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

• Completed and signed application form in Excel format for the "Attractions, activities and equipment" category.
• Complete business plan for the project, including required authorizations, permits and certifications.
• Financial statements for the last two fiscal years of the organization (if not a start-up, municipal entity or Indigenous community).
• Three-year financial forecasts following project completion, or equivalent project income/expense document for municipal or Indigenous entities.
• Board resolution (or equivalent) authorizing the signatory, plus applicable attestations (e.g. OQLF, partners’ financial confirmations, proof of tourism adventure accreditation, Indigenous certification, if relevant).

• The applicant must be a legally constituted organization under Quebec or Canadian law and operate in Quebec.
• The project must be located in the Mauricie tourism region and target a significantly tourist clientele.
• The applicant must be a tourism enterprise or related eligible body (for‑profit, non‑profit, cooperative, municipal entity, Indigenous community or tourism organization, or a grouping of these).
• The project must align with the objectives of the EPRTNT 2025‑2027 and demonstrate financial viability through a complete business plan.
• The applicant must comply with applicable regulations, including tourism accommodation registration and, where relevant, adventure tourism accreditation and French language requirements.

Who is eligible?

• Tourism businesses operating attractions, activities, equipment or services.
• For‑profit tourism enterprises.
• Non‑profit tourism organizations and cooperatives.
• Municipal entities involved in tourism projects.
• Indigenous communities, nations and Indigenous tourism organizations, and groupings of these eligible clienteles.

Who is not eligible

• Crown corporations, as well as Quebec and Canadian government departments and agencies.
• Applicants listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Enterprises that are not compliant with the French language francization process of the Office québécois de la langue française.

Eligible expenses

• Construction, reconstruction, expansion, adaptation, reconversion and improvement costs for tourism infrastructures and equipment, including development of new visitor experiences.
• Acquisition and installation of specialized equipment, furniture, boats and rolling stock directly enhancing the visitor experience, as well as land development, trails and required land/servitude purchases.
• Professional fees (design, engineering, technical staff, project management, reporting), and preparatory studies, business plans and sustainable development plans (including certain pre‑application costs).
• Costs related to integrating sustainable practices and climate adaptation measures, site surveying, on‑site quality control, eligible net taxes, contingencies (up to 15% of eligible project costs) and integration of artworks under the provincial arts and architecture policy.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Acquisition of a business, its infrastructures or transport equipment not dedicated to the visitor experience.
• Promotion and marketing costs, including website redesign, and administrative, storage or retail space equipment.
• Routine maintenance, operating, administration, working capital, debt service, operating losses, buybacks of capital and financing fees.
• Compliance, maintenance and upgrading costs to meet standards and regulations, as well as costs contracted before application (except eligible preparatory professional fees).
• Asset transfers, in‑kind or donated goods and services, legal fees, rental of land or buildings, and any cost already reimbursable via sales taxes.

Eligible geographic areas

• Tourism projects carried out in the Mauricie tourism region of Quebec.

• Alignment of the project with EPRTNT 2025‑2027 objectives and regional tourism priorities.
• Structuring impact and regional reach, including attraction power, economic spin‑offs, job creation and season extension.
• Innovative character and quality of the concept, products and services offered.
• Sound financial structure and project feasibility, including robust financing plan, realistic forecasts, promoter expertise and implementation schedule.
• Contribution to Mauricie’s attractiveness and positioning as a distinctive, sustainable tourism destination, including integration of development‑sustainable practices.

• Step 1: Review program guides
  • Read the "Guide du promoteur EPRTNT 2025‑2027" to understand overall rules and objectives.
  • Consult the specific "Attractions, activities and equipment" category modalities document.
• Step 2: Verify project eligibility
  • Complete the self‑assessment form for project eligibility for the relevant category.
  • Adjust the project if needed based on admissibility criteria.
• Step 3: Prepare application file
  • Fill out the Excel application form for the "Attractions, activities and equipment" category.
  • Compile all required supporting documents (business plan, financial statements, resolutions, attestations, etc.).
• Step 4: Submit application
  • Email the completed application form and all required documents to Tourisme Mauricie at sbouchard@tourismemauricie.com, addressed to the funding advisor.

• Projects are submitted according to calls for proposals with specified deadlines and are only analyzed if the file is complete at the start of the analysis period.
• Tourisme Mauricie first verifies project eligibility and may request clarifications from the promoter.
• Eligible projects are then analyzed for relevance and financial viability, and recommendations are prepared for the management committee.
• The management committee selects projects and issues recommendations, followed by a formal announcement letter to promoters.
• Approved projects must sign a subsidy agreement that sets the payment conditions and obligations before funds are disbursed.

• Projects must be completed within 24 months following the subsidy announcement and all documents for final payment must be submitted within this period.
• Applications are received through specific calls for projects with set deadlines; incomplete files at the start of analysis are postponed to the next period.
• Selected projects are subject to a formal subsidy agreement specifying payment conditions and obligations of each party.
• Projects may be subject to public tendering rules, equality access programs and French language compliance requirements, depending on project value and organization size.