Participatory budget

Last updated June 26, 2025

Have an idea for improving the quality of life in the city or your neighbourhood? Thanks to participatory budgets, you can submit project ideas, then vote to make them a reality.

How do participatory budgets work

  1. Residents submit their project ideas.
  2. The city or the borough reviews the ideas received, develops them into achievable projects, or improves them. Then they assess the feasibility of the projects and draw up a final list to submit to a vote.
  3. Residents vote for their favourite projects.
  4. The projects that receive the most votes are completed, within the allocated budget.

Montréal’s participatory budget

Montreal’s participatory budget allows residents to put forward ideas for large-scale projects. Projects can involve a single borough or the whole city.

Learn more about the projects in development and those that have been completed through the Montréal participatory budget:

Participatory budgets of boroughs

In addition to Montréal’s participatory budgets, local participatory budgets are offered in the following boroughs:

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