Québec Contractor Check: RBQ, RENA, penalties, public contracts
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Québec Contractor Check: RBQ, RENA, penalties, public contracts
Check Québec construction contractors in bulk from 4 official open-data sources: active RBQ licence, RENA public-contract ban, environmental penalties, and public contracts won on SEAO (count, total, buyers). One verdict per contractor: ok, review, blocking or not_found.
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Québec Contractor Check: RBQ licence, RENA, penalties, public contracts
Check a list of Québec construction and renovation contractors before you hire them or put them on a public contract. For each contractor, this Actor cross-checks four official public data sources and returns one clear verdict: ok, review, blocking or not_found, with the reasons and the source dates.
Doing this by hand means four government websites and 25 to 45 minutes per contractor (the SEAO history alone requires downloading monthly files of several hundred MB). Here it takes one call and $0.10.
What it checks
| Source | What you learn |
|---|---|
| Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) | Licence active or not, type, work subcategories, restrictions, bond |
| RENA (Autorité des marchés publics) | Businesses barred from public contracts and public subcontracts |
| Environmental administrative penalties (MELCCFP) | Penalties issued under environmental laws |
| SEAO, public contracts awarded (last 12 months) | How many public contracts the business has won, total amount, main public buyers, most recent awards |
Official open data (Données Québec, CC-BY 4.0), refreshed daily (SEAO: weekly). Businesses only.
Why the SEAO history matters
A contractor that has been awarded contracts by a city, a school board or a hospital has already passed a public procurement process. The number of contracts, the amounts and the buyers tell you in seconds whether you are dealing with an established business or an unknown. This history is not available as a search on any government site: it has to be rebuilt from the monthly SEAO open-data files, which this Actor does for you.
How to use it
- Paste your contractors in Contractors, one per line: business name, NEQ (10 digits) or RBQ licence number.
- Choose the language of the reasons (French or English).
- Click Start. One row per contractor in the dataset, with the SEAO history in
public_contracts. Export as Excel, CSV or JSON.
Who it is for
- General contractors vetting subcontractors before a public tender
- Property managers, insurers and notaries
- Renovation platforms and quote-comparison sites
- Homeowners checking a contractor before signing
Verdicts
- ok: active RBQ licence, not in RENA, no environmental penalty found under this name.
- review: something needs a human look (licence restriction, inactive licence, homonyms).
- blocking: listed in RENA (barred from public contracts) or no valid licence where one is required.
- not_found: no match. Try the NEQ or the licence number.
The SEAO history never changes the verdict: it is context, shown in the reasons and in public_contracts (contracts, total_cad, first_award, last_award, buyers, recent).
Pricing
$0.10 per contractor checked (pay per event). A check that fails for a technical reason is not charged.
Also available
- Companies outside Québec (sanctions, UK and Canadian registries): Business Verification (KYB)
- Single check with a card: https://tolca.tonbot.ca/verifier
- AI agents: x402 pay-per-call and a free MCP server, see https://tolca.tonbot.ca
Disclaimer
Public data reproduced with attribution. Name matching is subject to homonyms: confirm with the NEQ or licence number. Not a substitute for verification with the RBQ or the AMP. Not legal advice.
