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

In 2019 – 2020, the Government of Canada is providing financial support for accessibility projects of over $535,800 in funding to 20 organizations or municipalities in Quebec, through the Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) small projects component. Projects range from retrofitting bathrooms and installing ramps, elevators and automatic door openers to developing sensory-friendly rooms.

The following organizations or municipalities in Quebec have been approved to receive this funding:

Organization or Municipality

• Mirabel, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake
• Project: Renovating the main entrance and installing an elevator.

Organization or Municipality

• Jonquière, Foyer St-Ambroise Inc.
• Project: Installing an automatic door opener.

Organization or Municipality

• Trois-Rivières, Camping Les Forges
• Project: Renovating a reception desk.

Organization or Municipality

• Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-sœurs, Maison Cross Roads
• Project: Building accessible washrooms.

Organization or Municipality·

• Shefford
  •  Pavillon Gévry-Lussier inc.
  • Project: Installing an elevator.
    
  • Municipalité de Roxton Pond
  • Project: Modifying a concrete structure, an access ramp, bringing two soccer field accesses and lake and dam accesses into compliance.
    
  • Municipalité de Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton
  • Project: Building accessible washrooms Organization or Municipality.
    

Organization or Municipality

• Hull-Aylmer, Arche Agapè inc
• Project: Building an access ramp.

Organization or Municipality

• Trois-Rivières, Centre d'Action Bénévole Laviolette
• Project: Rénover une rampe d’accès.

Organization or Municipality

• Fabrique Notre-Dame de la Providence
• Project: Replacing an exterior ramp.

Organization or Municipality

• Municipalité de Bolton-Est
• Project: Renovating the town hall, building accessible washrooms and parking spaces.

Organization or Municipality

• Beloeil-Chambly, Ville de Mont-Saint-Hilaire
• Project: Installing tactile plates and building crosswalks.

Organization or Municipality

• Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot, La Clé sur la Porte inc.
• Project: Installing an elevator platform, raising the balcony and changing the sidewalk layout.

Organization or Municipality

• Argenteuil-La Petite-Nation, Harrington Valley Community Center
• Project: Building accessible washrooms.

Organization or Municipality

• Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Municipalité de Hope Town
• Project: Building an accessible washroom and constructing a level walkway.

Organization or Municipality

• Pontiac, Municipalité de Chelsea
• Project: Paving accessible parking spaces.

Organization or Municipality

• Beauport-Limoilou, L'AutonHommie, centre de ressources pour hommes
• Project: Widening the entrance, installing an automatic door opener, changing the flooring and renovating an accessible washroom.

Organization or Municipality

• Louis-Hébert, Fabrique de la Paroisse Saint-Thomas d'Aquin
• Project: Installing automatic doors.

Organization or Municipality

• Outremont
• Project: Building an accessible washroom.

Organization or Municipality

• Compton-Stanstead, Association des personnes handicapées de la MRC de Coaticook
• Project:Installation of automatic doors and a push button.