Mauricie Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Digital development of a business

• Completed and signed application form submitted in Excel format
• Full business plan for the project
• Financial statements for the last two years, if applicable
• Three-year financial forecasts or project revenue/expense document, depending on organization type
• Board or council resolution authorizing the funding application
• OQLF attestation of francization compliance, where required
• Written confirmation from financial partners, if available
• Proof of Qualité-Sécurité accreditation or related commitment for nature and adventure tourism businesses
• Indigenous status certificate, if applicable

Who is eligible?

• For-profit tourism businesses
• Non-profit tourism organizations
• Tourism cooperatives
• Municipal entities
• Recognized Indigenous communities, nations and tourism organizations
• Groupings of the above eligible clients

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 when applicable.

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees for support and implementation of digital solutions
• Purchase of technological or other equipment required to use the solution
• First subscription (up to 24 months) to cloud services for the solution
• Purchase of software, applications, e-commerce tools and integrated management systems
• Project-specific travel, overhead, salaries, benefits and training/professional fees for staff involved in digital deployment
• Net taxes (non-reimbursed portion) related to eligible costs

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Regular salaries, operating and management expenses of the promoter
• Purchase or rental of land, buildings, installations and capital expenditures for equipment
• Bandwidth purchase, server room setup and recurrent operating fees of the business solution
• Working capital, debt service, operating losses, capital losses and capital buybacks
• Compliance, maintenance, upgrade costs and reimbursable portions of sales taxes
• Asset transfers, in-kind or service contributions and general operating/administration costs
• Financing fees, lobbyist remuneration and legal fees
• Costs incurred under contracts signed before the funding application (except project design fees)
• Promotion, advertising, marketing expenses and cost overruns

Eligible geographic areas

• Businesses and organizations operating in the Mauricie tourism region of Quebec

• Applications are received according to specific calls for projects with published deadlines.
• Tourisme Mauricie verifies project eligibility and may request clarifications from the promoter.
• Designated analysts assess project relevance and financial viability and prepare recommendations.
• The management committee reviews analyses and selects projects, then issues funding recommendations.
• Promoters receive a decision letter, and selected projects are formalized through a subsidy agreement.

• Projects must be completed within 24 months following the funding announcement.
• Incomplete applications at the start of an analysis period are postponed to a later call.
• Projects are subject to public tender rules for construction contracts of $100,000 or more.
• Data provided in the business plan is shared only with analysts and the management committee.