Montérégie Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Festivals and Events

• Duly completed and signed application form submitted in Excel format
• Program or draft program for the upcoming event
• Most recent event report, if available
• Detailed marketing and/or communications plan for the event
• Most recent financial statements of the organization and projected event income-expense statement

Who is eligible?

• Tourism enterprises (for-profit)
• Tourism non-profit organizations
• Tourism cooperatives
• Municipal entities in Quebec
• Recognized Indigenous communities, nations, organizations and Indigenous tourism enterprises

Who is not eligible

• Crown corporations and ministries 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

Eligible expenses

• Administration, programming, promotion, marketing and communication costs related to the event
• Site and facilities management fees and costs of products intended for resale
• Travel expenses within public-sector rates, overhead, salaries and benefits of staff linked to the event
• Audited in-kind sponsorships of goods and services, up to 50% of total eligible costs

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Capital expenditures for acquisition of equipment (depreciation) and immobilizations
• Working capital, debt service, operating losses, capital losses and capital buyback
• Costs for bringing assets up to standard, asset maintenance, regular maintenance and regulatory compliance
• Recoverable portions of Quebec and federal sales taxes and non-audited in-kind donations or asset transfers
• Financing charges, lobbyist fees, cost overruns, legal fees and acquisition of non-visitor-dedicated motorized transport

Eligible geographic areas

• Businesses and organizations carrying out eligible tourism festival and event projects in the Montérégie region of Quebec

• Alignment with EPRTNT 2025-2027 objectives and regional strategic priorities
• Structuring impact, including attractiveness, reach, economic benefits, partnerships and season extension
• Innovative character and quality of concept, products and services
• Financial structure and feasibility, including realistic, balanced financing and promoter capacity
• Tourism relevance, regional spillover potential and integration of sustainable and eco-responsible practices

• Step 1: Complete the pre-eligibility form
  • Fill out the online pre-eligibility form on Tourisme Montérégie’s website.
  • Provide the basic project information requested to assess admissibility.
• Step 2: Receive the application documents
  • If the project is admissible, Tourisme Montérégie sends the documents needed to submit the application.
• Step 3: Submit the application by email
  • Complete the application form and gather the required documents.
  • Send the completed application to the email address provided by the program.

• Applicants must first complete the pre-eligibility form.
• If the project is deemed admissible, Tourisme Montérégie sends the required application documents.
• The completed application and supporting documents must then be submitted by email.
• Incomplete applications are considered ineligible.

• The second call for projects runs from January 9, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. to March 20, 2026, at 4:59 p.m.
• If required documents are missing by the deadline, the application is considered incomplete and ineligible.
• The pre-eligibility form must be submitted before March 18, 2026.