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French-language compliance firm

Companies with 25 or more employees in Quebec

We prepare the documents, and your company files them

Since June 1, 2025, companies employing 25 or more people in Quebec for six months must register with the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) and follow its process. We prepare every document, at a fixed price.

Start with the assessmentTake the self-assessment

The process, step by step

  1. Registration. The company registers with the OQLF and provides the information requested.
  2. Language assessment. The OQLF asks the company to describe how French is used in its communications, documents, work tools and signage, by a deadline the OQLF sets.
  3. Certificate or program. If French is already in general use, the OQLF issues a francization certificate. If not, the company adopts and carries out a francization program before receiving its certificate.
  4. Ongoing compliance. The company must stay compliant, especially when it adopts new documents, software or signage.

Source (in French): OQLF, process for companies with 25 to 49 employees.

The CIBLE assessment in detail

The assessment is the right first step when the OQLF has written to you or you don’t know where to start. You receive a written document in six parts:

  1. Scope: what was examined, and what wasn’t.
  2. Findings, ranked by risk, with the provision that applies.
  3. The cost to fix each item, based on our published fees.
  4. An action plan in three time frames: what is urgent, what comes next, and what needs ongoing upkeep.
  5. Scope and limits of the assessment.
  6. Next steps, and a schedule with firm dates.

If you book the compliance project within 30 days of receiving the assessment, its $1,400 fee is credited toward the project.

Why not wait

  • Before awarding some contracts and grants, the government checks the status of companies with 25 or more employees (OQLF, in French).
  • Since December 17, 2025, a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) application in Quebec is refused if a company that must register cannot prove where it stands with the OQLF (hiring foreign workers).
  • The OQLF received 11,125 complaints in 2025-2026, up 7% from the year before (Government of Quebec, in French).
  • For a business, fines under the Charter range from $3,000 to $30,000 per offence; they are doubled for a second offence and tripled after that.

Pricing

Every service has a published price. Scope, deliverables, timeline and price are confirmed in writing before we start. Not sure where to begin? That’s what the free 30-minute call is for.

CIBLE assessment

A written assessment of where you stand, with findings ranked by risk and a costed action plan. The fee is credited toward a compliance project booked within 30 days.

$1,400
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OQLF documentation package

The documents required at your current stage (registration, language assessment, francization program), ready for your company to file.

$2,800 to $4,500
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Full compliance project

We handle the whole process, from the inventory to the delivery of every required document, on a schedule with firm dates.

$4,500 to $9,500
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French contracts and employment documents

An inventory of your contracts, terms of sale, job postings and employment documents, then French text for each one, certified if needed.

from $1,500
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Ongoing monitoring

Every month, we review your new content (up to 10 items: pages, posts, labels or short documents), keep your document register up to date and alert you when the rules change.

$550per month
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Prices in Canadian dollars, plus applicable taxes. A 50% deposit is due when the project starts and the balance on delivery; certified translations are paid in full when ordered. Translating a full website or a set of documents is quoted at a fixed price after the review. We don’t bill by the hour.

Frequently asked questions

Do we need a francization committee?

A committee is required once you have 100 or more employees. Between 25 and 99, the OQLF may require one if the company has to adopt a program. The assessment will tell you whether this applies to you.

Do you deal with the OQLF on our behalf?

No. Your company remains the OQLF’s point of contact. We prepare the documents, written answers and schedule, then show you how to submit them.

How long does the process take?

It depends on your starting point and on the deadlines set by the OQLF. The assessment sets a schedule with firm dates, and the project that follows commits to it in writing.

We’ve already started. Can you take over the file?

Yes. The assessment then starts with an inventory of what already exists, so we only do what’s missing.

Can we work with you in English?

Yes. We advise, report and invoice in English. The compliance documents themselves are in French, as the law requires.

Tell us what you need

Describe your situation and let us know your deadline. We’ll reply with the service that fits, what it costs and how long it takes.

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