Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs
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Publications and forms
Registration to Cap-and-Trade System
- Forms and Sample Letter Templates
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Application Form to Opt-in (
PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Attestation of Verification of Identity and Designation (PDF, 1.2 MB
- Acrobat Reader version 10 and up)
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Application Form to Opt-in (
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Financial Institution Confirmation Letter
(sample) (PDF, 90
KB)
- Cross-jurisdiction User
(PDF,
2.1 MB - Acrobat Reader version 10 and up)
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Structure and Business Relationships Disclosure Form
(PDF, 3.5
MB - Acrobat Reader version 10 and up)
- Early registration application form
(PDF,
1,7 MB)
- CITSS User Manual
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Volume 1: User Registration
(PDF, 2.1
MB)
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Volume 2: User Profile Management
(PDF, 1.3
MB)
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Volume
3: Opening an Account
(PDF, 2.7
MB)
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Volume 4:
Account Management
(PDF,
1.1 MB)
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Volume 1: User Registration
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- Covered Emitters and Registered Entities for the Cap-and-Trade System in Québec and in Other Linked Jurisdictions
Allocation of emission units without charge
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Quantity of Emission Units Allocated Without Charge and consigned and List of Beneficiary Emitters
(French,
Excel, 1.2 MB) - April 3, 2025 - Presentation on the 2024-2030 Free Allocation Rules (PDF, 2,5 MB) - (June 2022 Public Consultation)
- Impacts of the 2024-2030 rules for the Allocation without Charge of Emission Units on the Economy and on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF, 4,5 MB)
- Carbon Pricing Ratio
Emission allowance holding and trading
- Linked California and Québec Cap-and-Trade Programs Compliance Instrument Report (
Excel, 157 KB) - April 3, 2025
- Balance of previous accounts:
- January 8, 2025 ( Excel, 157 KB)
- October 3, 2024 ( Excel, 159 KB) -
- July 5, 2024 ( Excel, 158 KB)
- April 4, 2024 ( Excel, 158 KB)
- January 5, 2024 ( Excel, 158 KB)
- October 4, 2023 ( Excel, 79 KB)
- July 7, 2023 ( Excel, 79 KB)
- April 5, 2023 ( Excel, 46 KB)
- January 6, 2023 ( Excel, 90 KB)
- October 5, 2022 ( Excel, 87 KB)
- July 7, 2022 ( Excel, 88 KB)
- April 5, 2022 ( Excel, 87 KB)
- January 7, 2022 ( Excel, 86 KB)
- October 5, 2021 ( Excel, 86 KB)
- July 6, 2021 ( Excel, 82 KB)
- April 6, 2021 ( Excel, 79 KB)
- January 7, 2021 ( Excel, 79 KB)
- October 5, 2020 ( Excel, 78 KB)
- July 6, 2020 ( Excel, 78 KB)
- April 3, 2020 ( Excel, 41 KB)
- January 7, 2020 ( Excel, 71 KB)
- October 4, 2019 ( Excel, 72 KB)
- July 10, 2019 ( PDF, 57 KB)
- April 4, 2019 ( PDF, 59 KB)
- January 4, 2019 (
PDF, 64 KB) - October 5, 2018 ( PDF, 67 KB)
- July 9, 2018 (PDF, 95 KB)
- April 5, 2018 (PDF, 80 KB)
- January 5, 2018 (PDF, 97 KB)
- October 4, 2017 (PDF, 44 KB)
- July 5, 2017 (PDF, 43 KB)
- April 5, 2017 (PDF, 43 KB)
- January 6, 2017 (PDF, 43 KB)
- October 5, 2016 (PDF, 44 KB)
- July 7, 2016 (PDF, 32 KB)
- April 5, 2016 (PDF, 13 KB)
- January 7, 2016 (PDF, 13 KB)
- October 5, 2015 (PDF, 12 KB)
- July 2, 2015 (PDF, 18 KB)
- April 2, 2015 (PDF, 59 KB)
- January 6, 2015 (PDF, 53 KB)
- October 2, 2014 (PDF, 59 KB)
- July 11, 2014 (PDF, 27 KB)
- January 8, 2025 (
- Summary of Transactions, by year and by quarter ( Excel,
181KB) - Updated Febuary 3, 2025
- CITSS User Manual – Volume
5: Emission Allowance Transfers (PDF, 2.4
MB)
- Accounting of Compliance Instruments Traded among WCI Linked Jurisdictions
- Accounting Mechanism for Compliance Instruments Traded ( PDF, 393 KB)
- Accounting Mechanism Example (
Excel,107 KB) - Corresponding Adjustments ( PDF, 171 KB)
- Report on the Net Flow 2013-2023 ( PDF, 305 KB)
- Accounting Mechanism for Compliance Instruments Traded (
Compliance
- Eligible Emission Allowances
- Emitters Covered by the Regulation Respecting a Cap-and-Trade System, by Establishment and by Year, and Registered Participants
- Covered Emissions of the Establishments Subject to the Regulation Respecting a Cap-and-Trade System for Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowances (Excel, 75 KB) - Updated
April 25, 2025
- Compliance reports of the Québec Cap-and-Trade System:
- 2021-2023 Compliance Period (Excel, 226 KB) - December 6th, 2024
- 2018-2020 Compliance Period ( Excel, 95 KB) - Updated December 6th, 2024
- 2015-2017 Compliance Period ( Excel, 263 KB) - Updated December 6th, 2024
- 2013-2014 Compliance Period ( Excel, 252 KB) - Updated December 6th, 2024
- 2021-2023 Compliance Period (
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Guides
- Webinar:
Carbon Market Compliance 2021-2023
(French
PDF, 5.7 MB)
- CITSS User Manual – Volume 6:
Compliance Management (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Webinar:
Carbon Market Compliance 2021-2023
(French
Auctions and Sales by mutual agreement with the Minister
- Current Auction Price History
(PDF, 750 KB)
- Auction Notices and Results
- Sale by Mutual Agreement by the Minister Notices and Results
- Annual Auction Reserve Price Notice:
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Example Letter of Credit
(PDF, 139 KB) - Updated
June, 2022
- Guides:
- Auction and Sale by Mutual Agreement Platform (PDF, 3 MB)
- CITSS User Manual - Volume 7: Registration for Government Sales (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Typical Auction Calendar (French - PDF, 3.4 MB)
- Auction and Sale by Mutual Agreement Platform (
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Frequently Asked Questions - Multiple Vintage Emissions Units
(Allowances) Offered in the Current Auction
(PDF, 57
KB)
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Training Presentations:
- Joint Auction Participant Training Presentation
- Recording of the training (French - February 2023)
- Training presentation (French - PDF, 7.9 MB)
- Recording of the training (French - February 2023)
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Québec Sale by Mutual Agreement Training Presentation
(French -
PDF, 1.5
MB)
- Joint Auction Participant Training Presentation
Offset Credits
- Forms and templates for projects subject to a departmental regulation pertaining to offset credit projects
- Project notice or renewal notice for offset credits relating to landfill methane reclamation and destruction projects (French, PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Project notice or renewal notice for offset credits relating to halocarbon destruction projects (French, PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Project notice or renewal notice for offset credits relating to anaerobic digestion of manure (French, PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Project notice for offset credits relating to afforestation and reforestation on privately owned land (French, PDF,
2.48 MB
- Acrobat Reader version 10 and up)
- Application for issuance of offset credits–GHG emission reduction projects (French, PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Application for issuance of offset credits - Projects involving afforestation and reforestation on privately owned land (French, PDF,
2.9 MB - Acrobat Reader version 10 and up)
- Application for issuance of offset credits - Projects aggregation involving afforestation and reforestation on privately owned land (French, PDF, 2 MB
- Acrobat Reader version 10 and up)
- Report on offset credits relating to landfill methane reclamation and destruction projects (French,
Word, 95 KB) - Report on offset credits relating to halocarbon destruction projects (French, Word, 79 KB)
- Template of the Report on offset credits relating to anaerobic digestion of manure projects (French, Word, 120 KB)
- Project plan template – afforestation and reforestation project on privately owned land eligible for the issuance of offset credits (French, Word, 119 KB)
- Register of events for offset credit projects involving afforestation and reforestation on privately owned land (French, Word, 67 KB)
- Register of the characterization of the baseline and project scenarios (French, Word,
822 KB)
- Project report template – afforestation and reforestation project on privately owned lan eligible for the issuance of offset credits (French,
Word, 113 KB)
- Project notice or renewal notice for offset credits relating to landfill methane reclamation and destruction projects (French,
- Forms and templates for projects subject to a protocol in force in the Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances
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Application to Register, Modify or Renew an Offset Credit Project
(French,
PDF, 1.2
MB)
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Designation of the Promoter by an Involved Party
(French,
PDF, 680
KB)
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Application for the Issuance of Offset Credits and Promoter Declaration
(French,
PDF, 1.6
MB)
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Offset Credit Project Report Template
(French,
Word, 110
KB)
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Protocol-specific Information (complementary
document to the Project Report Template - French,
Word, 156
KB)
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Protocol-specific Information (complementary
document to the Project Report Template - French,
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Application to Register, Modify or Renew an Offset Credit Project
(French,
Market Notice
- Market Notice - Important information concerning Québec’s cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (PDF, 107 KB) - February 28, 2023
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California Air Resources Board Compliance Offset Investigation of Livestock Methane Destruction Project
(
PDF,
100 KB) – November 10, 2022
- Final Determination (PDF, 160 KB) – March 2, 2023
- Final Determination (
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California Air Resources Board Compliance Offset
Investigation of Livestock Methane Destruction Project
(PDF,
292 KB)
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Final Determination
(PDF,
110 KB) – May 26, 2021
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Final Determination
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California Air Resources Board Compliance Offset Investigation of Livestock Methane Destruction Project
(
PDF, 302 KB) - June 10, 2020
- Final Determination
(PDF,
171 KB) - Published September 1st , 2020
- Final Determination
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- The California Air Resources Board investigation of Livestock Methane Destruction Project
(
PDF, 96 KB) - November 18, 2019
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Final Determination
(
PDF, 96 KB) – January, 2020
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Final Determination
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WCI
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Design Recommendations for the WCI Regional Cap-and-Trade Program
(PDF,
4.9 MB)
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Design for the WCI Regional Program
(PDF,
1.9 MB)
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Offset System Essential Elements Final Recommendations
Paper (PDF,
274 KB)
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Final Recommendations Offset System Process (PDF,
274 KB)
General
- National Geographic article on the Carbon Market (PDF, 866 KB)
- Implication of Being Subject to the C&T System(PDF,
304 KB)
- Training course Carbon Market and the Trading of Emission Allowances
- News
Regulations
- Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances updated to August 1st, 2023
- Administrative version of Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (French, PDF, 2,6 MB) as amended by Order in Council 1763-2023 (effective January 1st, 2024)
- Previous amendments:
- 2023:
Order in Council 1763-2023 (PDF, 246 KB)
- 2022:
Order in Council 1462-2022 (PDF, 1 MB)
- 2021:
Order in Council 824-2021 (PDF,
215 KB)
- 2020: Order in Council 1288-2020 (PDF, 609 KB)
- 2017: Order in Council 1125-2017
(PDF, 1.1 MB)
- 2015: Order in Council 1089-2015
(PDF, 185 KB)
- 2014: Order in Council 902-2014
(PDF, 147 KB)
- 2013: Order 1138-2013 and 1137-2013 (French,
PDF, 83 KB)
- 2012: Order in Council 1184-2012
(PDF, 586 KB)
- 2011: Order in Council 1297-2011
(PDF, 395 KB)
- 2023:
Order in Council 1763-2023 (
- Previous amendments:
- Ministerial regulations respecting the issuance of offset credits:
- Regulation respecting landfill methane reclamation and destruction projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits
- Regulation respecting halocarbon destruction projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits
- Previous amendments
- Order of the Minister dated 28 September 2021 (PDF, 227 KB)
- Order of the Minister dated 28 September 2021 (
- Previous amendments
- Afforestation and reforestation projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits on privately-owned land
- Regulation respecting manure anaerobic digestion projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits (PDF, 937 ko)
- Determination of annual caps on greenhouse gas emissions relating to the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances for the 2013–2020 period -
Order
in Council 1185-2012 (PDF, 150 KB)
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Determination of annual caps on greenhouse gas emission units relating to
the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances for the
2021-2030 period –
Order in Council 1126-2017 (2017-11-29 - PDF,
205 KB)
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Delegation of management of certain parts of a
cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances - Order in Council 1187-2012 (PDF,
164 KB)
- Agreement between the Gouvernement du Québec and the California Air
Resources Board concerning the harmonization and integration of
cap-and-trade programs for reducing greenhouse gas emissions -
Ratification - Order in Council 1181-2013 (PDF, 42 KB)
- Agreement on the harmonization and integration of cap-and-trade programs for reducing greenhouse gas emissions between the Gouvernement du Québec, the Government of California and the Government of Ontario - Order in Council 1136-2017 (2017, French, PDF, 90 KB)
- Mandatory reporting of certain emissions of contaminants into the atmosphere
