Community Anniversaries Arts & Heritage Funding

Community Anniversaries – Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage component provides funding to local groups for non-recurring local events, with or without a minor capital project.

Up to 100 per cent of eligible expenses to a maximum of $200,000.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for funding under the Community Anniversaries component, organizations must be:

• a local, non-profit organization or group;
• a local band council, local tribal council or other local Aboriginal government or equivalent organizations (First Nations, Inuit or Métis); or
• a municipal administration, a municipal agency or a public authority of the municipality.

Eligible Expenses

Funding is available for non-recurring events that mark the 100th anniversary or greater, in increments of 25 years (e.g., 125th, 150th); of a significant local historical event or personality.

Funding includes capital projects up to a maximum amount of $25,000 (such as community art projects, restoration of objects, community history books, statues and murals).

Successful projects may receive up to 100 per cent of eligible expenses to a maximum of $200,000 for events that:

• present the work of local artists, artisans and heritage performers or specialists;
• actively involve members of the local community; and
• are intended for and accessible to the general public.

Deadline Date is June 1, 2026.

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