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Municipal
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Montréal — Aide financière : commerces des secteurs affectés par des travaux majeurs
Ville de Montréal
Maximum Funding
Two streams, which can be combined. Volet 1: a flat $5,000 per...
Rolling. You have up to 24 months after the works period to file
Difficulty
Moderate
Payment
Mixed (Advance + Reimb.)
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Co-Funding
Varies
Montréal — Aide financière : commerces des secteurs affectés par des travaux majeurs provides up to Two streams, which can be combined. Volet 1: a flat $5,000 per eligible establishment, paid once. Volet 2: loss-based aid calculated from the decline in gross profit, up to $40,000 per fiscal year. Montréal financial aid for retail, rental, or consumer-service businesses hurt by major public-works projects, calculated from gross-profit decline. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
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Program Description
Montréal financial aid for retail, rental, or consumer-service businesses hurt by major public-works projects, calculated from gross-profit decline.
Eligibility Requirements
- Business must exercise retail sales, product rental, or consumer services.
- Business was active before the major works began.
- Located in a designated major-works sector involving public-infrastructure works of at least six months that impede automobile traffic.
- Demonstrate a gross-profit decline of more than 5%.
- Professional, financial, health (except daycare), and real-estate services are excluded.
- Business must not have ceased operations or gone bankrupt within 40 days after applying.
- Application must be submitted within a limited time after the qualifying works end.
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Difficulty
Moderate
Competition
Moderate
First-Timer
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Funding Details
- Amount
- Two streams, which can be combined. Volet 1: a flat $5,000 per eligible establishment, paid once. Volet 2: loss-based aid calculated from the decline in gross profit, up to $40,000 per fiscal year
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Municipal
- Deadline
- Rolling. You have up to 24 months after the works period to file
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Deadline
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Insider TipApply promptly after the works end because the application window is limited and tied to the completion date of the qualifying project.
Rejection Pitfalls 9
- The establishment is not in a sector covered by an executive committee order
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Application Steps
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Check that your establishment sits in a designated sector Only sectors covered by an order of the executive committee qualify. Each sector has a name, an order number and a validity period with start and end dates. Montreal publishes a map for checking this, with a video walkthrough, and it is the first thing to confirm because everything else depends on it.
Required Documents 8
✓ The Declaration - Charte de la langue francaise form, with the certificate, attestation of application or attestation of registration where applicable
✓ Statement of information on the business from the Registre des entreprises du Quebec
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How much can a business receive?
The program has two streams. Volet 1 is a flat $5,000 per eligible establishment, paid once. Volet 2 is calculated from the decline in gross profit and can reach $40,000 per fiscal year. A business may apply for one stream or both.
Which businesses are eligible?
Establishments that carry on retail sales, product rental or the provision of consumer services, that were in operation before the works began, and that are located in an eligible sector. For Volet 2 only, the business must also demonstrate a decline of more than 5 percent in its gross profit.
What counts as major works?
Major public infrastructure works that last at least 3 months and cause impediments to automobile traffic, carried out by the City of Montreal, a related city or the Societe de transport de Montreal.
How long do I have to apply?
Up to 24 months after the works period. If the works span more than one year you can file one combined request at the end covering all affected fiscal years, or a separate request for each fiscal year.
How do I know whether my address is in an eligible sector?
Only sectors covered by an order of the executive committee are eligible. Each sector has a name, an order number and a validity period. Montreal publishes a map for checking your establishment's location, with a video walkthrough.
Can I save the application and come back to it?
No. Montreal states that the form must be completed in a single session and cannot be saved, so gather every document in digital form first.
What happens if my file is incomplete?
For Volet 2, the accelerated payment is 100 percent of the amount when all documents needed for the calculation are filed, and 40 percent when the file is incomplete.
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