Public transit development assistance program – Stream 2

• Three-year revenue and expenditure plan; three-year ridership projection; and three-year projections of average seats and commercial mileage by category: autobus, minibus, and taxi.
• Municipal council resolution, previous year’s operations report if applicable, and a copy or update of the plan.
• The V-3078 Rapport d’exploitation form, duly completed and signed, for section 2.1.
• For regional consultation table projects: the context, table description, work schedule, objectives and expected deliverables, all member resolutions, expected impacts, and the forecast financial package.

Who is eligible?

• Municipal authorities listed in Appendix 1 of the program.
• Regroupments of municipal organizations and equivalent territories in the same administrative region or in two contiguous administrative regions.
• Regional tables composed of municipal elected officials representing more than 50% of the population of the administrative region.
• Existing regional consultation tables or similar bodies, subject to the program conditions.

Who is not eligible

• An enterprise or organization that, during the two years before the application, did not respect its obligations linked to previous financial assistance after being duly put in default.
• Organizations registered in the Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics (RENA).

Eligible expenses

• Operational and organizational costs for regional transit services.
• Costs linked to regional consultation tables.
• Development, acquisition, and implementation costs for technological tools.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Financing of debt or repayment of loans.
• Expenses related to infrastructure and capital assets.
• Travel costs incurred by the beneficiary or its mandataire.

• For technology projects, the proposal’s technical quality and relevance of the solution are assessed.
• The project’s structuring effect and social, environmental, and economic benefits are considered.
• The quality of the integration between the transport services or systems involved is evaluated.

• Take note of the program application guidelines before submitting.
• Submit the request to ExploitationTC@transports.gouv.qc.ca.
• Put the PADTC name, stream, and section in the email subject.
• For section 2.1, include the V-3078 Rapport d’exploitation form, duly completed and signed.
• Submit the request by the applicable management-calendar deadline; section 2.1 requests are to be filed as soon as possible, and section 2.2 requests are due by 30 June 2027.

• Before any payment, the beneficiary must sign an engagement with the minister.
• The beneficiary must submit annually the required information to the ministry by the date in the management calendar.
• The Vérificateur général du Québec, the Contrôleur des finances, or the minister or its mandataire may verify that the aid was used for its authorized purpose.
• The beneficiary must provide any relevant document or information requested about obtaining or using the aid and keep all related documents, accounts, and records for five years from the date of the last payment.
• If required documents are not received, the minister may delay, reduce, or cancel the aid, or reclaim any amount paid.

• For technology projects, implementation must be completed within a maximum of two years from authorization.
• Only one technology project can be approved per eligible organization.
• Regional consultation table funding is non-recurring.
• The program’s detailed rules are set out in the 2025-2028 application guidelines.