Transition en Commun

What Transition en Commun does

Transition en Commun is a non-profit alliance founded in November 2022 in Montreal, Quebec, that convenes citizen groups, civil society organizations, and municipal institutions around a shared socio-ecological transition agenda. Its operational scope spans 1,351 member organizations, 101 network heads including CMTQ, Regroupement des éco-quartiers, Culture Montréal, and Chantier de l'économie sociale, 301 Ville de Montréal services, and 201 neighborhoods. The organization is governed through a Comité d'orientation of 32 members, a Comité exécutif of 9 members, and 121 working groups organized around thematic pillars such as participatory democracy, neighborhoods, sustainable mobility, housing, climate resilience, environmental justice, food citizenship, and culture and narratives.

Its core outputs are programmatic and civic-intellectual rather than commercial products. The principal technical asset is the Praxis En Commun collaborative knowledge base (praxis.encommun.io), which aggregates resources, event outputs, and working group documentation. Recurring programs include the annual summer camp, the Forum montréalais sur la démocratie (200+ participants in November 2024), quarterly neighborhood visits, the Espace Quartiers workshops, and the Mikana decolonization training series. The alliance also produces structured civic IP, including the Voie de sortie demotorization framework, the Pour une transition juste du logement argumentaire, and the Cogouvernance et participation citoyenne research report.

Transition en Commun operates as a coalition-funded alliance rather than a commercial enterprise. Its financial inflows derive from a philanthropic grant relationship with Fondation Chagnon, a managed-partnership arrangement with Ville de Montréal via the Bureau de la transition écologique et de la résilience (BTER), and contributions associated with alliance membership. Revenue is not disclosed. The organization employs a 7-person coordination team led by co-coordinator général Bertrand Fouss, with communications led by Antoine St-Germain and working group coordination distributed across Alexia Sow, Kali Abraham, Manon Giri, Marlies Trujillo Torres, and Nadim Tadjine.

Name

Transition en Commun

Legal name

Transition en Commun

Website

https://transitionencommun.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Transition en Commun is a Montreal-based non-profit alliance founded in November 2022 that convenes 1,351 member organizations, civil society groups, and Ville de Montréal around socio-ecological transition through working groups, events, and a shared knowledge platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership and Alliance Fees: Organization operates as an alliance with member organizations that pay membership fees. The alliance brings together citizen groups, civil society organizations, and institutions for collective action on socio-ecological transition.
2. Public and Philanthropic Funding: Financial partners include Fondation Chagnon and Ville de Montréal, providing grants and funding for transition initiatives and alliance operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Transition en Commun is a non-profit alliance founded in November 2022 that convenes 1,351 citizen groups, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and the City of Montreal to coordinate collective socio-ecological transition. It operates working groups on themes such as demotorization, housing, food citizenship, climate resilience, and participatory democracy, and maintains a shared knowledge platform (Praxis En Commun) to aggregate resources produced across the alliance.

Product overview

Transition en Commun is not a technology product company but rather an alliance/coalition organization. The organization serves as a convening body for socio-ecological transition in Montreal, bringing together 1351 member organizations, 101 network heads, 301 City of Montreal services, and 201 neighborhoods. Its offerings consist primarily of collaborative programs, knowledge-sharing platforms, advocacy documents, and community engagement initiatives rather than commercial technology products. The core knowledge platform (Base de connaissances En Commun) aggregates resources from events and working groups. Additional offerings include forums, neighborhood visits, working group frameworks, and advocacy papers addressing themes such as demotorization, housing transition, participatory democracy, and environmental justice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Base de connaissances sur la transition socio-écologique (En Commun) A collaborative online knowledge base that aggregates and organizes collective knowledge generated through events, working groups, and alliance members, making socio-ecological transition resources publicly accessible.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ events organized since 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Ville de MontréalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey institutional partner with representation across 301 municipal services, bureaus, and boroughs. The Ville de Montréal participates in the alliance through BTER (Bureau de la transition écologique et de la résilience) and collaborates on Plan Climat initiatives.
• Coalition montréalaise des Tables de quartier (CMTQ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of neighborhood tables representing diverse Montreal communities, providing grassroots connection to the alliance.
• Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch center contributing academic expertise and research outputs to inform alliance strategies and democratic governance initiatives.
• Institut Karl Polanyi, Université ConcordiamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institute providing expertise on social economy, commons, and alternative economic models for the socio-ecological transition.
• Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivic participation organization collaborating on citizen dialogue events and democratic engagement initiatives.
• Regroupement des Éco-quartierscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of eco-neighborhood organizations contributing to local environmental action and transition efforts across Montreal.
• Coalition Climat MontréalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate coalition working on climate action advocacy and policy influence within the alliance framework.
• Culture MontréalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural organization contributing to the culture and narratives pillar of the transition vision.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM): Quebec civic participation organization promoting democratic engagement and citizen dialogue. Directly comparable on the participatory democracy and civic engagement workstreams of Transition en Commun, and already an active partner.
• Vivre en Ville: Quebec urban sustainability organization focused on land-use planning, mobility, and ecological transition in metropolitan areas. Directly comparable in mission around sustainable urban transitions, with similar convening of civil-society and municipal stakeholders around built-environment themes.
• Chantier de l'économie sociale: Quebec network coordinating the social-economy ecosystem and advocating for collective enterprise models. Comparable on the social-economy and alternative-economic-models pillars of Transition en Commun's transition vision, with a similar coalition-of-organizations structure.
• Réseau québécois de l'action communautaire autonome (RQ-ACA): Quebec-wide network of autonomous community action organizations representing collective interests and coordinating advocacy. Directly comparable as a Quebec-based alliance-of-organizations model with democratic governance and member-driven agenda setting.
• Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal (CRE): Montreal regional environmental council representing environmental groups and coordinating citizen engagement on ecological issues. Directly comparable as a Montreal environmental coalition with overlapping members and parallel convening role.

Broad incumbents

• Nature Québec: Quebec-wide environmental organization coordinating conservation and ecological-transition advocacy across member groups. Comparable as a Quebec-based coalition model with member-driven governance and environmental advocacy focus.
• Centraide du Grand Montréal: Greater Montreal United Way coordinating funding and collective action across community organizations. Comparable as a regional convening and resource-coordination body for civil-society organizations in Montreal.
• Équiterre: Quebec-based environmental and social justice organization promoting ecological transition through advocacy, citizen mobilization, and policy influence. Comparable as an established Quebec actor working on socio-ecological transition themes, though larger and more focused on individual consumer behavior than coalition-building.
• Pembina Institute: Canadian clean-energy and environmental think tank producing research and policy recommendations on socio-ecological transition. Comparable on the policy-influence and knowledge-production functions, though focused more on research deliverables than grassroots coalition mobilization.
• Climate Action Network Canada: National coalition of Canadian environmental and climate organizations coordinating advocacy on climate policy. Comparable as a coalition-of-organizations model focused on climate transition, but operating nationally rather than at a single metropolitan scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/transitionencom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transition-en-commun

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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