Grant for the renovation of facades facing a commercial artery

• The prescribed form completed and signed.
• For an intermediate payment request, a document prepared by a qualified person attesting to the progress of the work.
• A detailed invoice for the work executed, including the information required in article 34.
• For a final payment request, the detailed invoice, and where applicable, professional attestations for plans and specifications and a certificate of completion.

Who is eligible?

• Owners of eligible buildings

Who is not eligible

• Owners of buildings that are wholly or partly owned by the City of Québec, one of its mandataries or agents, a provincial or federal government, or one of their mandataries or agents.
• Owners of buildings that are wholly or partly owned by a public or parapublic corporation whose majority of members is appointed by a government or whose majority of funding comes from a government source.
• Owners of buildings that are wholly or partly owned by a public or private institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services.
• Owners of buildings attached, in whole or in part, to a public or private educational institution.
• Owners of buildings that are wholly or partly owned by a religious community, owners of buildings that have already received a subsidy or reserve under this program except where the final subsidy payment was made more than 10 years ago, and owners of buildings located in a zone inondable de grand courant.

Eligible expenses

• The actual cost of eligible renovation work carried out.
• Up to $4,000 for work on a sign and its structure.
• Up to $4,000 for work to develop an exterior space.
• For lateral wall work, the actual cost of the eligible work carried out on the facade of the building.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Maintenance work on the building or the property, such as painting, cleaning, or repointing masonry cladding.

• Complete the application on the form provided by the City.
• Send the paper application by post to the Division du contrôle du milieu, with the documents prescribed in the sub-section.
• Pay the fee required for analysis of the application under the applicable tariff bylaw.

• If an intermediate or final payment request is incomplete or non-compliant, the designated officer sends a written notice within 30 days identifying the missing or non-compliant items.
• The subsidy cannot be paid until the request is complete and compliant.
• If the missing or non-compliant items are not corrected within 45 days of the notice, the subsidy reserve is cancelled without further notice or delay.
• For a complete and compliant final payment request, the designated officer sends written confirmation of the total subsidy within 30 days.
• The final payment is conditional on sending, within 60 days of the written response, a copy of the document identified in article 21 together with proof of publication in the land register.
• If the required documents are not provided on time, the subsidy reserve is cancelled and any interim amount already paid must be reimbursed within 10 days of the written request.

• Only one application may be submitted for the same building.
• When there are multiple owners who are not organized as an association, each owner must sign the application and identify a respondent.