Financial assistance: businesses in areas affected by major construction work

• Company status information from the Quebec Enterprise Register.
• Current certificate of occupancy.
• Mandate document for any representative, if applicable.
• Completed and signed Charter of the French Language declaration form, with the required certificate or attestation if applicable.
• Federal financial statements, income tax returns, and notices of assessment for the relevant fiscal years.

Who is eligible?

• Retail businesses
• Product rental services
• Consumer service providers

Who is not eligible

• Businesses providing massage services.
• Companies mainly engaged in professional, scientific and technical services (except interior design services and photographic services).
• Companies in financial and insurance services.
• Businesses delivering health care or social assistance services (except day-care services).
• Companies offering real estate services (except self-service mini-warehouse services).
• Organizations listed on the Register of Enterprises Ineligible for Public Contracts (RENA).
• Public organizations as defined by law.
• Businesses that have ceased operations or gone bankrupt within 40 days of submitting their application.

Eligible geographic areas

• Businesses located in the Montreal agglomeration, in an area designated as being affected by major works conducted by the City of Montreal, a related city, or the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).

• Compliance with the formalities required when submitting the application, notably the completeness of the required documents.
• Ability to demonstrate the reduction of gross profit according to the calculation criteria provided.
• Rapid submission of missing documents within thirty working days after a notice of non-compliance, if applicable.
• Examination of the compliance of the application with the requirements of the applicable regulations.

• Step 1: Confirm eligibility and location
  • Check that the establishment is located in a designated sector affected by major works.
  • Verify the address using the interactive map.
• Step 2: Gather supporting documents
  • Collect the required company, occupancy, lease, tax, financial, and subsidy documents.
  • Complete the Charter of the French Language declaration form, if applicable.
• Step 3: Complete the application form
  • Fill out the French application form.
  • Attach the required documents in digital format.
• Step 4: Submit the application
  • Send the completed form and documents through the program submission process.

• Applications are reviewed after submission by the director.
• If the application is complete and meets the program requirements, it is approved.
• If the application is complete but does not meet the requirements, it is refused.
• If a required document is missing, the business receives a non-compliance notice by email.
• Missing documents must be sent by email within 30 working days of the notice.

• The subsidy is calculated based on the reduction in the business’s gross profit during the affected period.
• A single funding request can cover all applicable fiscal years at the end of a project, or separate requests can be filed for each eligible fiscal year.
• Applicants have a limited time after completion of the construction work to submit their application.
• An additional lump-sum subsidy of $5,000 is available for qualifying businesses affected by major projects, separate from the main assistance program.