectives in innovation, sustainable development, transformation and digitalization.
  • Structuring impact, including attractiveness, tangible regional benefits, coordination and partnerships, reach, seasonality, data protection and cybersecurity, productivity, and the human dimension of technological projects.
  • Strategic relevance, including promising products, market size, competition, positioning and marketing strategy.
  • Strategic management and feasibility, including governance, business-process structuring, human and organizational resources, promoter expertise and experience, financial resources, timeline and operations, and application quality.

How to apply

  • Complete the online pre-admissibility form for the program.
  • After validation by Tourisme Cantons-de-l’Est, complete the application form in Excel format and send it with the required documents to eprtnt@atrce.com.

Processing and Agreement

  • A funded project must use a public call for tenders for any construction contract of 100,000 $ or more.
  • Municipal beneficiaries are subject to the legislative and regulatory provisions governing contract awarding.
  • Construction or expansion projects costing 150,000 $ or more for a building or site open to the public are subject to Quebec’s Policy for the Integration of Arts into Architecture and the Environment.
  • Funding of 100,000 $ or more awarded to an OBL with more than 100 employees must include the obligation to implement an equal access program.

Additional information

  • This is the 2025-2027 regional partnership and digital tourism transformation agreement.
  • The program falls under the category Structuration de l’offre touristique régionale.

Contacts

eprtnt@atrce.com
819

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Frequently Asked Questions about the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering Program

What is the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering?

Entente de partenariat régional et de transformation numérique en tourisme 2025-2027 offers non-repayable support to tourism businesses and related organizations in Cantons-de-L’Est to develop and grow a responsible, sustainable tourism offer through regional partnership and coordination. It funds tourism routes, themed regional products, digital transformation, and initiatives that improve access, intermodality, and traveler mobility.

How much funding can be received?

Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering Funds up to 50% of admissible expenses, capped at $150,000 per project.

Who is eligible for the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering program?

To be eligible for the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering program, you must: Be legally constituted under Quebec or Canadian law and do business in Quebec. Tourism accommodation operators must comply with the applicable laws and hold an establishment number when relevant. Nature and adventure tourism companies must comply with or work toward the Qualité-Sécurité d’Aventure Écotourisme Québec standards when required.

What expenses are eligible under Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering?

Projects linked to tourism routes and circuits, a thematic and identity product for the region, and initiatives that improve access to territories, intermodality and sustainable mobility for travelers. Any other project that demonstrates structuring of the tourism offer.

Who can I contact for more information about the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering?

You can contact Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est by email at eprtnt@atrce.com or by phone at 819.

Where is the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering available?

The Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering program is available Estrie, Quebec.

Is the Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering a grant, loan, or tax credit?

Cantons-de-l'Est Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Structuring the tourism offering is a Grant and Funding