Pay your commercial development corporation contribution
Are you a member of a commercial development corporation (SDC)? You must pay your annual contribution to be able to vote during assemblies. Find out how.
Billing
Montréal bills, collects and transfers annual contributions.
Bills are sent at the beginning of the year to occupants running a business on January 1. If business operations end during the year, no reimbursement is possible.
If a business joins an SDC after January 1, no contribution is payable for that year. Payment will be required beginning in the following year.
Payments
If the contribution is less than $300, the occupant on January 1 must make a single payment.
If the contribution is $300 or more, the contribution can be made in 2 payments.
Payment
Supplementary fees may apply, including in the following situations:
- Cheque returned (insufficient funds in the account)
- Request for return of a cheque sent
- Issuance of a reimbursement cheque for payment of more than the invoiced amount
Online
Participating financial institutions:
- BMO Financial Group
- CIBC Bank
- Desjardins (AccèsD)
- Laurentian Bank
- National Bank of Canada
- RBC Royal Bank
- Scotia Bank
- TD Bank Financial Group
When making a payment, provide the reference number included on the invoice, without hyphens.
At an Accès Montréal office
Go with the detachable stub from your notice.
Methods of payment :
- Debit card
- Cheque payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars, drawn on a Canadian bank account
- Postal money order payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars
- Cash (check the authorized limit at the point of service).
At your financial institution
You can pay at your financial institution’s counter or automated teller machine. Go with the detachable stub from your notice.
By mail
Send us your payment and the detachable stub of your bill. Fill in the box to indicate the amount of your payment.
Accepted methods of payment in Canadian dollars:
- Cheque made out to Ville de Montréal, drawn on a Canadian financial institution
- Postal money order made out to the Ville de Montréal
Calculation of the contribution
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