Ville de Lac-Brome

What Ville de Lac-Brome does

Ville de Lac-Brome is a municipal government entity located in the Brome-Missisquoi RCM (Regional County Municipality) of Quebec's Estrie region in Canada. Created in 1971 through the voluntary merger of seven former municipalities (Bondville, East Hill, Foster, Fulford, Iron Hill, Knowlton, and West Brome), the municipality serves approximately 2,830 households (2021 Census) with a median resident age of 58 and a housing stock of 3,683 units (81% single-family, 82% owner-occupied). Core municipal services include public safety (fire service, first responders, emergency 911), water and wastewater management, road infrastructure, environmental stewardship of Lake Brome, recreational facilities, cultural programming, urban planning and permitting, waste collection, and democratic governance through public council sessions.

The municipality's technology stack centers on a digital citizen portal (portail.lacbrome.ca) built on the Pando platform developed by Blanko, which serves as the central hub for online municipal services including parking permits, building permits, boat stickers, citizen reports, and tax accounts. Supporting digital services include an interactive map, email newsletter subscription, online requests system for urban planning inquiries, and a QR-code-based digital parking payment system deployed at three recreational sites (Plage Douglass, Parc Tiffany, and Terrasse Carke) as of July 2026, with physical meters decommissioned. The municipal website (lacbrome.ca) serves as the primary public-facing information hub.

Revenue is not disclosed; municipalities operate on annual budgets funded by property taxes and intergovernmental transfers rather than commercial revenue. User fee structures include digital parking ($6 for under 2 hours, $20 for 2 hours or more), annual resident parking permits ($5 per vehicle), Musée Lac-Brome admissions (adults $15, seniors $10, youth $8), and garage sale permits ($10). The entity has a stated goal of 300 new housing units by 2035, an approximately $8 million Fulford Road reconstruction project (Summer 2026) with $1.8 million in Quebec government funding, and an environmental mandate including mandatory boat washing and riparian buffer protections.

Name

Ville de Lac-Brome

Legal name

Ville de Lac-Brome

Website

https://lacbrome.ca

Company type

Public

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ville de Lac-Brome is a municipal government in Quebec's Estrie region serving approximately 2,830 households across seven merged communities. It delivers public safety, infrastructure, environmental stewardship of Lake Brome, recreational and cultural programming through a citizen portal and QR-code digital services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900), Refuse Systems (4953), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF), Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG), Environmental Public Health (Food Safety, Water Quality, Sanitation) (BPAIAJAE), Municipal Contract Collection & Franchise Operations (BPALAAAH)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public safety services
• Environmental protection programs
• Recreational and cultural programming
• Urban planning permits

Headquarters

HQ city

Knowlton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ville de Lac-Brome is a municipal government providing core civic services to residents and businesses within its territory, including public safety (fire service, first responders, 911), water and wastewater management, road infrastructure, environmental protection of Lake Brome, recreational and cultural programming, urban planning and permitting, waste collection, and democratic governance. Services are accessed via the online citizen portal (portail.lacbrome.ca) built on the Pando platform and through in-person town hall service.

Product overview

Ville de Lac-Brome operates as a municipal government providing citizen services through a digital platform architecture. The core offering consists of the citizen portal (Portail citoyen), built on the Pando platform by Blanko, which serves as the central hub for online municipal services. Supporting services include an interactive map, newsletter subscription, online request systems for permits and urban planning inquiries, and a digital QR code-based parking payment system deployed at three recreational sites. The municipal website (lacbrome.ca) serves as the primary public-facing information hub, while the citizen portal handles transactional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portail citoyen (Citizen Portal)
• Service de paiement du stationnement numérique (Digital Parking Payment)
• Musée Lac-Brome Museum Admissions
• Annual Resident Parking Permit
• Demandes en ligne (Online Urban Planning Requests)
• Garage Sale Permit (Vente-débarras)
• Mandatory Boat Washing Program
• Carte interactive (Interactive Municipal Map)
• Public Market (Marché public)

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,600 boat washes performed and 2,080 boat stickers distributed in 2025 through the mandatory boat washing program protecting Lake Brome
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OBV Yamaska (Organisme de bassin versant de la Yamaska)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOBV Yamaska co-hosted a rain garden kiosk at Douglass Beach on July 11, 2026, educating citizens about stormwater management and ecological landscaping. OBV Yamaska supports the city's environmental protection initiatives for Lake Brome and its watershed.
• Conservation Lac BromecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConservation Lac Brome partners with Faisons notre part (Shawinigan) and the city for the annual Lake Brome cleanup. For the fifth consecutive year in 2026, Conservation Lac Brome organizes the cleanup event at 400 Lakeside Road, coordinated with volunteer divers and boat patrols.
• Faisons notre part (Shawinigan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with Conservation Lac Brome and the city for the annual Lake Brome cleanup. This is a regional environmental organization providing support for the cleanup initiative.
• Zoo de GranbyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerZoo de Granby conducted a biodiversity awareness kiosk at Douglass Beach on July 25, 2026, educating families about species conservation and endangered wildlife, as part of the city's environmental summer programming.
• GUEPE (organisme environnemental)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGUEPE ran a family activity booth at the boat washing event on July 18, 2026, focused on aquatic invasive species education and lake protection awareness.
• Théâtre RépercussioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThéâtre Répercussion produced the Shakespeare-in-the-Park 2026 production of The Winter's Tale at Parc Coldbrook. The production was led by UnCanon Theatre, a Black and racialized theatre company, in an Afrofuturist Nubian-inspired universe. A co-presentation with Knowlton Players and Théâtre de Lac-Brome, in collaboration with the Ville de Lac-Brome.
• Knowlton PlayerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKnowlton Players co-presented the Shakespeare-in-the-Park 2026 production with Théâtre de Lac-Brome and Théâtre Répercussion. Knowlton Players is a local community theatre troupe that partners with the municipality on cultural programming.
• Théâtre de Lac-BromecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThéâtre de Lac-Brome co-presented the Shakespeare-in-the-Park 2026 production and also hosts the Julian Shively pre-concert recital series featuring young virtuosos. The theatre is a key cultural partner for the municipality's performing arts programming.
• L'Harmonie de KnowltonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerL'Harmonie de Knowlton is a community band that has performed in the municipality for over 30 years, comprising musicians aged 15 to over 80 under the direction of Serge Lavertu. The band performs summer concerts at Parc Coldbrook gazebo as part of the city's cultural programming.
• Alzheimer Society Granby (Projet Communauté Proches Alliés Alzheimer Lac-Brome)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe city hosted a press conference on July 15, 2026 launching the 'Community Caregiver Allies Alzheimer's Project for a Compassionate Community' in partnership with the Alzheimer Society Granby. Café Three Pine provided catering and Virgin Hill Roastery provided beverages for the event.
• Canadian Tire (pêche en herbe program)minorOthersCanadian Tire partnered with the city and the Fondation de la faune du Québec to introduce young people to ice fishing through the Pêche en herbe program. The city hosted 12 youth for an ice fishing initiation day in February 2025.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ville de Sherbrooke: Largest Eastern Townships city and a regional hub; provides a broader public-sector reference point for shared municipal platforms, permitting systems, and environmental quality administration in the same administrative region.
• Ville de Granby: Mid-sized adjacent city (Yamaska RCM) that delivers the full municipal service stack at a meaningfully larger scale; relevant comparator for what services and digital infrastructure look like one tier up.
• Ville de Magog: Larger Eastern Townships municipality with a lake-tourism economy, offering the same service categories at greater scale; useful as an upper-bound benchmark for cost-to-serve, tourism program design, and digitization investments.

Direct peers

• Ville de Cowansville: Head municipality in Brome-Missisquoi RCM, slightly larger but sharing the same regional governance ecosystem, permitting environment, and service portfolio; useful as a direct comparator for budget and infrastructure scale.
• Ville de Dunham: Small Brome-Missisquoi municipality with comparable scale, rural-residential character, and a similar municipal service portfolio (urban planning, environment, fire, recreation).
• Municipalité du Canton d'Orford: Eastern Townships canton anchored by a major lake and park (Parc national du Mont-Orford), similar environmental stewardship and tourism profile; comparable on environmental program design and visitor management.
• Ville de Sutton: Municipality in Brome-Missisquoi with a comparable lake-region profile, similar population scale (~5,000 residents), and an equivalent mix of environmental, recreational, and cultural services. Most directly comparable peer given shared RCM and tourism/lake stewardship focus.
• Ville de Bromont: Eastern Townships municipality with a recreation/tourism-driven economy (ski, cycling, events), similar citizen services structure, and shared regional environmental programs. Its tourism intensity offers a benchmark for monetizing recreation infrastructure.
• Canton de Cleveland: Small Eastern Townships canton (Le Val-Saint-François RCM), similar population scale and merged-municipality service scope; useful as a like-for-like budget benchmark.
• Municipalité du Canton de Potton: Adjacent Eastern Townships municipality in Memphrémagog RCM, similar scale, with parallel service structure (fire, public works, urban planning, environment) and overlapping regional tourism market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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