Backgrounder: Enabling Accessibility Fund ensures safer, easier access to Quebec public spaces and workplaces

Backgrounder

The Government of Canada will provide financial support for accessibility projects at 69 organizations or municipalities in the province of Quebec, through the Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) small and mid-sized project components. Projects range from retrofitting bathrooms and installing ramps, elevators and automatic door openers to developing sensory-friendly rooms and making playgrounds accessible.

Organization/City

  • Acti-Sports MRC de Coaticook
  • Project: Improving accessibility to the Centre Sportif Desjardins

Organization/City

  • Amalgame Montréal inc.
  • Project: Installation of an elevator to the second floor, an adapted toilet and a fire wall

Organization/City

  • Association de Montréal pour la déficience intellectuelle  
  • Project: Improving accessibility to l’Association de Montréal pour la déficience intellectuelle

Organization/City

  • Atwater Library and Computer Centre   
  • Project: Renovation to facilitate access to the library

Organization/City

  • Aylmer Facility Limited Partnership (Château Symmes Retirement Residence) 
  • Project: Relax and Rejuvenate in Our Sensory Room

Organization/City

  • Aylmer Facility Limited Partnership (Château Symmes Retirement Residence)     
  • Project: Relax and Rejuvenate in Our Sensory Room

Organization/City

  • Beacon Hill Swimming Pool Club
  • Project: Enabling Accessibility to the Beacon Hill Community Pool

Organization/City

  • Centre communautaire Le Rendez-vous des ainés Laval Inc.      
  • Project: Secure access for our persons with disabilities

Organization/City

  • Centre Communautaire Notre-Dame Inc.           
  • Project: Universal accessibility, our priority

Organization/City

  • Centre D'Action Benevole de la Missisquoi Nord
  • Project: Accessibility ramp at the Maison des Jeunes/Ken Jones Respite Program

Organization/City

  • Centre d'Action Bénévole de St-Césaire
  • Project: Accessibility for all

Organization/City

  • Centre d'Entraide d'Argenteuil   
  • Project: A place for everyone   

Organization/City

  • Centre des beaux-arts Rozynski
  • Project: Upgrade to the Rozynski art centre- phase 2

Organization/City

  • Centre Jean Bosco de Maniwaki
  • Project: Building for the future (operational phase)

Organization/City

  • Centre multifonctionnel de l'Est Témiscamingue
  • Project: The proposed project consists of redeveloping two accessible entrances

Organization/City

  • Clinique coiffure Jafrate Inc.      
  • Project: CONCEPT JAFRATE: Health and well-being for everyone

Organization/City

  • Club FADOQ de Saint-Ferdinand           
  • Project: Provision of toilets for persons with disabilities

Organization/City

  • College d'enseignement général & professionnel John Abbott (Cégep John Abbott College)         
  • Project: Transformation of the Casgrain Sports Complex

Organization/City

  • Comité régional d'éducation pour le développement international de Lanaudière (CRÉDIL)           
  • Project: A space that brings us together

Organization/City

  • Corporation colombienne Jean-Dolbeau Inc. (Maison du Bel-Âge)           
  • Project: To enter freely

Organization/City

  • Corporation Les petits frères des Pauvres          
  • Project: An accessable place to fight the isolation of seniors in Trois-Rivières

Organization/City

  • Corporation Mainbourg
  • Project: Heated sidewalk for accessibility

Organization/City

  • Cree Nation of Chisasibi
  • Project: Public Building Accessibility

Organization/City

  • Église du Dieu de la Prophétie  
  • Project: Development of the main entrance and construction of an access ramp for persons with disabilities

Organization/City

  • FADOQ de Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce     
  • Project: A community hall for everyone

Organization/City

  • Friendship Circle Québec          
  • Project: Renovation and expansion to facilitate access

Organization/City

  • Habitations Hestia        
  • Project: Security for tenants and visitors

Organization/City

  • La Fabrique de la Paroisse de Saint-Sylvain       
  • Project: Access for everyone!

Organization/City

  • L'Amicale des personnes handicapées physiques de l'Outaouais
  • Project: Adapted tables

Organization/City

  • Le Centre polyvalent d'organismes communautaires de Gaspé Inc.         
  • Project: Accessibility for people with reduced mobility-CPOC

Organization/City

  • Logements de Outaouais
  • Project: Accessibility, inclusion and well-being of the elderly with reduced mobility

Organization/City

  • Mount Royal United Church (Eglise Unie Mont-Royal)    
  • Project: MRUC Handicap-Accessible Washroom

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Brigham
  • Project: Project to upgrade and improve the accessibility of City Hall

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Compton          
  • Project: Elevator at the municipal library

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Frampton          
  • Project: Addition of an elevator to the sports centre

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Kazabazua
  • Project: Accessibility and autonomy

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Lacolle
  • Project: Replacement and/ or upgrading: ramp, railing and automatic door openers

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Maddington Falls          
  • Project: Adaptation of municipal facilities and community hall

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Nouvelle           
  • Project: Access to a ramp for persons with disabilities

Organization/City

  • Municipalite de Saint-Camille-de-Lellis   
  • Project: A community hall accessible to everyone (installation of an elevator)

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Saint-Denis-de-Brompton          
  • Project: Installation of a lift at the Stardien Arena

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne       
  • Project: Access ramp for the municipal pool

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Sainte-Justine   
  • Project: Redevelopment of the access ramp to the Gatien-Lapointe room and the library

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Saint-Simon-les-Mines   
  • Project: Automatic door operator system

Organization/City

  • Municipalité de Shigawake        
  • Project: Accessibility for the Shigawake Municipal Hall

Organization/City

  • Municipalite des Îles-de-la-Madeleine     
  • Project: Universal accessibility of the Jean-Pierre library in Havre-aux-Maisons

Organization/City

  • Municipalité d'Inverness
  • Project: Installation of 4 automatic door openers in 2 municipal buildings

Organization/City

  • Municipalité du Canton de Lingwick       
  • Project: Automatic door opener for the municipal centre

Organization/City

  • Municipalité d'Upton     
  • Project: Development of an access ramp to the municipal and community building located at 863 Lanoie Street

Organization/City

  • Municipalité les Cèdres
  • Project: Community accessibility component

Organization/City

  • Patro de Charlesbourg Inc.       
  • Project: A park for you !

Organization/City

  • Patro Roc-Amadour (1978) inc  
  • Project: Accessibility of camp O’Carrefour 2019

Organization/City

  • Place des Artistes de Farrellton
  • Project: Ramp Up PAF

Organization/City

  • Pontiac Agricutural Society
  • Project: Automatic Accessibility Door Openers

Organization/City

  • Regroupement des usagers du transport adapté de Sherbrooke métropolitain
  • Project: Installation of automatic door openers at entrances 187 and 189 Laurier, with door improvements

Organization/City

  • Residence de la Gappe Facility Limited Partnership (Phase 1 - 4)
  • Project: Relax and Rejuvenate in Our Sensory Room

Organization/City

  • Sercovie inc.    
  • Project: Automated door and soundproof sliding wall

Organization/City

  • Société Alzheimer Outaouais    
  • Project: Automation of the building’s exterior doors

Organization/City

  • Sonshine Community Ministries
  • Project: Sonshine Cove Accessible Playground

Organization/City

  • Témabex Inc.   
  • Project: Improved access for persons with reduced mobility and creation of a suitable bathroom

Organization/City

  • Tennis Canada - Stade Jarry inc. (Stade IGA)    
  • Project: Improving accessibility at the IGA Stadium

Organization/City

  • Villa Saint-Maurice        
  • Project: Renovation and improvement of the accessibility of the main entrance

Organization/City

  • Ville de Coaticook        
  • Project: Installation of a lift at the Coaticook arts and culture Pavillion

Organization/City

  • Ville de La Sarre           
  • Project: Accessibility to the Maison de la culture and other leisure facilities

Organization/City

  • Ville de Rivière-du-Loup
  • Project: Recreational and sports infrastructure accessible to all

Organization/City

  • Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures   
  • Project: Improved accessibility tools in two community locations

Organization/City

  • Ville de Saint-Hyacinthe
  • Project: Improvement of the accessibility of the main entrance to the Desjardins Aquatic Centre

Organization/City

  • Ville d'Hudson  
  • Project: Handicapped access ramp and automatic doors at the Hudson community centre

Organization/City

  • Yaldei Shashuim Development Centre   
  • Project: Renovation and improvements to facilitate access to the Yaldei

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