Available funding opportunities from the Ontario Government
Find out what funding is currently available from the Government of Ontario, if you’re eligible and what you need to apply.
Overview
You can apply for funding from the Government of Ontario through Transfer Payment Ontario.
Read about the funding opportunities that are currently available and what you'll need to know to apply.
Learn how to register for Transfer Payment Ontario and start applying.
Aboriginal Participation Fund
The Aboriginal Participation Fund was developed to help support Indigenous communities and organizations participate in:
- regulatory processes under the Mining Act
- economic development activities associated with mineral exploration and development
There are five streams available:
- advanced exploration and development support
- early exploration support
- education and relationship-building
- mineral development advisor stream
- values mapping and related projects
Contact
For questions about the Aboriginal Participation Fund, please contact:
Transfer Payment Coordinator
Mines and Minerals Division
Ministry of Mines
Email: aboriginalparticipationfund@ontario.ca
Advanced exploration and development support
Status: Open
Ministry of Mines
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Description
The advanced exploration and development support sub-stream assists communities in areas of high mineral development activity to respond to advanced exploration and mine development projects.
Funding through this stream is:
- project-based
- limited to the costs associated with coordinating the review of advanced exploration and development projects
- not intended to replace support received from project proponents
Eligibility
Funding is available to Indigenous communities in Ontario in areas of high mineral development activity.
While priority will be given to communities that do not have an existing Mineral Development Advisor (MDA), communities with MDAs are encouraged to apply if their workload requires additional support to respond to advanced exploration and development project requests.
Indigenous communities should discuss this sub-stream with one of the ministry’s Mineral Exploration and Development Consultants (MEDC) before applying.
Program Guidelines
Early exploration support
Status: Open
Ministry of Mines
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Description
The early exploration support sub-stream assists communities in areas of high mineral development activities to respond to early exploration projects.
Funding through this stream is:
- project-based
- limited to the costs associated with coordinating the review of early exploration projects
Eligibility
Funding is available to Indigenous communities or organizations in Ontario that:
- are experiencing high mineral exploration or development activity
- have received two to 10 exploration permit applications in the previous fiscal year (April 1 to March 31)
Eligible applicants may be:
- single applicants – Indigenous communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity
- joint applicants – two or more Indigenous communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity, or Indigenous organizations (for example, Tribal Councils, economic development organizations) representing communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity
Joint applicants must provide a Band Council Resolution in support of the application from each community represented on the application.
Applicants are encouraged, wherever possible, to work together to maximize the benefits of available funding.
Program Guidelines
Application guide for the Aboriginal Participation Fund – early exploration support sub-stream
Education and relationship-building
Status: Open
Ministry of Mines
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Description
The education and relationship building sub-stream helps Indigenous communities and organizations:
- enhance their understanding of mineral exploration and development processes
- develop relationships between Indigenous communities, industry and government
Eligibility
Project funding is open to Indigenous communities or organizations in Ontario.
Eligible applicants may be:
- single applicants – Indigenous communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity
- joint applicants – two or more Indigenous communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity, or Indigenous organizations (for example, Tribal Councils, economic development organizations) representing communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity
Joint applicants must provide a Band Council Resolution in support of the application from each community represented on the application.
Program Guidelines
Mineral development advisor stream
Status: Open
Ministry of Mines
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Description
The mineral development advisor (MDA) stream provides funding for a MDA for eligible Aboriginal communities and organizations to participate effectively in the regulatory consultation processes, including the review of:
- exploration plan and permit applications
- closure plans and closure plan amendments
- environmental assessments
This funding helps to increase a community’s knowledge and understanding of the mineral development sequence, mineral exploration, mineral development and mining activities, and the range of economic benefits.
Funding amount
Funding up to a maximum of $130,000 per year, for up to a three-year term.
Applicants are encouraged, wherever possible, to work together to maximize the benefits of available funding.
The ministry may consider funding additional positions, in part or in full, based on the mineral development activity and the community’s or tribal council’s need.
Eligibility
Funding is available to Ontario Aboriginal communities or organizations experiencing high mineral exploration or development activity, having received 10 or more exploration plans or permit applications in the previous fiscal year (April 1 to March 31).
Communities that receive fewer than 10 exploration plans or permit applications may be eligible for this stream if they are engaged in reviewing two or more closure plans, closure plan amendments, or mineral development-related environmental assessments.
Eligible applicants may be either:
- single applicants – Aboriginal communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity, or
- joint applicants – Aboriginal communities and organizations (for example, tribal councils) in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity. Joint applicants must have the support of the communities they represent and a substantiated record of representing member communities on local lands and resources issues. Eligible joint applicants include either:
- Two or more eligible communities, applying jointly with combined exploration activities, or
- In specific circumstances, and at the discretion of the ministry, other Aboriginal organizations, such as a Provincial-Territorial Organization (PTO), if they have the support of the communities they represent.
Program guidelines
2020-2021 Mineral Development Advisor Program Guide
Contacts
For questions about program guidelines, contact:
Transfer Payment Coordinator
Strategic Services Branch
Mines and Minerals Division
Ministry of Mines
Level 2B2, 933 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, ON, P3E 6B5
Email: aboriginalparticipationfund@ontario.ca
Values mapping and related projects
Status: Open
Ministry of Mines
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Description
The values mapping and related projects sub-stream supports projects that focus on values identification or related projects between Indigenous communities, which will support communities’ capacity to effectively participate in and respond to information requests in regulatory processes under the Mining Act.
Eligibility
Project funding is open to Aboriginal Indigenous communities or organizations in Ontario.
Eligible applicants may be:
- single applicants – Indigenous communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity
- joint applicants – two or more Indigenous communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity, or Indigenous organizations (for example, Tribal Councils, economic development organizations) representing communities in areas of high mineral exploration or development activity
Joint applicants must provide a Band Council Resolution in support of the application from each community represented on the application.
Program guidelines
Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) program
Status: Open
Ministry of Health
Deadline
Deadline dates can vary.
Description
The Ministry of Health (MOH) - Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) program works with discrete service providers to deliver mental health support to children, youth and their families. The budget submissions for this program will be managed within Transfer Payment Ontario through the MOH CYMH Budget Form. This includes all subsequent activities related to the transfer payment contracting cycle along with all reporting.
Eligibility
This program is restricted and only available to existing approved/discrete service providers. Access to the MOH CYMH Budget Form is available through Transfer Payment Ontario to these eligible service providers.
Program guidelines
MOH CYMH Service Description Schedules
Resources
Video: How to submit your budget and interim report for 2021-2022
Contacts
For program specific inquiries, please contact your Program Supervisor.
Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) 2024-2025
Status: Open
Treasury Board Secretariat
Deadline
Submit your application by October 31, 2024, 5:00 pm EST.
Description
The Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) will help ensure Ontarians are safe, practiced and prepared before, during and after emergencies.
The grant will provide funding to help communities purchase emergency supplies, equipment and services, such as:
- chain saws, generators, sandbag machines
- emergency training delivery, exercise planning and coordination, education
The grant funds supplies, equipment and services that range from $5,000 to $50,000.
Applicants must demonstrate how the activity or purchase will increase emergency preparedness and resilience for your organization and community. You must also demonstrate that your organization can complete the activity (for example, procurement, training, plan development) by the program end date of August 29, 2025. Any funds not spent must be returned to the Ontario government.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be located in Ontario and include:
- non-government organizations (NGOs) with an emergency preparedness mandate
- non-governmental organizations that provide fire protection services to communities
- non-municipal fire departments or entities providing fire protection services as defined in the Fire Protection and Prevention Act in unincorporated Ontario
- local services boardsestablished under the Northern Services Boards Act
- First Nation communities, Indigenous organizations, including Tribal Councils, and other Indigenous service organizations that support emergency preparedness and management programming in First Nation communities
- municipalities with a population under 100,000 (Statistics Canada data from 2021)
Ineligible applicants for Round 2 (2024–2025) include:
- organizations that previously received funding through the 2023-2024 Community Emergency Preparedness Grant or the Emergency Readiness and Capacity Building (ERaCB) program
- organizations without an emergency preparedness mandate or responsibility
- organizations that serve a fixed membership or community, not the community at large (for example, long term care homes)
- individuals
- Crown corporations
- federal, provincial and municipal agencies
- universities, colleges, school boards, schools and hospitals
- municipalities with a population over 100,000 (Statistics Canada data from 2021)
- municipal fire departments cannot apply directly however may apply through an eligible municipality
- municipal fire departments may be eligible for other grant opportunities supported by the Government of Ontario, such as the Fire Protection Grant
Program guidelines
Read the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) Application Guidelines 2024-25
Contacts
For questions regarding program requirements or eligibility, please contact:
ServiceOntario
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, excluding holidays.
Email: emocommunitygrants@ontario.ca
Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund
Status: Open
Ministry of Sport
Deadline
Stream 1 Repair and Rehabilitation: deadline to apply is Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Stream 2 New Builds/Signature New Builds: application intake is ongoing until all funding has been allocated.
Description
The Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF) is a $200 million capital funding program designed to revitalize existing community sport and recreation infrastructure and support the construction of new facilities across the province.
The CSRIF is a two-stream, application-based funding program:
- Stream 1: Repair and Rehabilitation – funding between $150,000 and $1 million to extend the lifespan of existing community sport and recreation facilities/spaces and improve local programming and accessibility features to meet community need
- Stream 2: New Builds/Signature New Builds – funding up to $10 million to invest in new, transformative community sport and recreation infrastructure, including assets that do not currently exist in a community or the replacement of existing assets that have reached the end of their lifespan
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include:
- municipalities
- local services boards
- not-for-profit organizations
- Indigenous communities and organizations
- for-profit organizations (stream 2 only)
Program guidelines
Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund program guidelines.
Contacts
Email CSRIF@ontario.ca for general inquiries or consult with a Regional Development Advisor to discuss the details of your project.
Connecting Links Program 2025-26
Status: Restricted
Ministry of Transportation
Deadline
Applications are due by Wednesday , November 13, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Description
The Ministry of Transportation’s Connecting Links Program provides dedicated provincial funding for road and bridge projects on designated connecting link highways.
Connecting links are municipal roads or bridges that connect two ends of either:
- a provincial highway through a community
- an international or interprovincial border crossing
These critical roadways serve provincial and municipal interests by carrying long-distance provincial highway traffic moving through communities, as well as local traffic within the community.
The Connecting Links Program provides funding for eligible capital improvement costs – not maintenance. The responsibility for maintenance of connecting links lies with the municipality.
Eligibility
There are 352 kilometres of connecting links highways including 70 bridges, in 77 Ontario municipalities. All 77 Ontario municipalities with designated connecting links are eligible for funding.
A municipality with one designated connecting link can submit one project per year. A municipality may submit a maximum of two projects per year if it has more than one designated connecting link.
The ministry will provide funding for up to 90% of total eligible project costs. The maximum amount of funding for eligible costs is $3 million per road project and $5 million per bridge project.
Program guidelines
The program guidelines are available in TPON.
Contacts
Manager
Robert Hazra
robert.hazra@ontario.ca
Team lead
Jason Kline
jason.kline@ontario.ca
Team member
Rafeef Ali
rafeef.ali@ontario.ca
Emissions Performance Program
Status: Restricted
Ministry
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Deadline
There are no funding deadlines for this program.
Description
The Emissions Performance Program (EPP) is a non-competitive program funded by compliance payments collected through the Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) regulation. The program supports projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at eligible industrial facilities.
The EPP will fund 2 types of projects:
- capital projects
- study-based projects
Eligibility
Eligible facilities for the program:
- are registered in the Emissions Performance Standards Program
- have purchased Excess Emissions Units
- do not generate electricity as their primary industrial activity
Examples of project activities that are eligible for funding include (but are not limited to):
- stationary equipment retrofits for energy efficiency and fuel switching
- mobile equipment retrofits for energy efficiency and fuel switching
- building envelope upgrades (insulation, windows, doors)
- heat recovery
- industrial process changes
- carbon capture and storage
- clean electricity and low-carbon fuel production for own use
Contacts
For general questions, contact EPPInfo@ontario.ca.
Fire Protection Services Reimbursement: Unincorporated Ontario
Status: Open
Ministry of Solicitor General
Deadline
You must submit your application by March 23rd, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST.
Description
This program is designed to provide municipalities with reimbursement opportunities related to the provision of emergency services in unincorporated areas of Ontario that occurred between March 16th, 2024 - March 18th, 2024. Reimbursement rates will be based on service rates utilized by the Ministry of Transportation for fire departments responses on provincial highways.
Eligibility
The following call types may be eligible for payment:
- motor vehicle collisions occurring on roads that are not considered provincial highways by Ministry of Transportation
- hazmat calls occurring on roads that are not considered provincial highways by Ministry of Transportation
- structure fires
- vehicle fires occurring on roads that are not considered provincial highways by the Ministry of Transportation
- false alarms
- rescue (defined as an emergency incident primarily involving activities directed at locating and rescuing endangered persons and removing those persons to a safe location. This could also include but is not limited to the provisions of emergency medical care)
- public hazard assistance calls (Incidents such as carbon monoxide, public utility, electrical and natural gas or propane gas utility incidents)
- provision of any emergency services listed above, within a provincial park in Unincorporated Ontario
Contacts
For all municipalities submitting applications for reimbursement please contact your local fire protection adviser to obtain the associated operational guideline with the eligible reimbursement rates and required Transfer Payment Agreement.
For any program queries:
Email: PDA@Ontario.ca
Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program
Status: Open
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding will follow an open, competitive rounds-based application process. Learn more about current and upcoming rounds of evaluations.
Description
The Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program provides funding for strategic investments in the forest sector that:
- enhance competitiveness
- support new market access
- provide benefits to Ontario’s broader forest sector
- strengthen regional economies
Support is available under two project categories:
- business projects
- collaboration projects
Learn more about the funding amounts and selection process.
Eligibility
Business projects
Support is available for Ontario-based projects with at least $3 million in eligible costs undertaken by for-profit manufacturers and processors of wood and forest biomass across Ontario, including:
- saw mills
- pulp and paper mills
- secondary wood manufacturers
- bio-economy projects
Harvesting and resource extraction projects are not eligible for funding.
Collaboration projects
Support is available for Ontario-based projects with at least $3 million in eligible costs undertaken through a collaboration of:
- forest sector for-profit businesses
- not-for-profit research organizations
- forest industry associations
- academia
Eligible collaborations should develop, diversify and transform Ontario’s forest sector through innovation in technology, process or products.
A minimum of three partners are required (including at least one Ontario-based for-profit forestry/wood products company).
Program guidelines
Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program (FSIIP) – program guidelines
Contacts
For information please contact the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s Business Development Branch by:
Email: FSIIP@ontario.ca
Great Lakes Local Action Fund
Status: Open
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
Deadline
You must submit your application by September 26, 2024 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Description
The Great Lakes Local Action Fund provides funding to projects that help communities take action to increase climate change resiliency and protect or improve water quality in the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Funding is available for projects occurring between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025.
Objectives
Improve climate change resiliency through ecosystem protection and restoration
Implement local scale and nature-based solutions to achieve the following:
- protect, enhance or restore riparian and culturally significant areas
- reduce impacts on Great Lakes ecosystem health
- increase awareness on the importance of these areas/actions to the health of the Great Lakes
Activities may include:
- planting nattive species
- preventing/reducing erosion of shorelines and sedimentation in natural creeks, streams or rivers (for example, shoreline protection using natural solutions, re-vegetating buffer strips, mulching/seeding)
- management of invasive species
Protect and improve water quality
Implement local scale actions that address road salt, nonpoint source pollution, and plastic pollution through prevention, mitigation and public awareness.
Activities may include:
- mitigating the impacts of road salt use on waterbodies
- removing and preventing plastic pollution from entering waterbodies (for example, interception, collection, education)
- reducing nonpoint source water pollution (for example, nutrients from non-agricultural gardens and lawns, oil and other vehicle and household chemicals, pet waste and sewage)
Eligibility
To be eligible for funding, the applicant must be a legal incorporated entity, such as:
- community-based incorporated organizations
- conservation organizations (such as, non-governmental, not-for-profit, charitable corporations whose work focuses on environmental protection, conservation, and/or restoration)
- Indigenous communities
- conservation authorities and their foundations
- municipal governments
- academic institutions including schools as represented by their school boards, universities and community colleges
- industry and non-profit associations or organizations
Program guidelines
Great Lakes Local Action Fund Program Guidelines
Contacts
Email: greatlakesfund@ontario.ca.
Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund – Second Intake
Status: Open
Ministry of Infrastructure
Deadline
You must apply by 4:59 p.m. (EDT) on November 1, 2024.
Description
The Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund will help municipalities develop, repair, rehabilitate, and expand critical drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. In response to the high demand for funding under the first intake of the program, we are investing an additional $250 million and accepting a second intake of applications to allow even more municipalities to apply for funding. This brings our total investment for the program to $1.2 billion.
Water infrastructure projects funded through the program will help to:
- enable growth and housing development
- increase access to clean drinking water
- protect communities by increasing treatment and/or management of wastewater and stormwater
Eligibility
All municipalities that own water, waste and stormwater infrastructure that did not apply or were not selected in the first application intake are eligible to apply under the second intake.
Single-tier municipalities that do not currently own water assets, but through the project will own assets at the completion of the project and beyond, are eligible to apply.
Joint projects
We encourage joint projects between multiple eligible applicants, where each co-applicant contributes financially to the project. As part of the assessment process, we will give additional consideration to joint projects that optimize housing outcomes.
Each single municipality is allowed to submit one application. If a municipality chooses to submit a joint application with another municipality, the submission would be counted as their single application.
Multiple projects that support the same housing development area must be submitted as a joint application.
Indigenous projects
Indigenous projects are ineligible to apply as standalone projects. However, we encourage municipalities to submit projects that benefit Indigenous communities.
Ineligible applicants
Privately-owned drinking water systems (for example, year-round, non-municipal residential systems) are not eligible for this program; however, private hookups of water systems to municipal infrastructure are eligible.
Municipalities receiving funding through a New Deal agreement with the province are not eligible to apply.
Project criteria
To be eligible for funding, projects must:
- enable housing development
- undertake the development, rehabilitation and repair, reconstruction, or expansion of water infrastructure
- be stand-alone or a component of a larger project
- include a capital component and may also include pre-construction planning and design work
- have a clear start and end date
- start no later than September 30, 2024, and must be completed by March 31, 2027, under the first application intake
- start no later than September 30, 2025, and must be completed by March 31, 2028, under the second application intake
- be in the process of, or completed, the design and planning phase
- have not started construction
- meet all relevant provincial regulatory requirements
Note: All costs associated with preparing the application are ineligible for funding and should not be included in the scope or financials of the application.
Only core water infrastructure projects are eligible for funding, including:
- drinking water assets, for example:
- treatment plants
- reservoirs
- local pipes, including the distribution system watermain and the municipal portion of service lines
- pump stations
- wastewater assets, for example:
- lagoon systems
- pump stations
- lift station
- linear assets
- treatment plants
- storage tanks
- collection systems
- stormwater assets, for example:
- management facilities
- linear assets, including conveyance piping, ditches and culverts
Note: Projects can include an optimization and/or performance review as part of a capital project on the above asset types.
Additional eligibility and project conditions can be found in the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund program guidelines.
Program guidelines
Application Guide: Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund
Contacts
For questions about the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, please contact HEWS@ontario.ca.
Investment Ready: Certified Site designation
Status: Open
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Deadline
Applications can be received at any time.
Description
An Investment Ready: Certified Site designation is issued to properties that have successfully completed a set of program requirements to demonstrate that the property is primed for development and ready for investment.
Learn more about the Investment Ready: Certified Site Program.
Eligibility
The eligibility requirements can be found in the Certification Instructions and Requirements Guide.
You can also request the Certification Instructions and Requirements Guide:
- by email: investmentready@ontario.ca
- by phone:
1-855-585-0475
How to apply
- Contact the Investment Ready team for your pre-application consultation.
- Submit your application package through Transfer Payment Ontario.
- We will notify you if your site has been approved and email you with your notification of acceptance.
- Complete the additional requirements within 2 years (the list is available in the Certification Instructions and Requirements Guide).
- Receive a certification designation after all your assessments and documents have been completed, submitted and approved.
Contacts
For program questions and advice on developing your application, please contact our office:
- by email: investmentready@ontario.ca
- by phone:
1-855-585-0475
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Generic Budget 2023-2024
Status: Open
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Deadline
Budget Submissions are due by June 30, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. EST.
Description
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) Generic Budget submissions for 2023 - 2024 will be managed within Transfer Payment Ontario through the MCCSS Generic Budget 2023 - 2024 category. This also includes all subsequent activities related to the transfer payment contracting cycle along with all reporting.
The MCCSS Generic Budget 2023 - 2024 category is open to all eligible transfer payment recipients.
For information on the following MCCSS programs or divisions that are already on Transfer Payment Ontario, please contact your ministry contact:
- Dedicated Supportive Housing (DSH)
- Partner Facility Renewal (PFR)
- Office of Women’s Issues
Eligibility
All transfer payment recipients eligible to access the MCCSS Generic Budget 2023 - 2024 category were notified by the ministry on their 2023 - 2024 funding allocation as well as when to access the budget submission through Transfer Payment Ontario.
Resources
Program information
Quick reference guides and training videos
- How to submit a budget form
- Quick reference guide (alternative formats: video and descriptive text)
- How to review and approve a contract in Transfer Payment Ontario
- Quick reference guide (alternative formats: video and descriptive text)
- How to access and submit a report back in Transfer Payment Ontario
- Submitting a Report (alternative formats: video and How to submit a report video transcript)
Contacts
You can contact your ministry program lead for program-specific inquiries.
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy 2023-2024
Status: Open
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Deadline
Budget Submissions are due by June 30, 2023 by 4:00 p.m. EST.
Description
The Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy (IHWS) was established in 1994 between Ontario and Indigenous partners. It supports a continuum of Indigenous designed and delivered programs to:
- reduce family violence
- reduce violence against Indigenous women and children
- improve Indigenous healing, health and wellness
Eligibility
You must have an existing transfer payment agreement with MCCSS to deliver Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy programs and services.
All eligible MCCSS transfer payment recipients were notified by the ministry in their Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy 2023 - 2024 funding allocation letter.
Resources
Program information
Quick reference guides and training videos
- How to submit a budget form
- Quick reference guide (alternative formats: video and descriptive text)
- How to review and approve a contract in Transfer Payment Ontario
- Quick reference guide (alternative formats: video and descriptive text)
- How to access and submit a report back in Transfer Payment Ontario
- Submitting a Report (alternative formats: video and How to submit a report video transcript)
Contacts
You can contact your ministry program lead for program-specific inquiries.
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Ontario Works Programs 2023 or 2023-2024
Status: Open
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Deadline
Deadline dates can vary. Please contact your Ontario Works program supervisor for more information.
Description
Transfer Payment Ontario will be used to manage the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) Ontario Works budget submissions for 2023 or 2023-2024.
This is only for:
- Consolidated Municipal Service Managers (CMSMs)/District Social Services Administration Boards (DSSABs)
- First Nations full delivery
- First Nations financial assistance
Recipients must use the applicable Ontario Works Budget Form 2023 or 2023-2024 to complete their submission. Transfer Payment Ontario will also be used to support all subsequent activities related to the contracting cycle along with all reporting.
Eligibility
The Ontario Works Budget Form 2023 or 2023-2024 category is open to all eligible transfer payment recipients.
You would have been notified by the ministry about your 2023 or 2023-2024 funding allocations as well as when to access the budget submission through Transfer Payment Ontario.
Resources
Program information
- Service objectives document can be downloaded from TPON
Quick reference guides and training videos
- How to submit a budget form
- Quick reference guide (alternative formats: video and descriptive text)
- How to review and approve a contract in Transfer Payment Ontario
- Quick reference guide (alternative formats: video and descriptive text)
- How to access and submit a report back in Transfer Payment Ontario
- Submitting a Report (alternative formats: video and How to submit a report video transcript)
Contacts
You can contact your Ontario Works program supervisor for program-specific inquiries.
Municipal Energy Plan Program
Status: Open
Ministry of Energy
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis
Description
Through the Municipal Energy Plan Program, you can get funding to develop a plan that will help your community:
- improve energy efficiency
- reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
- study the impact of future growth on energy needs
- foster renewable energy production and economic development
Learn more about the Municipal Energy Plan Program
Eligibility
All Ontario municipalities (including regional municipalities) can apply.
Contacts
For any program-related questions, you can email MEP@ontario.ca
Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program — Housing-Enabling Core Servicing Stream
Status: Open
Ministry of Infrastructure
Deadline
You must apply by 4:59 p.m. (EDT) on October 18, 2024.
Description
The Housing-Enabling Core Servicing stream will help municipalities build, maintain and repair municipal roads, bridges and culverts. These projects will unlock new housing opportunities and ensure communities have safe and reliable roadways and transit infrastructure.
We are providing $400 million over three years through the Housing-Enabling Core Servicing stream under the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program.
Eligibility
All municipalities that own road and bridge assets are eligible to apply for funding.
Joint projects
We encourage joint projects between multiple eligible applicants, where each co-applicant contributes financially to the project. As part of the assessment process, we will give additional consideration to joint projects that optimize housing outcomes.
Each single municipality is allowed to submit one application. If a municipality chooses to submit a joint application with another municipality, the submission would be counted as their single application.
Multiple projects that support the same housing development area must be submitted as a joint application.
Indigenous projects
Indigenous projects are ineligible to be submitted as standalone projects. However, we encourage municipalities to submit projects that benefit Indigenous communities.
Ineligible applicants
Municipalities that have New Deal agreements in place (such as, City of Toronto and City of Ottawa) are not eligible (either as a primary or co-applicant).
Project criteria
To be eligible for funding, projects must:
- enable housing development
- be stand-alone or a component of a larger project
- include a capital component and may also include pre-construction planning and design work
- be new construction, rehabilitation/repair, reconstruction or replacement
- have a clear start and end date
- be in the process of, or completed, the design and planning phase
- have not started construction
- meet all relevant provincial regulatory requirements
Roads and bridges assets (bridges include culverts with a span greater than three metres) are eligible for funding, including:
- eligible road and bridge projects include any road and bridge asset that is physically connected to a housing development
- site servicing costs related to the asset(s) funded by the project, including utility relocation
Additional eligibility and project conditions can be found in the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program – Housing-Enabling Core Servicing stream program guidelines.
Program guidelines
Application Guide: Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program — Housing-Enabling Core Servicing stream.
Contacts
For questions about the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program, contact MHIP@ontario.ca.
Ontario’s action plan to end gender-based violence: call for proposals
Status: Open
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Deadline
The deadline to submit proposals is Friday October 11, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Description
As part of Ontario’s four-year cross-government action plan to prevent and address gender-based violence, we are investing in new community-based programs and services that respond to the needs of victims, survivors and their families and communities
Ontario is investing $100 million over the next three years in new gender-based violence services and supports that prevent violence and address the needs of local communities and populations in four key areas:
- education and awareness
- early intervention and prevention
- community planning and service integration
- economic security and financial independence
Successful proposals will include innovative, evidence-based projects that:
- support people who are most vulnerable to experiencing gender-based violence
- support survivors of gender-based violence and their families
- address the root causes of gender-based violence
Eligibility
To be eligible you must be a legal entity, which includes First Nations and Indigenous organizations.
You do not have to be an Ontario-based legal entity. However, project beneficiaries must be limited to Ontarians. Activities outside of Ontario are not eligible.
All proposals must be submitted by 1 lead applicant, even if you have partners also undertaking or co-leading the project.
The lead applicant will be:
- the signatory to the funding agreement
- solely responsible for fulfilling all obligations set out in the government funding agreement
- responsible for entering into any contracts or other arrangements necessary to ensure partners fulfill their roles in carrying out the project
Read the application guidelines for a complete description of eligible applicants.
Contacts
If you have questions, or to get more information on this call for proposal, email us at: GBVCFP-APVFG@ontario.ca.
Ontario FireSmart Communities Grant
Status: Open
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Deadline
Applications are due September 30, 2024, at 4:00 p.m, EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.
Description
The FireSmart Communities grant is offering limited funding to support municipalities with FireSmart Community initiatives through a one-time transfer payment grant.
Funding will help municipalities:
- complete hazard forest mapping for wildland fire hazards
- develop a Community Wildland Fire Protection Plan (CWPP), including:
- Wildland Fire Hazard Risk Assessment
- Wildland Fire Mitigation Strategies
Eligibility
Your municipality must be located within the Fire Region of Ontario.
Municipalities are selected based on the following:
- amount of area estimated to have a high to extreme wildland fire risk from the MNRF Hazard Forest Maps
- average number of annual wildland fire occurrences
- a project plan that is submitted through the application process that includes:
- demonstrated need for financial assistance to complete the project
- level of financial commitment indicated by community to wildland urban interface program initiatives
- community support of wildland urban interface and FireSmart Community Programs
- commitment to the implementation of mitigation strategies once identified
Municipalities that have been chosen to receive the grant will receive support documentation by email from ministry staff.
Contacts
Sarah Allen
Provincial Coordinator, Communications and Mitigation Unit
Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Branch
Email: Sarah.Allen@ontario.ca
Chelsea Osesky
Mitigation and Partnerships Team Lead
Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Branch
Email: Chelsea.Osesky@ontario.ca
Public Library Operating/Pay Equity/First Nation Salary Supplement Grant Programs (PLOG/PE/FNSS) 2024-25
Status: Open
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming
Deadline
Applications must be submitted in Transfer Payment Ontario by October 24, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Description
There are three grants under this program. You can apply to the Public Library Operating (PLOG), Public Library Pay Equity (PE), or First Nation Salary Supplement (FNSS) Grants through one single application form.
Public Library Operating Grants (PLOG)
Library operating grants are statutory under the Public Libraries Act. Library operating funding goes to:
- public library boards and First Nations public libraries
- municipalities, local service boards or First Nations that establish a contract for library service with a neighbouring public library board
Public Library Pay Equity (PE)and First Nation Salary Supplement (FNSS) grants applicants who receive a Public Library Operating Grant and have met all program terms and conditions may be eligible for Public Library Pay Equity and First Nation Salary Supplement grants.
Eligibility
The Public Library Operating (PLOG), Public Library Pay Equity (PE), and First Nation Salary Supplement (FNSS) Grants program is a restricted program.
Annual funding is distributed to recipients who:
- operate a public library or contract for library services with a public library board in accordance with the Public Libraries Act, and
- meet all grant program terms and conditions
Public Libraries Act - Questions and Answers
Program guidelines
There are no separate guidelines document this year. All program requirements and instructions are provided on the application form and in Transfer Payment Ontario TPON.
Contacts
Roopa Kanal
Program Advisor
Telephone:
Email: librarygrants@ontario.ca
Sarah Gletnak
Program Officer
Telephone:
Email: librarygrants@ontario.ca
Regional Development Program: Eastern Ontario Development Fund and Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
The Regional Development Program provides support for projects and investments to businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations for economic development in Ontario, by region.
The types of support available include:
- funding support
- complementary services and support
The program supports projects that:
- create jobs and build talent
- attract and encourage private sector investment
- lead to business growth and broad positive economic impacts
- encourage innovation, collaboration and cluster development
Funding opportunities are currently available for:
Eastern Ontario Development Fund
Status: Open
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Deadline
Applications are ongoing.
There are four application intake periods each year. Applicants will be notified of decisions within 60 business days of the application deadline.
Learn more about the intake period timelines.
Description
The Eastern Ontario Development Fund provides support for projects and investments to businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations for economic development in eastern Ontario.
Eligibility
The fund supports business and community economic development projects.
Learn about the eligibility requirements for different businesses and projects.
Contacts
For questions and advice on developing and strengthening your application, contact our regional offices at:
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund
Status: Open
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Deadline
Applications are ongoing.
There are four application intake periods per year for full applications. Applicants will be notified of decisions within 60 business days of the application deadline.
Learn more about the intake period timelines here.
Description
The Southwestern Ontario Development Fund provides support for projects and investments to businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations for economic development in southwestern Ontario.
Eligibility
The fund supports business and community economic development projects.
Learn about the eligibility requirements for different businesses and projects.
How to apply
Contacts
For questions or advice on developing and strengthening your application, contact our regional offices at:
Business Advisory Services - Western Region Main Office
Business Advisory Services - Central Region Main Office
(Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Niagara Region and Simcoe County)
Regional Development Program: Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC) Stream
Status: Open
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
This Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC) Stream of the Regional Development Program will provide financial support to advanced manufacturing companies with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) across Ontario by way of investments in capital equipment, technology adoption and skills development that will accelerate recovery in Ontario and place our companies in competitive global positions.
The types of support available include:
- funding support
- complementary services and support
The fund supports projects that:
- create jobs and build talent
- attract and encourage private sector investment
- help companies to adopt technologies to improve their competitiveness
- lead to business growth and broad positive economic impacts
- encourage innovation, collaboration and cluster development
Deadline
There are two application intake periods each year.
Learn more about the intake period timelines.
Description
Provides support for projects and investments to advanced manufacturing businesses.
Eligibility
Learn about the eligibility requirements for AMIC.
Contacts
For advice on developing and strengthening your application, you are encouraged to contact your provincial government advisor or our Business Advisory Services at:
Central Region
(Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Niagara Region and Simcoe County)
Email: centralregionbas@ontario.ca
Eastern Region
Email: easternregionbas@ontario.ca
Western Region
Email: westernregionbas@ontario.ca
Northern Region
Contact a northern development advisor
Skills Development Fund: Training Stream
Status: Open
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Deadline
The Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream is a competitive program. You can submit applications starting July 29, 2024, to October 4, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Description
The SDF Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training or retaining workers, including apprentices, to drive Ontario's economic growth.
The existing SDF Training Stream supports:
- support and help develop a resilient workforce by supporting access into the labour market, and/or retention and capacity-building for employers
- encourage partnerships across the economy and support innovative ideas and training solutions
- support in-demand sectors that align with core government objectives such as manufacturing, technology, the skilled trades, and construction labour to support increasing the housing supply in the Province
Eligibility
Eligible organizations
The following organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream:
- employers in Ontario (other than the educational organizations listed as being eligible to apply as co-applicants)
- minister-approved non-college apprenticeship Training Delivery Agents (TDAs)
- non-profit organizations, including Indigenous Band offices and Indigenous Skills and Employment Training agreement holders
- professional/industry/employer associations
- trade unions or union affiliated organizations
- municipalities
- district social services administration boards
- consolidated municipal service managers
- hospitals
Eligible organizations to apply as a co-applicant
The following educational organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream as a co-applicant with one or more of the organizations above:
- district school boards
- publicly assisted colleges, universities or Indigenous Institutes in Ontario
- private career colleges registered under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005
Program guidelines
SDF Training Stream program guidelines
Contacts
For any questions regarding the SDF Training Stream program, please reach out to SkillsDevelopmentFund@ontario.ca.
Winter Roads Program: Bridges and Culverts Stream
Status: Open
Winter Roads Program: Bridges and Culverts Stream
Deadline
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Applications will be evaluated during assessment periods outlined in the program guidelines.
Description
The Winter Roads Program – Bridges and Culverts Stream provides funding to Northern Ontario remote communities for new water crossing infrastructure (pre-engineered bridges and culverts) and repairs to existing water crossing structures.
Projects are located on the Ontario winter roads network, which provides vital seasonal connections between the Far North and the provincial highway network.
Eligibility
Project funding is open to remote communities in Northern Ontario that are not connected to a provincial highway network by an all-season road. Eligible applicants include Indigenous communities, Indigenous organizations such as Tribal Councils, corporations or partnerships formed by eligible applicants to build or maintain winter roads, and the Town of Moosonee.
Applications may be submitted by:
Single applicants – one eligible applicant.
Joint applicants – two or more eligible applicants.
Applicants are encouraged, wherever possible, to submit applications with multiple projects that cover the same road network. Applicants are also encouraged to work together to maximize the benefits of available funding through joint applications.
Joint applications must be accompanied by a resolution in support of the application from each applicant represented on the application. The applicant responsible for maintaining the corridor where the project is located should be identified as the project lead and submit the application.
Program guidelines
Contacts
For questions about the Winter Roads Program – Bridges and Culverts Stream, please email winter.roads@ontario.ca.
Closed funding opportunities
Learn about past funding opportunities from the Government of Ontario.
Contact us
For questions about applying to specific funding opportunities, please contact the funding program directly.
For all other questions, please contact Transfer Payment Ontario Client Care from Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except for government and statutory holidays, at:
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- the name of the program you are interested in
- your case or file number
- the name of your organization
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