Montréal — Métropole en santé

Name

Montréal — Métropole en santé

Legal name

Montréal – Métropole en santé

Website

https://montrealmetropoleensante.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Network Coordination

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Circular Economy & Sustainable Products (Reuse, Repair, Upcycling) (BPAGALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition, WASH & Social Determinants Partnerships (Cross-Sector Health Initiatives) (HLAJAOAO), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH)

Keywords

• Public health coordination
• Physical activity networks
• Food system governance
• Healthy lifestyle programs
• Intersectoral collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government and Public Funding: MMS receives financial support from government bodies including the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ), the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAMH), and municipal government. Projects like FOULÉE VERTE are funded by Action-Climat Quebec via the Quebec Green Economy Plan 2030.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Montréal — Métropole en santé coordinates two intersectoral networks—Montréal physiquement active (MPA) for active living and the Conseil du système alimentaire montréalais (CSAM) for sustainable food systems—and runs specialized initiatives (FOULÉE VERTE, Espace cuisine, GUTA, Savoir prendre soin +). It produces integrated regional action plans (PARI), policy recommendations, research reports, and tools that enable cross-sectoral collective action on healthy lifestyles for Montreal residents.

Product overview

Montréal – Métropole en santé operates as a coordinating organization supporting two core networks: Montréal physiquement active (MPA) and the Conseil du système alimentaire montréalais (Conseil SAM). The organization does not offer a technology product but rather coordinates regional integrated action plans (PARIs) and specialized initiatives. The product portfolio includes the two network programs, their respective strategic action plans (PARI MPA 2023-2025 and PARI SAM 2023-2025), and four specialized initiatives: FOULÉE VERTE (sustainable sport movement), Espace cuisine (food security knowledge hub), GUTA (food transition portal), and Savoir prendre soin + (intersectional research-action project). Together these programs aim to promote healthy lifestyle habits, physical activity, and sustainable food systems across Montreal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Montréal physiquement active (MPA): A network promoting physically active lifestyle through four intervention axes: active mobility, outdoor recreation, sports practice, and active lifestyle promotion
• Conseil du système alimentaire montréalais (Conseil SAM)
• Espace cuisine pour la sécurité alimentaire
• FOULÉE VERTE
• Guichet unique pour la transition alimentaire (GUTA)
• Savoir prendre soin+ (SPS+)

Products and services

• Montréal physiquement active (MPA) A cross-sectoral network mobilizing approximately 100 actors from civil society and institutional backgrounds around four intervention axes: active mobility, urban outdoor recreation, sports practice, and physically active lifestyle promotion. Coordinates regional action plans for active living for all Montrealers.
• Conseil du système alimentaire montréalais (Conseil SAM) The first food policy council in a French-speaking city worldwide. Advises the agglomeration of Montreal on food policies and mobilizes over 150 partners for integrated regional action plans. Develops policies for a sustainable and inclusive food system and supports initiatives to strengthen access to healthy, diverse, local, affordable, and sustainable food for all.
• PARI MPA 2023-2025 (Plan d'action régional intégré — Montréal Physiquement Active) Strategic action plan covering five axes: increasing network capacity, promoting active and collective mobility-friendly environments, supporting urban outdoor recreation development, valuing sports practice and events, and promoting physically active and balanced lifestyle.
• PARI SAM 2023-2025 (Plan d'action régional intégré — Conseil SAM) Regional integrated action plan for the Montreal food system with five strategic orientations: strengthening short supply chains, reducing ecological footprint, reducing food insecurity, increasing access to healthy food, and strengthening inclusive governance.
• FOULÉE VERTE A collective movement for sustainable sport in Montreal, mobilizing the sports community for socio-ecological transition and climate change adaptation. Includes a prospective workshop, Collective Action Plan for Sustainable Sport, and personalized support for 14 sports organizations across two cohorts.
• Espace cuisine pour la sécurité alimentaire An inclusive space that brings together people working for food security in Montreal to share tools, good practices, and lessons learned from research and projects addressing the food needs of Montrealers, particularly those in financial precarity. Includes webinars, neighborhood walks, research, and a network of over 700 food security practitioners.
• GUTA (Guichet unique pour la transition alimentaire) A reference tool for Montreal food businesses wanting to reduce their ecological footprint. Connects food businesses with expert organizations in transition, focusing on four priority areas: food waste reduction, packaging reduction, local purchasing increase, and plant-based menu options.
• Savoir prendre soin + (SPS+) An action-research project designing physical activity, sports, and food services using an intersectional approach. Targets LGBTQIA2+ populations and immigrant/racialized families. Includes pilot activities (intercultural dance, queer-friendly sports, collective cooking), popular education workshops, financial vouchers, and advocacy for public policies.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• MAPAQ (Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAPAQ is a statutory member and observer on the MMS Board of Directors (represented by Mathieu Gingras, Direction régionale Montréal-Laval-Lanaudière). MAPAQ also provides funding support for CSAM activities and food system policy work.
• Ville de MontréalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City of Montreal is a key institutional partner. It initiated the MPA process (2012–2014), is represented on the MMS Board by observer (Christine Lagadec), provides non-voting representatives on the CSAM (Jimmy Dib, Gabrielle Rousseau-Bélanger), and co-funds the GUTA project through its Service du développement économique.
• Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal (DRSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDRSP is represented on the MMS Board as observer (Caroline St-Louis) and as a statutory member of CSAM (Catherine Robichaud). DRSP is also represented on the MPA Coordination Committee (Anne Pelletier). DRSP provides public health expertise and epidemiological data.
• M361coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerM361 is a partner organization of MMS, represented on the MMS Board as observer (Marc Bernier) and on CSAM as a statutory member (Marc Bernier). M361 is also on the MPA Coordination Committee. M361 works on chronic disease prevention.
• ASPQ (Académie de la transformation sociosanitaire) — Maison de la santé durablecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASPQ hosts MMS in the Maison de la santé durable co-location space at 5455 avenue de Gaspé, Montreal. The ASPQ is the umbrella organization providing the physical home for MMS and related health promotion organizations.
• Foulée Verte Partners: DRSP, Ville de Montréal, Tourisme Montréal, Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau, Pr. Paquito Bernard, Réseau Éco-Sportif, Réseau des femmes en environnement, Conseil québécois des événements écoresponsablesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThese organizations collaborate with MMS/MPA on the FOULÉE VERTE initiative, a collective movement for sustainable sport in Montreal. Partners contribute expertise in public health, urban planning, tourism, ecological sports, and gender equality in environment.
• Collectif TIR-SHV (Table intersectorielle régionale pour les saines habitudes de vie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTIR-SHV supports CSAM and is referenced as the parent table for MMS's food system governance work. The TIR-SHV is the intersectoral regional table that underpins the collaborative structure of MMS.
• Université de Montréal (École de kinésiologie et des sciences de l'activité physique)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversité de Montréal (Suzanne Laberge, professeure titulaire) participates as an invited member of the MPA Coordination Committee, providing research and evaluation expertise in physical activity.
• UQAM (Laboratoire sur l'agriculture urbaine)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEric Duchemin from UQAM's urban agriculture laboratory serves as a selected member of CSAM representing short supply chains and research. UQAM also collaborates on the participatory evaluation platform Évaluation en commun through the Chaire de recherche sur la transition écologique.
• McGill UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGhina El-Haffar from McGill University is a selected member of CSAM representing ecological footprint research, specifically on short supply chains.
• ÉquiterremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerÉquiterre (represented by Geneviève Chatelain on CSAM) is a major civil society partner in the food system network. Équiterre co-produces planetary health menu content with CSAM and works on sustainable consumption issues.
• Réseau des fermiers de famillesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaria Berro Madero represents the Réseau des fermiers de familles as a selected member of CSAM working on short supply chains and local food access.
• Les Fruits Défendus de MontréalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSimone Chen from Les Fruits Défendus de Montréal is a selected member of CSAM representing ecological footprint concerns, working on urban fruit harvesting and food waste reduction.
• Moisson MontréalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoisson Montréal co-produced the 2019 portrait of food security organizations on the Island of Montreal with CSAM. As a major food bank organization, it is a key actor in the food security ecosystem.
• Collectif RécolteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollectif Récolte co-organized a GUTA webinar on local and solidarity sourcing alongside Les complices alimentaires and Ferme La Dérive.
• Community of practice in food security (Espace Cuisine network)majorOthersEspace Cuisine for food security brings together over 700 food security practitioners in Montreal to share tools, best practices, and research. This is a community of practice rather than a formal partnership agreement.
• TIR-SHV (Table intersectorielle régionale pour les saines habitudes de vie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTIR-SHV is the parent intersectoral table that supports both CSAM and the broader healthy habits of life agenda that MMS coordinates. It provides the governance umbrella for the collaborative structure.

Scale indicators13 records

Broad incumbents

• Réseau québécois de l'action communautaire autonome (RQ-ACA): Quebec-wide umbrella for autonomous community action groups, representing 4,000+ community organizations. Comparable as a broader intersectoral network body concerned with community-organizational capacity and social determinants of health.

Direct peers

• Équiterre: Major Quebec civil society organization focused on sustainable food and ecological transition, named CSAM partner. Directly comparable as a food-system advocacy and mobilization organization co-producing planetary health menu content with CSAM.
• Vélo Québec: Quebec active-mobility organization promoting cycling, active transportation, and outdoor recreation. Closely comparable to MPA's active-mobility and outdoor-recreation axes, and a likely partner in the same intersectoral network.
• Collectif TIR-SHV (Table intersectorielle régionale pour les saines habitudes de vie): Regional intersectoral table for healthy lifestyles that is the parent governance structure of MMS. Closely comparable as a Quebec intersectoral coordination body working on saines habitudes de vie, and explicitly named as a partner on the MMS website.
• ASPQ (Association pour la santé publique du Québec): Quebec-wide public health association that hosts MMS in the Maison de la santé durable. Strongly comparable as a coordinating body for public health actors, with similar cross-sectoral convening role and Prevention/saines habitudes de vie mandate.
• Coalition québécoise pour une alimentation durable: Quebec coalition advocating for sustainable food systems and food policy. Comparable as a cross-sectoral convener on food policy that complements CSAM's mandate and overlaps in partner network.
• Moisson Montréal: Montreal's principal food bank and a CSAM statutory member. Comparable as a food-security mobilization organization working on distribution, data collection, and ecosystem coordination in the same territory.

Regional players

• Centraide du Grand Montréal: Major regional United Way funding body that co-produced the 2023-2024 Portrait des financements en sécurité alimentaire with MMS. Comparable as a regional financial partner and convenor in the community and food-security space.
• Fondation du Grand Montréal: Major Montreal-area foundation that funds food security and quality-of-life initiatives (Faim Zéro à Montréal). Comparable as a regional funder/convenor that complements MMS's role in the food-security ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Vivre en ville: Quebec urban-planning NGO advocating for compact, sustainable, and healthy communities. Directly comparable to MMS's urban planning/health nexus and active-mobility objectives, focused on built-environment policy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@montrealmetropoleensante8682
• Facebookfacebook.com/montrealphysiquementactive
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/montr%C3%A9al-m%C3%A9tropole-en-sant%C3%A9

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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