F FRANCWEBCompliance · Montréal
Happening now: 2026 inspection campaign — 14,000 mystery-shopper visits to 7,800 businesses by November. Montreal is the primary target. Is your area targeted? →
Language & digital compliance — Montreal

One anonymous complaint is all it takes.
Be ready before it arrives.

11,125 OQLF complaints in one year — more than half targeting Montreal businesses. Website, social media, menus: we bring it all into compliance with the Charter of the French Language. Fast, fixed-price, in plain words.

Independent private firm — not affiliated with the OQLF or any government Every fact on this site links to its official source Already received a notice? Bring it — the assessment is still free
11,125
complaints received by the OQLF in 2025-26 — an all-time record, rising every year.
15+ / day
complaints targeting the Montreal region — every day, all year (5,674 complaints, i.e. 51% of the total).
60+ / business day
anonymous inspection visits on average through the end of November 2026 (14,000 planned visits).
$30,000/ day
maximum fine per day of violation for a company (first offence) — each day counts as a separate offence. Doubled on repeat.
Public records, not rumours

What you see here is only the visible tip of the iceberg.

The 11,125 complaints are confidential: the OQLF publishes neither who is targeted nor where. You will never see a complaint coming. What does become public is the end of the road: the convictions — name, fine, online forever on the government's website — and the cases the media reports. Every point below is a real case; click one, and every card links to its source. We invent nothing, and you can check everything.

5,674
complaints targeted the Montreal region in one year — confidential, so they can't be mapped. Only cases made public appear here.
Published conviction (fine) Publicized formal notice or demand letter Zone or mall targeted by 2026 inspections

Inspection-zone positions are approximate (neighbourhoods and streets named in the public tender, as reported by CBC and Cult MTL). Convictions come from the official list published by the OQLF.

What about you?

Two questions. Thirty seconds. See where you stand.

Is your area targeted?

Areas named in the public tender for the 2026 inspection campaign.

Your theoretical exposure under the law

Fine ranges set by the Charter of the French Language, as amended by Law 96 (s. 205 ff.).
Theoretical exposure
FrancWeb compliance fix: from $750 — once, done in 7 days or less.
Maximum theoretical exposure under the statutory ranges — each day of violation is a separate offence. In practice, the fines published in 2025 (see the map) ranged from $700 to $3,000, generally imposed after a notice or order was ignored. Sources: Charter, s. 205 ff. · published convictions.
The real math

Three scenarios. Only one ends without a paper trail.

Act now
From $750

Free assessment, full correction in 7 days, at your pace. No file, no public record — you were simply never in violation.

After a complaint
The same work, on an imposed deadline

The Office requires correction within a deadline it sets. It's the same work — plus the stress, the urgency and the official correspondence. Correct in time and most files close without a fine.

If you ignore the notice
$700 to $30,000 / day

And your name joins the convictions list on the government's website — public, indexed by Google, forever. Like the thirty-odd businesses convicted since 2021 that you can see on the map — groceries, restaurants, barbershops, even a notary.

What we do

Three services. Fixed prices. No surprises.

01 — FREE

Compliance assessment

We review your website, social media, menus and online presence, then hand you a plain-language report: what's compliant, what isn't, and what fixing it would take. No strings attached.

$0 Report delivered within 24 hours
02

Compliance fix

Professional translation and integration of the French version of your site, menus and posts — French displayed the way the law requires. You approve everything before it goes live.

From $750 Delivered in 7 days or less
03

Ongoing peace of mind

Every month we check your new content (posts, menus, promotions) and keep your site compliant — including the privacy policy required by Law 25. You publish, we watch.

$95/month No contract — cancel anytime
About

A small Montreal team. You talk directly to the people doing the work.

FrancWeb is Kenneth and Ning — two Montreal developers. No call center, no offshore subcontracting, no rep who "forwards your file." The person who answers you is the person who fixes your site.

Our approach is simple: everything we claim is verifiable. The numbers on this site link to the OQLF's official publications and major news outlets. The assessment is free and the report is yours to keep — even if you have someone else do the fixes.

Frequently asked

The questions we get on the phone

Are you the OQLF or a government agency?

No. FrancWeb is an independent private firm with no ties to the Office québécois de la langue française or the Quebec government. We help businesses comply — we don't inspect anyone, and we never file complaints.

I haven't received anything. Why act now?

Because it's the cheapest moment. Complaints are anonymous and confidential — you'll never know a customer, passer-by or competitor filed one until the letter arrives. And by November 2026, 14,000 anonymous inspection visits are planned, mostly in Montreal. Fixing before is a quiet project; fixing after is an imposed deadline.

Do you give legal advice?

No. We fix your content (site, social media, menus) so it meets the Charter's requirements. For a formal legal opinion, consult a lawyer — we're happy to work alongside yours.

I already received a notice. Is it too late?

No — it's exactly the moment to act. A notice comes with a correction deadline. When the correction is made in time, the vast majority of files close without a fine. Bring us the letter: the assessment is still free.

What does it actually cost?

The assessment is free. A typical compliance fix (storefront site + social media + menu) starts at $750, at a fixed price agreed up front. Monthly monitoring is $95/month, no contract. No surprise fees — ever.

My site is in English (or Chinese, or Spanish). Do I have to redo everything?

No. The law requires that a French version exists and is at least as accessible as the other languages. You keep your current languages — we add French properly, without diluting your brand.

Not sure where you stand? The assessment is free.

Write to us — we reply the same day, in French, English, or your language if we speak it.