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

• Completed and signed application form submitted in Excel format.
• Comprehensive business plan for the project, including required permits and authorizations.
• Financial statements for the last two fiscal years, where applicable.
• Three-year financial projections or revenue–expense forecasts related to the project, where applicable.
• Board resolution authorizing the signatory and supporting documents, plus OQLF and other attestations if required.

• Be a tourism enterprise, municipal entity, Indigenous community/nation or a grouping of these, legally constituted under Quebec or Canadian law.
• Carry on business in Quebec and, for tourism accommodation, comply with applicable laws and hold a registration number.
• Have respected previous funding commitments with program partners, if applicable.
• For nature and adventure tourism enterprises, comply with or commit to Qualité-Sécurité Adventure Écotourisme Québec standards.
• Submit a project that aligns with the program’s regional and sustainable tourism development objectives.

Who is eligible?

• For-profit tourism enterprises.
• Non-profit tourism organizations.
• Tourism cooperatives.
• Municipal entities and their related corporations or organizations.
• Recognized Indigenous communities, nations and Indigenous tourism enterprises, and groupings of these clienteles.

Who is not eligible

• Crown corporations and ministries or agencies of the governments of Quebec and Canada.
• Applicants listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Enterprises not compliant with the francization process of the Office québécois de la langue française.

Eligible expenses

• Construction, expansion, reconstruction, adaptation, conversion, improvement or replacement of tourism infrastructures and equipment, including development of new experiences.
• Purchase and installation of specialized equipment, furniture, boats and rolling stock dedicated to enhancing the visitor experience.
• Professional fees for design, engineering, technical staff, project management, studies, business plans and eco-responsible development planning.
• Costs related to land and trail development, land acquisition, servitudes, rights-of-way, surveying, quality control, net taxes and project contingencies (up to 15%).
• Costs to integrate sustainable practices and climate adaptation measures, and integration of artworks required under Quebec’s arts-in-architecture policy.

Eligible geographic areas

• Tourism enterprises operating in the Montérégie region of Quebec.
• Organizations legally constituted under Quebec or Canadian law and doing business in Quebec.

• Alignment with EPRTNT 25-27 objectives and Tourisme Montérégie’s strategic orientations.
• Structuring impact, including attraction power, regional reach, economic benefits, partnerships and season extension.
• Innovation, quality of concept, products and services, and eco-responsible, sustainable development approach.
• Financial structure and feasibility, including realistic budgeting, balanced financing, promoter contribution, confirmed partners and implementation capacity.
• Regional impact, including attraction of interregional clientele, enhanced visitor reception and proximity to official tourist routes.

• Step 1: Complete pre-admissibility form
  • Fill out the online pre-admissibility form on the Tourisme Montérégie website under the Financial Assistance section.
  • Indicate organization details, project category, summary description, estimated costs and available matching funds.
• Step 2: Receive confirmation and application package
  • If the project is deemed admissible, receive all required documents and templates from the program coordinator.
• Step 3: Prepare full application
  • Complete the EPRTNT 2025-2027 financial assistance application form for the Montérégie region.
  • Compile all required supporting documents listed in the program guidelines.
• Step 4: Submit application
  • Send the completed application form and all required documents by email to eprtnt@monteregie.ca before the submission deadline.

• The financial support is provided under the 2025–2027 Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation in Tourism agreement (EPRTNT 25-27).
• Projects must integrate development-durable and eco-responsible measures that generate positive social and economic impacts.
• Organizations with 25 employees or more for 6 months must demonstrate compliance with the Quebec francization process.
• Financial assistance of $100,000 or more to a for-profit organization with over 100 employees requires an employment equity program commitment.