Mauricie Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodations

• Completed and signed application form submitted in Excel format.
• Complete business plan for the project, including required permits and authorizations list.
• Financial statements for the last two years, if applicable.
• Three-year financial forecasts following project completion, if applicable.
• Board or council resolution authorizing the funding application and project signatory.

• Be a legally constituted organization under Quebec or Canadian law operating in Quebec.
• Operate a tourism accommodation establishment in compliance with applicable laws and holding a registration number, where relevant.
• Be an eligible tourism enterprise, municipal entity, Indigenous community or nation, or a grouping of these clienteles.
• Have honoured commitments related to any previous subsidy from the program partners.
• For nature and adventure tourism, comply with or commit to the Qualité‑Sécurité Aventure Écotourisme Québec accreditation process.

Who is eligible?

• For-profit tourism businesses operating accommodation establishments.
• Non-profit tourism organizations and tourism cooperatives.
• Municipal entities involved in tourism accommodation projects.
• Indigenous communities, nations, organizations and tourism businesses.
• Groupings of the above eligible clienteles.

Who is not eligible

• State-owned corporations and ministries or agencies of the Quebec and Canadian governments.
• Applicants listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Tourism accommodation projects limited to bed and breakfasts, condotels, or fewer than four tourist residences on the same site, unless part of a broader tourism offer as specified.
• Projects in restaurant and retail sectors, gambling, alcohol-only venues, or primarily maintenance, upgrade or simple replacement of existing assets.

Eligible expenses

• Construction, reconstruction, expansion, development, adaptation, reconversion or replacement of infrastructures and equipment for new or enhanced tourist experiences.
• Acquisition and installation of specialized equipment, furniture, boats, rolling stock and workforce attraction or retention facilities, if not the main project cost.
• Professional fees for design, engineering, technical staff, project management, consulting and reporting, including preparatory studies and business or eco‑responsible development plans (up to two years prior).
• Development, layout and enhancement of land and trails, including land acquisition, servitudes, rights of way and related surveying, quality control and contingency costs.
• Taxes net of refunds and costs to integrate sustainable practices, climate adaptation measures and eligible public art integration.

Eligible geographic areas

• Projects carried out in the Mauricie tourism region of Quebec.

• Alignment of the project with the program’s objectives and regional priorities.
• Structuring nature, including attraction power, scope, tangible impacts, partnerships and job creation.
• Level of innovation and added value to the existing tourism offer.
• Quality of concept, products, services and financial structure, including robustness of the financing plan.
• Feasibility, market relevance, contribution to regional attractiveness and integration of sustainable development principles.

• Step 1: Review program guides
  • Read the EPRTNT 2025-2027 Promoter Guide.
  • Consult the specific "Accommodation" category guide and modalities.
• Step 2: Confirm project eligibility
  • Complete the self-assessment form for the accommodation category.
  • Adjust the project if needed based on eligibility results.
• Step 3: Prepare application dossier
  • Fill in the EPRTNT 25-27 Mauricie financial assistance application form for accommodation (Excel).
  • Compile all required supporting documents listed for the accommodation category.
• Step 4: Submit application
  • Send the completed form and all required documents by email to sbouchard@tourismemauricie.com addressed to the financing advisor.
  • Ensure submission before the deadline of the relevant call for projects.

• Projects are submitted according to fixed calls for projects and received by Tourisme Mauricie.
• Tourisme Mauricie verifies project eligibility and may request clarifications from the promoter.
• Assigned analysts assess project relevance and financial viability and prepare recommendations for the management committee.
• The management committee selects projects, issues recommendations and a funding announcement letter is sent to the promoter.
• Selected projects are formalized through a subsidy agreement that sets payment conditions and obligations.

• Projects must include concrete sustainable development measures with positive environmental, social and economic impacts.
• An incomplete file at the start of the analysis period will be postponed to the next call.
• Projects must be completed within 24 months of the funding announcement.
• A public call for tenders is required for construction contracts of $100,000 or more funded by this program.