Capital Assets Assistance Program — Substream 3.2: Improvement of Cultural Infrastructure and Equipment — Immovable Property

• Signed Conditions d’octroi de l’aide financière
• Resolution confirming the requested funding amount
• Documents related to property rights for the immovable property
• Copy of the lease or occupancy agreement with an eligible cultural organization, and the programming management agreement if applicable
• Business plan demonstrating project viability, except for a library project

Who is eligible?

• Non-profit organizations legally constituted
• Legally constituted cooperatives
• Municipal entities
• School organizations that own a cultural infrastructure leased to an eligible cultural organization
• Communities or nations recognized by the National Assembly

Who is not eligible

• Budgetary organizations mentioned in Annex 2 of the Financial Administration Act
• Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
• Festivals
• Individuals
• For-profit legal entities

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees for studies needed to carry out the project, up to 5 years old at the time of application
• Professional fees and technical costs linked to eligible interventions, including travel expenses
• Construction work, including new construction, transformation, requalification, development, expansion, renovation, and restoration
• Acquisition and installation of furniture or integrated and non-integrated equipment, fire protection systems, identification plaques, and architectural integration
• Net taxes on eligible expenses

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Works on a building that are not admissible interventions
• Projects financed under another Ministry program or a cultural development agreement
• Projects financed under programs administered by the Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Québec
• Work carried out by the applicant, its staff, or a related or dependent person
• Costs related to financing, donations, in-kind contributions, recurrent operating or maintenance costs, and refundable taxes

• Relevance of the project, including its fit with sectoral and regulatory standards, ministry directions, and territorial or sectoral issues
• Quality of the project, including budget realism, organizational and financial capacity, impact on operating budget, and alignment with architectural quality principles
• Expected impacts, including accessibility of the property, universal accessibility, and services offered to users

• Complete the application online in di@pason.
• Submit the application during the opening period for Substream 3.2 indicated in the program calendar.
• Attach the required information and documents to the application form.

• The Ministry evaluates eligible applications through an internal advisory committee and may limit the number of selected projects to respect the available budget.
• The project file must be complete, understandable, and based on accurate data to be analyzed.
• The final accountability report must be submitted within 3 months after the end of the project.
• The Ministry may visit the project site and verify the use of the aid at any reasonable time.
• The Ministry may request reimbursement in case of non-compliance with authorization or funding conditions.

• The program applies to requests whose announcement letter date falls within the program period.
• The program period begins on the date of its approval by the Conseil du trésor and ends on 31 March 2028.
• For Substream 3.2, projects with construction budgets related to the cultural infrastructure of 5 M$ or more require an architecture competition, except for projects located north of the 49th parallel.
• For Substream 3.2, the project phase must be completed within 36 months after the announcement letter date, unless the Ministry authorizes another deadline in an exceptional situation.