Table des MRC de l'Estrie

What Table des MRC de l'Estrie does

Table des MRC de l'Estrie (TME) is a non-profit regional public coordination body (table de concertation) headquartered in Sherbrooke, Quebec, that brings together the nine Regional County Municipalities (MRCs) of the Estrie region — Brome-Missisquoi, Coaticook, de la Haute-Yamaska, des Sources, Granit, Haut-Saint-François, Val-Saint-François, Memphrémagog, and the Ville de Sherbrooke — to coordinate regional development across approximately 117 municipalities and 527,000 residents. TME functions as the mandated regional convener and implementing body for multiple Quebec provincial sectoral agreements, currently active across at least seven domains: economic development (2024-2029, 968,916 CAD with Économie Estrie), collective and active transport (2024-2028, 571,960 CAD with MTMD), forestry/environment/climate (2024-2027, 724,598 CAD with CRE Estrie), social and community development (2024-2029, 937,470 CAD with the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity), Alliance pour la solidarité sociale (PAGMAP, mobilizing 11.2M CAD across 60+ initiatives from April 2024), gender equality (2025-2029, 440,000 CAD), and the legacy bioalimentaire agreement (2021-2026, 2.6M CAD). In October 2025 it absorbed the regional attractivity mandate previously carried by Vision Attractivité.

The organization operates with a lean staff of six to seven personnel (Director General Philippe-David Blanchette, executive assistant, communications manager, and four regional development advisors) and generates no commercial revenue, instead channeling provincial funding through sectoral agreements, project calls, and direct allocation to local organizations, businesses, and municipalities. Its go-to-market motion is community-led and consensus-driven, anchored by convening structures such as the annual Summit of Mayors and Mayors (first edition May 8, 2026) that bring together seven provincial ministries alongside regional partners including Hydro-Québec, CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, and Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est. The most recent technology initiative is an 801,500 CAD, five-year contract awarded to Okidoo Interactif in 2025 to deploy a common digital platform for collective and adapted transport across eight MRCs serving 340,000 people — a procurement deployment rather than an in-house technology product.

Name

Table des MRC de l'Estrie

Legal name

Table des MRC de l'Estrie

Website

https://tmestrie.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Table des MRC de l'Estrie (TME) is a non-profit regional coordination body uniting the nine MRCs and Ville de Sherbrooke to implement Quebec provincial sectoral agreements spanning economic development, transport, environment, social solidarity, gender equality, and agri-food across the Estrie region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sherbrooke

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Sectoral Agreement Funding: TME receives government funding through multiple sectoral agreements with provincial ministries (MAMH, MEIE, MRNF, etc.) to coordinate and deploy regional development projects. The organization acts as mandator and implementing body for these agreements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Table des MRC de l'Estrie (TME) is a regional coordination body that brings together the nine MRCs of the Estrie region and the Ville de Sherbrooke to advance collective regional priorities. It coordinates, deploys, and acts as mandator for multiple sectoral development agreements (economic development, transport, social solidarity, forestry/environment/climate, agri-food, gender equality) signed with provincial Quebec ministries, and represents the region's elected officials at the provincial level.

Product overview

Table des MRC de l'Estrie (TME) is a regional municipal coordination body that brings together the nine MRC territories of the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. It does not offer a technology product or software platform. Rather, TME serves as a convening body that coordinates regional development initiatives, manages sectoral agreements (ententes sectorielles) with provincial ministries, and advocates for regional priorities before the Quebec government. Its activities include coordinating economic development, social solidarity, transportation, forestry, environment, food systems, gender equality, and regional attractiveness projects across the nine MRC territories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Alliance pour la solidarité sociale (PAGMAP) 2024-2029
• Economic Development Sectoral Agreement 2024-2029
• Collective and Active Transport Sectoral Agreement 2024-2028
• Forest, Environment and Climate Change Agreement 2024-2027
• Gender Equality Sectoral Agreement 2025-2029
• Agri-Food (Bioalimentaire) Sectoral Agreement 2021-2026
• Common Digital Platform for Collective and Adapted Transport
• Attractivité et Notoriété Regional Outreach Mandate
• Summit of Mayors and Mayors of Estrie Annual regional convening event bringing together municipal elected officials, government ministries, and regional partners. The first edition was held on May 8, 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 60 social solidarity initiatives funded (11.2M CAD)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Hydro-QuébecmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Regional partner present at the Summit of Mayors and Mayors, participating in the Regional Development Salon alongside government ministries.
• CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUSmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Regional health authority partner in the social development agreement and Summit of Mayors, addressing health and social cohesion priorities.
• Tourisme Cantons-de-l'EstmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Regional tourism organization partner in economic development and sustainable tourism initiatives, including biodiversity and tourism project.
• Université de SherbrookemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Academic partner supporting regional innovation through research projects, including sustainable business transition support for SMEs (60,000 CAD project).
• Seven Provincial MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Affaires municipales et Habitation, Culture et Communications, Économie Innovation et Énergie, Environnement, Ressources naturelles et Forêts, Tourisme, and Transports participated in the Summit of Mayors Regional Development Salon.
• Okidoo InteractifmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Technology vendor awarded 801,500 CAD contract to develop and deploy common digital platform for collective and adapted transport across 8 MRCs, serving 116 municipalities.
• Secretariat for Women's ConditioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Government partner in the gender equality sectoral agreement 2025-2029 (440,000 CAD), addressing violence prevention for women in Estrie.
• ConcertAction Femmes EstriecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Regional women's organization co-signatory of the gender equality agreement, working on violence prevention initiatives.
• Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MTMD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Key government partner in the sectoral agreement for collective and active transport 2024-2028, investing 571,960 CAD to improve mobility planning and sustainable transport across Estrie.
• Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAMH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Primary government partner across multiple sectoral agreements including economic development (1.6M CAD), social development, and regional funding programs.
• Ministry of Employment and Social SolidaritycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in the social and community development agreement (937,470 CAD) and Alliance for Social Solidarity, addressing poverty and social exclusion.
• Économie EstriecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Lead organization for the economic development sectoral agreement 2024-2029, coordinating regional economic competitiveness initiatives with TME as mandator.
• Regional Environmental Council of Estrie (CRE Estrie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Lead organization for the forest, environment and climate change agreement 2024-2027 (724,598 CAD), with TME acting as mandator.
• Public Health Directorate of Estrie (DSPu)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaborates on regional climate initiatives and health-focused development projects, participating in climate consultation days with MRCs.
• Santé QuébecmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Provincial health authority partner in the social and community development agreement 2024-2029.
• Ministry of Higher EducationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in social development and economic agreements, addressing education-employment alignment.
• Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and IntegrationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in social development agreement, providing regional immigration monitoring and inclusion services.
• Conseil de l'industrie bioalimentaire de l'Estrie (CIBLE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Lead organization for the agri-food sectoral agreement 2021-2026 (2.6M CAD), promoting agricultural succession, supply chains, and sustainable agriculture with TME as mandator.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Association des régions du Québec (ARQ): Quebec-wide association of regional stakeholders including MRC coordination bodies. Comparable to TME because it represents the collective interests of Quebec's regions — including bodies like TME — before the provincial government, making it a meta-level peer in the same ecosystem.
• Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ): Quebec's main municipal association representing municipalities of all sizes across the province. UMQ is a broad incumbent in the municipal governance space, comparable to TME because both advocate for municipal interests before the provincial government, though UMQ operates at the provincial level rather than regionally.
• Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM): Quebec federation of municipalities, particularly representing rural and regional municipalities. FQM is comparable to TME in that both advance regional and municipal interests in Quebec, coordinate advocacy, and deliver programs to local governments — FQM does so at the provincial scale while TME focuses on Estrie.

Regional players

• Développement économique de l'agglomération de Sherbrooke (DÉAS): Sherbrooke's local economic development organization. Comparable to TME because both deploy sectoral development funding and coordinate regional economic projects in the same Estrie territory, though DÉAS is sub-regional (agglomération level) while TME is region-wide.
• Conférence administrative régionale (CAR) de l'Estrie: Quebec's regional administrative conference in Estrie, bringing together provincial ministry representatives. Comparable because it operates in the same Estrie region and coordinates with many of the same ministerial counterparts as TME, but represents the provincial government side rather than the municipal side.
• Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL): Public transit authority serving the Montérégie region. Comparable to TME because both coordinate regional public transport and deal with adapted/collective mobility across multiple municipalities, though RTL operates in a different region and runs transit directly while TME convenes and contracts.
• Table des MRC du Centre-du-Québec: Regional coordination body for the MRCs of the Centre-du-Québec administrative region. Directly comparable to TME in mandate and structure — both aggregate MRC préfets to negotiate sectoral agreements with Quebec ministries — but operating in an adjacent region.
• Table des préfets et élus de la Montérégie: A regional MRC coordination table in the Montérégie region, structurally analogous to TME. It brings together MRC préfets to coordinate regional positions and sectoral agreements with the Quebec government, but serves a different geography.
• Créneau d'excellence Accord Mauricie: Regional economic development coordination body in Mauricie, Quebec. Comparable to TME because both cluster regional stakeholders around shared economic development priorities and channel funding/investment into local projects, though operating in a different Quebec region.

Emerging players

• Société de transport de Sherbrooke (STS): Sherbrooke's public transit operator. Comparable to TME because STS will be a likely integration partner for the new Okidoo Interactif digital transport platform that TME is deploying across 8 MRCs, and both serve mobility needs in the same Estrie region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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