Montréal Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Studies and Consulting Services

• Intent to Submit Form completed via the online Forms link.
• Completed and signed EPRTNT Studies and Consulting Services application form in Excel format.
• Copy of the request for proposals describing issues, objectives, methodology, timeline and deliverables.
• Two professional service offers (bids) from specialized consulting firms.
• (Board resolution authorizing the signatory and, where applicable, OQLF compliance attestation and partner funding confirmations.

• The applicant must be a legally constituted tourism enterprise or organization under Québec or Canadian law and operate in Québec.
• The project must fall under the “Studies and consulting services” category with a minimum eligible cost of $25,000.
• The target clientele of the project must be significantly tourist and contribute to renewing or enhancing Montréal’s tourism offer.
• The beneficiary must provide the required minimum share of project funding from non-governmental sources.
• The project must be carried out in the Montréal tourism region and be compliant with applicable Québec laws and regulations.

Who is eligible?

• For-profit tourism organizations.
• Non-profit tourism organizations.
• Tourism cooperatives.
• Municipal entities involved in tourism.
• Indigenous communities, nations and Indigenous tourism organizations or businesses.

Who is not eligible

• Québec and Canadian Crown corporations, ministries and public agencies.
• Organizations listed in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts.
• Enterprises not compliant with the francization requirements of the Office québécois de la langue française, where applicable.

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees of specialized firms or consultants for studies, diagnostics, individual business support and advisory services.
• Net taxes (non-reimbursed portion) related to eligible professional fees.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Working capital, debt service, operating losses and capital buybacks.
• Regulatory compliance, maintenance, upgrading of existing assets and routine operating or administration expenses.
• Marketing, promotion and advertising costs, as well as financing fees and legal fees.
• Business plans, marketing plans, recurring local or regional development plans, and studies or surveys required only for other funding programs.
• Costs incurred under contracts signed before the funding application, except eligible project design fees.

Eligible geographic areas

• Projects carried out in the Montréal tourism region.
• Organizations legally constituted under Québec or Canadian law operating in Québec.

• Alignment of the project with the program’s objectives for developing and renewing Montréal’s tourism offer.
• Structuring impact of the project, including attractiveness, reach, tangible benefits, partnerships and potential job creation.
• Innovative nature of the project compared with existing tourism offerings and trends.
• Quality and feasibility of the project in terms of concept, services, schedule and promoter expertise.
• Financial structure and relevance of the requested funding, including promoter contribution, overall financing and financial health.

• Step 1: Prepare Project and RFP
  • Define the issues, objectives, methodology, timeline and deliverables for the study or consulting mandate.
  • Prepare a detailed request for proposals to be sent to consulting firms.
• Step 2: Obtain Consultant Bids
  • Launch a call for tenders and obtain at least two professional service offers from specialized firms.
  • Select the preferred consultant, subject to funding approval.
• Step 3: Submit Intent to Apply
  • Complete the online Intent to Submit Form via the specified Forms link.
• Step 4: Complete Application Form
  • Fill out the EPRTNT 2025–2027 Studies and Consulting Services application form in Excel.
  • Have the authorized representative sign the form and secure a board resolution where required.
• Step 5: Send Full Application Package
  • Email the signed Excel application form and all required supporting documents to programmes@mtl.org before the deadline.
  • Ensure the file is complete; otherwise it will not be analyzed in the intended intake period.

• Tourisme Montréal first verifies project eligibility and may request clarifications from the promoter.
• On predetermined dates, analysts perform relevance and financial analysis of the project.
• The management committee reviews projects and issues funding recommendations.
• Funding partners make the final decision and send the promoter a letter of approval with the amount granted or a refusal.
• Approved projects are formalized through a financial assistance agreement specifying payment conditions and obligations.

• The program is part of the 2025–2027 Regional Partnership and Digital Transformation in Tourism agreement between the Ministry of Tourism and Tourisme Montréal.
• Projects must be completed no later than January 31, 2029.
• Incomplete applications are not analyzed and are carried over only once the file is complete.
• No further call for projects will be opened in 2027 for this program.