Tourist and Leisure Companion Sticker (TLCS)

For people With a Disability in Montreal
Companion Free

The companion sticker permits the companion of a person with a disability free entry to tourist, cultural or recreational sites. The sticker is meant for people having a permanent disability. Therefore, it does not apply, for example, to people who, after an operation find themselves temporarily in need of a companion.

The companion

A companion is a person whose presence in an activity is justified by the support and help which he/she exclusively brings to one or many persons with a disability. This type of assistance is not normally required for the majority of the population in the realization of an activity.

The program

When a person is accredited, he/she will receive a sticker which he/she must stick on an identification card preferably with a photo. This sticker will have to be presented at box offices of tourist or recreation sites that he/she will visit. The person with a disability will have to pay the usual admission fee. Free access will only be granted to his/her companion.

This sticker is intended for people 12 years old and over, seeing that all children under 12 years old normally require a companion or a parent for outings.

However, it is possible that there may be certain exceptions, depending on the severity of the disability.

Accreditation organizations

Certain organizations validate the need for a companion for a person with a disability. These organizations are chosen for their knowledge of the needs of the latter and the support that they provide.

For more information

Coordinator in the Montreal area:
AlterGo
Guy Lemieux
514 933-2739 ext. 223
guy@altergo.net

Coordinator for all other areas in Quebec :
Nancy Withney
www.vatl-tlcs.org
nwhitney@zlm.qc.ca

Who honours the sticker?

Get the complete list of Places that recognizes the Companion sticker. (pdf)

How to get a sticker ?

To apply for a sticker, please return the Application form for companion program to the appropriate organization, according to the type of disability:

Organized by:

AlterGo and Zone Loisir Montérégie

In collaboration with:

• Association de Montréal pour la déficience intellectuelle
• Association québécoise pour les enfants avec problèmes auditifs, Montréal Régional
• Association des sports pour aveugles de Montréal
• Association de l’Ouest de l’île pour les handicapés intellectuels
• Autisme et troubles envahissants du développement Montréal
• Parrainage civique de l’Est de l’île de Montréal
• Centre d’intégration à la vie active

Our sponsors:

• Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
• Secrétariat au loisir et au sport