Côte-Nord Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2026 – Festivals and Events

• Detailed project description
• Self-assessment form

Who is eligible?

• For‑profit tourism businesses.
• Non‑profit tourism organizations.
• Tourism cooperatives.
• Municipal entities in the Côte‑Nord region.
• Indigenous communities, nations, and Indigenous tourism organizations or businesses.

Who is not eligible

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

Eligible expenses

• Administration and programming costs directly related to the event.
• Promotion, marketing and communication expenses.
• Site and facility management fees and costs of products for resale.
• Travel expenses within public service scales, overhead, and promoter salaries and benefits linked to the event.
• Audited sponsorships of goods and services, up to 50% of total eligible costs.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Regular programming of an attraction, trade shows, tourism fairs, conferences, conventions, shows, non‑gourmet fairs and markets, and exhibitions without broader programming.
• Activities and costs not directly related to holding and organizing the event.
• Capital expenditures for equipment acquisition (depreciation) and usual maintenance of assets.
• Working capital, debt service, operating losses, capital losses and buybacks, and financing costs.
• Regulatory compliance and upgrade costs, recoverable taxes, unaudited in‑kind contributions, asset transfers, lobbyist remuneration, cost overruns, legal fees, and purchase of motorized transport not dedicated to visitor experience.

Eligible geographic areas

• Businesses and organizations carrying on business in Quebec, specifically within the Côte‑Nord tourism region.

• Alignment of the project with EPRTNT 25-27 objectives.
• Structuring impact, including attraction power, scope, spin‑offs, partnerships, job creation and season extension.
• Level of innovation and quality of the concept, products and services.
• Strength of the financial structure, relevance to tourism markets, clientele diversification, competition and marketing strategy.
• Feasibility of the project, including timeline, business plan or study, promoter expertise, and integration of sustainable development principles.

• Step 1: Prepare the application
  • Write a detailed description of the project.
  • Complete the self-assessment form.
• Step 2: Request the official form
  • Email the project description and self-assessment form to direction.dev@cotenordqc.com.
  • Request the official application form.

• Project submission for 2025-2026 must be emailed to direction.dev@cotenordqc.com with a detailed project description and the self-assessment form.
• Category 4, Festivals and Events, is closed.