According to a survey conducted in 2015 by the Regroupement des gestionnaires et copropriétaires du Québec, the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec, and the Fédération des chambres immobilières du Québec, it appears that the majority of condominium administrators feel that the amount available in the contingency fund is insufficient. To remedy this situation, a new real estate regulation will require boards of directors to conduct a study every five years to assess the sums to be allocated to the contingency fund. Annual contributions to the fund will be based on the results of this study. The analysis must be produced by an accountant, engineer, chartered appraiser, architect or professional technologist.

This study will be mandatory from the first day following the first 3 years of the new standard’s implementation. In fact, the two main mortgage lenders, National Bank and Desjardins, recently announced that they will no longer finance buyers of divided co-ownerships without a contingency fund.