Financial assistance is being offered in an effort to increase the number of participants in national or international conventions that are being held in Québec and that have been confirmed.
Eligibility criteria
Terms and conditions
Submitting and application
Eligibility criteria
A. Eligible clientele
Financial support is available for the organizing committees of recognized associations or professional bodies and their representatives.
B. Eligible projects
The convention must:
- Be held in Québec;
- Last a minimum of 3 days;
- Involve a minimum of 500 participants, at least 50% of whom come from outside of Québec;
- Be endorsed by the Société du Palais des Congrès de Montréal, the Société du Centre des Congrès de Québec or the regional tourism association in the place where the convention is to be held.
Terms and conditions
A. Nature of financial assistance and eligible expenses
Financial assistance shall take the form of a non-refundable contribution covering up to 50% of the expenses deemed eligible by the Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, to a maximum of $20,000 per convention. This assistance may be spread over more than one fiscal year
and only one application per convention is allowed.
Only expenses directly related to increasing the number of participants in the convention shall be deemed eligible, such as:
- Design and production of promotional material;
- Mass mailings to association members and other potential participants;
- Development of a Web site;
- On-line marketing;
- Telemarketing;
- Advertising;
- Registration and exhibiting expenses at a prior convention to promote the event. (However, the travel expenses such as plane tickets, hotel, meals, etc. are not eligible).
Furthermore, the total cumulative assistance from all Quebec government and federal government departments and agencies may not exceed 70% of the eligible expenses.
B. Evaluation criteria and other terms and conditions
Each application shall be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
- Agreements with and support from industry partners and any international associations;
- Visibility opportunities to promote Québec tourism destinations;
- Number of convention attendees, where they come from;
- Length of convention and number of room nights;
- Expected increase in the attendance;
The financial assistance granted shall be covered by an agreement specifying, among other things: a description of the project, the financial assistance granted, terms and conditions of payment of this assistance:
- A 1st payment equivalent to 70 % of the financial assistance granted upon signature of the financial agreement and approval of the visibility plan offered to the Ministère du Tourisme;
- A 2nd payment equivalent to 30 % of the financial assistance granted upon reception of the vouchers to be provided.
Submitting an application
Fill in the form Application for financial assistance
(Pdf format, 197 Ko) or 
(Word format, 200 Ko)
and return it, along with the
required documents, to:
Mr. Gilles Parent
Direction de la stratégie et de la mise en marché
Téléphone : (514) 873-7977 poste 4304
Sans frais : 1 888 883-8801
Télécopieur : (514) 864-3188
Ministère du Tourisme
1255 rue Peel, bureau 400
Montréal (Québec) H3B 4V4
The deadline for submitting an application in 2009 will soon be confirmed . If you require any further information, please contact the officer in charge of the program :
Telephone: (514) 864-2712
Toll-free: 1 888 883-8801
Fax: (514) 864-3188
E-mail: congres@tourisme.gouv.qc.ca
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