Public transit development assistance program – Stream 4 : Other financial assistance

• Annual financial assistance covers 75% of eligible operating expenses of a commuting management center, up to a maximum of $200,000.
• Financial aid for fare reduction on regional passes covers up to 50% of the fare reduction granted, not exceeding 25% of the lowest equivalent local fare among agreement signatories.
• Funding for public transit studies covers 75% of eligible expenses, up to the higher of $25,000 or $1 per resident served by the applicant.

• The applicant must be a transportation management center (CGD), municipality, or public transit organization as specified for each funding stream.
• For assistance with CGD operations: Must be a CGD in the Montreal or Quebec metropolitan census areas with more than 50,000 workers, or a municipality/transit company acting as a CGD outside these areas with more than 10,000 workers.
• For fare reduction support: Must be a public transit authority or a municipality/group of municipalities providing urban or regional public transit, or the regional metropolitan transit authority in agreement with a qualifying municipality.
• For studies: Must be a municipal authority authorized to organize regional public transit or a group/consortium of municipalities contributing to public transit funding.
• The applicant must organize or promote collective transportation services within its jurisdiction and meet documentation requirements as described in the program guidelines.

Who is eligible?

• Centres de gestion des déplacements (CGD) located in the Montréal and Québec census metropolitan areas with a workforce of over 50,000 workers
• Municipalities and public transit corporations acting as CGDs located outside the Montréal and Québec census metropolitan areas with a workforce of over 10,000 workers
• Public transit corporations operating outside the Montréal metropolitan region
• Municipalities, regional county municipalities (MRC), municipal and intermunicipal transit boards, and groupings of municipalities organizing and financing urban or regional public transit services
• The Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) when entering into agreements to integrate a regional transit pass with a municipal organization in the surrounding area

Eligible expenses

• Operating expenses for centers that promote and advise on sustainable mobility (excluding solo car use).
• Cost reductions granted on eligible regional transit passes (monthly passes and booklets of 20 rides or more).
• Expenses related to the realization of studies on public transit services (including needs assessments, feasibility, planning, strategies for GHG reduction) for a period of up to one year.

Eligible geographic areas

• Centres de gestion des déplacements (CGD) located in the census metropolitan regions of Montreal and Quebec.
• Municipalities and public transit corporations acting as CGD and located outside the census metropolitan regions of Montreal and Quebec with a workforce pool greater than 10,000.
• Public transit corporations operating outside the Montreal metropolitan region.
• Municipalities, regional county municipalities (MRC), municipal and intermunicipal transport boards, and groupings of municipalities organizing and financing public transit services in Quebec.
• The Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain, for agreements involving integration with a municipal organization on the periphery of its territory.

• Applicants must consult the program’s 2022-2025 application guidelines PDF for comprehensive details before applying.
• For each section, all required supporting documents must be included with the application, such as organizational structure, annual reports, and board resolutions.
• Application deadlines are defined in the official program management calendar PDF and must be strictly followed.
• Organizations must use official resolutions from their board of directors when authorizing the grant application submission.