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This site presents translated summaries of information obtained from each funding body’s website. While we strive to ensure that all program information is as accurate and up-to-date as possible, we encourage users to consult each funder’s program documentation in full or to contact a program officer directly with any questions prior to submitting an application.

Accessibility for Small Establishments

Petits établissements accessibles

DESCRIPTION

This program aims to improve the accessibility of small establishments for disabled people and persons with limited mobility. The program is divided into three sections:

  • Section 1: Access to the establishment (e.g. adding an access ramp, a parking space reserved for persons with limited mobility, etc.)
  • Section 2: Barrier-free route inside the establishment for access to services and restrooms (e.g. standardization of floor levels, installation of an access ramp, widening doors, adding automatic doors, etc.)
  • Section 3: Use of restrooms reserved for customers or attendees (e.g. reconfiguration to allow adequate space to maneuver, installation of grab bars or hand rails, lowering the light switch, etc.)

CRITERIA

  • Applicants renting a building must have the owner’s consent
  • Eligible buildings include:
    • Places of business offering a service on site and located in a building of no more than two stories
    • Commercial establishments having a total floor surface area of at most 300 square metres
    • Meeting establishments that hold at most nine people
  • Other meeting establishments are eligible if they have no barrier-free access and are in one of the following situations:
    • Accepts between 10 and 60 people
    • Maximum floor surface area of 250 square metres
    • Its floor space cannot be accessed by external ramp from a public road using a ramp without the ramp encroaching upon that road
    • Its floor space is situated more than 900 mm from the level of the public road
    • Its floor space is situated more than 600 mm from the level of the accessible entrance
    • The difference in level between the pedestrian entrance and the floor of the elevator is more than 600 mm
  • Eligible construction must:
    • Be permanent in nature and be made on elements that are permanently fixed to the building
    • Respect the accessibility requirements of the construction code
    • Represent a simple and economical solution
  • The work must be carried out by a contractor registered with the Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) and begin after having been approved by the municipality or the MRC.
  • For more information on this program, applicants are encouraged to contact their municipality or MRC.

EXPENSES

  • Construction costs (materials, labour, and administrative costs)
  • Professional fees for the completion of blueprints and cost estimates required by law or regulation (only when related to eligible construction)
  • Cost of a municipal permit
  • Applicable taxes, where necessary

DOCUMENTS

Application form to be obtained from local municipality or regional county municipality

Get In Touch With Your Agent

Local municipality or regional county municipality

https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/

Local municipality or regional county municipality

https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/

Click the funder’s logo to see the program’s official documentation. Please note that official documentation for some programs is only available in French.