Laval Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodations

• Completed and signed financial assistance application form in Excel format
• Comprehensive business plan for the project, including required permits and authorizations list
• Financial statements for the last two completed fiscal years
• Three-year financial forecasts following project completion
• Board resolution authorizing the funding application and signatory

• The applicant must be a legally constituted tourism enterprise, municipal entity, Indigenous community or a grouping of these.
• The organization must operate a tourist accommodation establishment in compliance with applicable laws and hold a registration number.
• The project must improve or expand the accommodation offer (units, quality, operating period or services for tourists).
• The project must generate significant visitation from day trippers and/or tourists.
• The applicant and partners must have respected obligations linked to any previous subsidy.

Who is eligible?

• Tourism accommodation businesses operating in Laval (for-profit, non-profit or cooperative).
• Municipal entities responsible for tourism accommodation projects.
• Indigenous communities, organizations and nations involved in tourism accommodation.
• Groupings or partnerships of the above eligible clienteles.

Who is not eligible

• Crown corporations and departments or agencies of the Quebec and Canadian governments.
• Applicants listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Enterprises not compliant with the Office québécois de la langue française francization process.
• Projects involving bed and breakfasts, condotels, gambling establishments, alcohol-only venues, or primarily retail and restaurant operations.

Eligible expenses

• Construction, reconstruction, expansion, adaptation or reconversion of accommodation infrastructures, including development of new tourist experiences.
• Purchase and installation of specialized equipment, furniture, boats or rolling stock that enhance the visitor experience or staff lodging.
• Professional fees for design, engineering, project management, quality control and preliminary studies or business plans.
• Acquisition of land, servitudes and rights of way required for the project, plus surveying, contingencies and eligible taxes.
• Costs related to integrating sustainable practices, climate adaptation measures and eligible art integration to buildings or sites.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Acquisition of an existing business or its infrastructures.
• Projects mainly for maintenance, upgrading or replacement of existing infrastructure or equipment.
• Marketing, promotion and website redesign costs.
• Administrative, storage, retail space equipment, working capital, debt service, normal operating and maintenance expenses.
• Purchase or rental of land or buildings, non-visitor transport vehicles, and any costs contracted before submitting the funding application (with limited exceptions for planning fees).

Eligible geographic areas

• Tourism businesses located in the Laval tourist region of Quebec.

• Alignment of the project with EPRTNT 2025–2027 objectives.
• Structuring impact, including attraction power, reach, economic spin-offs, partnerships and job creation.
• Innovative nature and quality of the concept, products and services.
• Strength and realism of the financial structure, including promoter contribution and overall funding plan.
• Feasibility, market relevance and consideration of sustainable development principles.

• Step 1: Initial contact and intent form
  • Contact Tourisme Laval at the dedicated email address for programs.
  • Request and complete the initial intent-to-apply form to validate project eligibility.
• Step 2: Complete full application
  • If deemed eligible, obtain the official EPRTNT 2025–2027 accommodation application form.
  • Fill out the Excel application form in full and have it signed by the authorized representative.
  • Compile all required supporting documents (business plan, financial statements, resolutions, attestations).
• Step 3: Submit application
  • Send the completed Excel form and all supporting documents to Tourisme Laval by email.
  • Ensure the application is complete by the specified call-for-projects deadline.

• Tourisme Laval first verifies project admissibility based on an initial intent-to-apply form.
• Eligible projects are analyzed for tourism and financial relevance, then reviewed by a management committee.
• The funders make a final decision and send the promoter a letter confirming approval with the amount granted or a refusal.
• Approved projects are governed by a financial assistance agreement defining payment conditions and obligations.

• The financial contribution is a non-repayable subsidy.
• Projects must include sustainable development measures with positive environmental, social and economic impacts.
• The project must be completed in the Laval tourist region by January 31, 2029.
• Selected projects are formalized through a funding agreement between Tourisme Laval and the beneficiary.