Laval Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Attractions, activities and facilities

• Completed financial assistance application form in Excel format.
• Detailed business plan for the project, including required permits and authorizations list.
• Financial statements for the last two completed fiscal years, where applicable.
• Three-year projected financial statements following project completion, where applicable.
• Board resolution authorizing the signatory and confirming the organization’s commitments.

• The applicant must be a legally constituted tourism business, municipal entity, Indigenous community or a grouping of these clienteles active in Quebec.
• The project must generate significant traffic from day trippers and/or tourists using commercial or private accommodation.
• The project must fall under the “Attractions, activities and equipment” category, such as construction, expansion, consolidation or modernization of tourism products, services or infrastructure.
• The applicant must comply with applicable Quebec and Canadian laws, including tourism accommodation registration and, where relevant, Qualité-Sécurité Aventure Écotourisme standards.
• The applicant must demonstrate the ability to provide the required non-governmental contribution to the project funding.

Who is eligible?

• Tourism businesses operating attractions, activities or facilities (for-profit, non-profit or cooperatives).
• Municipal entities responsible for tourism development on the Laval territory.
• Indigenous communities, organizations and nations involved in tourism projects.
• Groupings or partnerships composed of these eligible clienteles.

Who is not eligible

• Provincial or federal Crown corporations, ministries and public agencies.
• Organizations listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Enterprises not compliant with the French language francization process of the Office québécois de la langue française.

Eligible expenses

• Construction, reconstruction, expansion, adaptation, reconversion or replacement of tourism infrastructure and equipment.
• Purchase and installation of specialized equipment, furniture, boats, rolling stock and related land, servitude or right-of-way costs required for the project.
• Professional fees for design, engineering, technical staff, project management, reporting and preparatory studies or business plans.
• Costs for developing, improving and showcasing land and trails, including integration of sustainable practices and climate adaptation measures.
• Site surveying, on-site quality control, eligible net taxes and contingency costs up to 15% of eligible project expenses.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Acquisition of an existing business, its infrastructures or motorized transport not dedicated to visitor experience
• Promotion, marketing and website redesign costs
• Administrative, storage and retail equipment, routine maintenance, compliance upgrades and working capital
• Projects mainly for upkeep or replacement of existing assets, or already started or completed before application
• Hospitality, retail, gambling, alcohol-focused venues, B&Bs, condotels, standalone training content, bike paths, snowmobile trails and projects already supported by PARIT or similar MTO programs

Eligible geographic areas

• Projects carried out in the Laval tourism region, Quebec.

• Alignment of the project with the EPRTNT program objectives.
• Structuring impact, including attraction power, territorial reach, spillover effects and partnerships.
• Innovative nature and overall quality of the concept, products and services.
• Soundness and realism of the financial structure, including promoter contribution and other funding.
• Project feasibility, marketing strategy, promoter expertise and integration of sustainable development principles.

• Step 1: Initial Contact and Intent Form
  • Contact Tourisme Laval at the designated program email address.
  • Request and complete the initial intent to apply form to verify basic project eligibility.
• Step 2: Full Application Preparation
  • If the project is deemed eligible, obtain the official EPRTNT application form for the Attractions, activities and equipment category.
  • Prepare the detailed business plan, financial statements, projections and all required supporting documents.
  • Complete and sign the financial assistance application form in its original Excel format.
• Step 3: Submission to Tourisme Laval
  • Email the completed Excel application form and all required documents to Tourisme Laval at the program email.
  • Ensure the application is complete by the deadline for the relevant call for projects.
• Step 4: Agreement Signature
  • If approved, review and sign the financial assistance agreement issued by Tourisme Laval.
  • Comply with all conditions specified in the agreement for project implementation and reporting.

• Tourisme Laval first verifies project admissibility based on the initial intent to apply form and supporting information.
• At the end of each call for projects, Tourisme Laval conducts a tourism and financial relevance analysis of complete applications.
• Projects are reviewed by a management committee, which issues recommendations to the funding bodies.
• Funding partners make the final decision and notify promoters in writing of approval and the granted amount or of refusal.
• Approved projects are formalized through a financial assistance agreement setting out payment conditions and obligations.

• The program’s financial contribution is a non-repayable subsidy.
• Projects must be completed in the Laval tourism region by January 31, 2029.
• The beneficiary must keep ownership or management of funded infrastructure or equipment for at least five years.
• The program is delivered through periodic calls for projects managed by Tourisme Laval.