Closed funding opportunities from the Ontario Government

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Closed funding opportunities A – E

Aboriginal Participation Fund – Mining Conferences Funding Sub-Stream

The mining conferences funding sub-stream provides financial assistance for communities and member communities to attend mining conferences in Ontario. Aboriginal communities and organizations attend these conferences to improve their relationships between Aboriginal communities/organizations, with government and industry proponents, and to increase their knowledge and understanding of the regulatory and economic activities associated with Ontario’s mineral sector.

Ministry of Energy

Status: Closed

Anti-Human Trafficking Community Supports Fund (CSF)

The Anti-Human Trafficking Community Supports Fund is available to community-focused anti-human trafficking organizations to address the short and long-term needs of survivors of human trafficking. This fund will help service providers deliver dedicated and specialized supports, prioritizing survivor-led programming and services for children and youth who have been sexually exploited.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Anti-Human Trafficking Indigenous-led Initiatives Fund (ILIF)

The Anti-Human Trafficking Indigenous-led Initiatives Fund supports community-focused organizations to deliver Indigenous-designed, culturally-specific anti-human trafficking services. It prioritizes Indigenous survivor-led programming and supports for vulnerable groups including Indigenous children and youth who have been sexually exploited, LGBTQ2S victims and survivors and Inuit communities.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) Technology Grant

The Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) Technology Grant provides access to funding for municipal police services to obtain technology that will help improve public safety and strengthen roadside law enforcement efforts across the province.

This time-limited one-year grant intends to support municipal police services in acquiring ALPR technology, while taking into account the need for flexibility in addressing local operational needs.

The ALPR Technology Grant is available to all municipal police services for one-time funding in the 2022-23 fiscal year.

Ministry of the Solicitor General

Status: Closed

Celebrate Ontario

The Celebrate Ontario 2020 program grants will support festival and event organizers with rescheduled, postponed or reprogrammed events to help maintain the capacity and future success of the province’s festivals and events sector.

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Civil Remedies Grant Program 2021-2022

The Civil Remedies Grant Program is a key component of the Civil Remedies Act, 2001. It provides funding to projects that help victims of unlawful activities and prevent unlawful activities that result in victimization. Projects must address one or more of the following crime types or victim population groups:

Indigenous communities
children and youth
intimate partner and family violence
gun and gang violence
rural/remote communities

Ministry of the Attorney General

Status: Closed

Community Museum Operating and Pay Equity Grants Program

The Community Museum Operating and Pay Equity Grants Program provides annual operating grants to eligible community museums across Ontario.

Funding will help community museums:

contribute to economic well-being as employers and tourist attractions
strengthen their role as custodians and interpreters of the province's irreplaceable heritage collections

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care Program

Community paramedicine is a model of community-based health care where paramedics use their education and expertise in community based, non-emergency care roles, outside their emergency response and ambulance transport roles. Existing community paramedicine programs:

reduce the number of costly 911 calls and avoidable emergency room hospital visits
provide additional supports and connections for high risk or vulnerable individuals

The Ministry of Long-Term Care (the ministry) is funding a community paramedicine program to provide services to individuals who are:

waiting for placement in a long-term care (LTC) home
soon to be eligible for long-term care

The Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care Program is a part of the province’s plan to better serve our seniors who need additional support before admission into long-term care. This initiative falls under the improving staffing and care pillar of the province’s strategy to fix long-term care.

Ministry of Long-Term Care

Status: Closed

Critical Minerals Innovation Fund

The Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF) is an initiative to strengthen the critical minerals sector by supporting projects that will stimulate investments in Ontario’s critical minerals supply chain and protect the province’s economic interests.

The CMIF aims to support projects involving research, development and/or commercialization of innovative technologies, techniques, processes and solutions helping increase exploration, mining, development, production and processing of critical minerals within Ontario. It will also enhance collaboration between industry, academia, start-ups, and research and development firms to encourage innovation in the critical minerals sector.

Ministry of Mines

Status: Closed

Drinking Water Source Protection Program

The Drinking Water Source Protection Program (DWSP Program) provides funding to conservation authorities to continue to fulfill their legislated obligations to support municipalities in protecting their drinking water sources through proactive source protection planning efforts.

As source protection authorities under the Clean Water Act, 2006, the objective is to reduce or eliminate risks to sources of drinking water that draw from Ontario's lakes, rivers and underground aquifers.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Status: Closed

Economic Diversification Grant

The Economic Diversification Grant helps Indigenous communities and organizations:

identify economic development opportunities and related planning activities
support initiatives that provide employment strategies and facilitate local business growth

Maximum funding of $75,000 per project is available for individual applicants.

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Economic Diversification Grant (EDG) and Regional Partnership Grant (RPG)

Through the Indigenous Economic Development Fund (IEDF), the following two grants are available for eligible communities and organizations.

The grant helps Indigenous communities and organizations:

identify economic development opportunities and related planning activities
support initiatives that develop employment strategies and facilitate local business growth

The grant helps Indigenous communities and organizations:

support initiatives that deliver accredited skills training to Indigenous people, businesses and communities

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Closed funding opportunities F – J

First Nations Policing Modernization Initiative (FNPMI) Grant

The First Nations Policing Modernization Initiative (FNPMI) grant provides access to funding for First Nations police services to obtain the technology and tools to improve their ability to work effectively with other jurisdictions and keep their communities safe.

This time-limited one-year grant intends to support First Nations police services in acquiring technology, while taking into account the need for flexibility in addressing local operational needs.

The FNPMI grant is available to all First Nations police services for one-time funding in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

Ministry of the Solicitor General

Status: Closed

Francophone Community Grants Program

The Francophone Community Grants Program supports the cultural and commercial vitality of the French-speaking population, with a focus on improving front-line services and promoting the French language and culture.

Ministry of Francophone Affairs

Status: Closed

Great Lakes Local Action Fund

We are investing $1.67 million in the first round of the Great Lakes Local Action Fund to help Ontario protect, restore and conserve the Great Lakes. The program provides funding up to $50,000 for local small-scale community projects that have a positive environmental impact on the Great Lakes, as well as social or economic benefits for their communities.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Status: Closed

Great Lakes Local Action Fund

To further protect and restore the Great Lakes, the Ontario government is investing $1.9 million in the second round of funding to support local projects that have a positive environmental impact on the Great Lakes, with an emphasis on projects that also have social and/or economic benefits for their communities.

The Great Lakes Local Action Fund will provide funding for individual projects to protect and restore coastal, shoreline and nearshore areas of the Great Lakes and their connecting rivers. These project may be led by groups such as:

community-based organizations
environmental non-profits
Indigenous communities
small businesses
conservation authorities
municipalities

This program will help community projects and actions to make direct environmental improvements and help the Great Lakes community to take local action to restore and reconnect with these vital waterways.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Status: Closed

Great Lakes Program

The Great Lakes Program is a grant initiative offered by the province to legal entities who are able to deliver projects that support the Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health, Ontario Great Lakes Strategy, and/or the Great Lakes Protection Act.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Status: Closed

Heritage Organization Development Grant

The Heritage Organization Development Grant (HODG) is an annual, statutory-based operating grant designed to promote public awareness of Ontario's rich and diverse heritage.

The program provides a portion of annual operating support to Ontario’s:

historical societies
museums
other heritage associations

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Inclusive Community Grants (ICG) Program

The Inclusive Community Grants (ICG) Program helps ensure local governments and community organizations consider Ontarians of all ages and abilities at every stage of community planning and development. Inclusive communities respond to both the opportunities and challenges of an aging population by:

creating physical and social environments that support independent and active living
enabling older adults and people with disabilities to continue contributing to all aspects of community life

Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility

Status: Closed

Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program

The Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program (ICCGP) funds the feasibility study, detailed design, renovation and construction, of Indigenous community infrastructure on-and off-reserve. The ICCGP supports infrastructure projects that contribute to economic development, create jobs and provide social benefit to the community or organization.

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Indigenous Transportation Initiatives Fund for Indigenous communities and organizations

The Indigenous Transportation Initiatives Fund (ITIF) is an application-based funding program open to Indigenous communities and organizations interested in pursuing transportation-related projects.

The proposed projects must be connected to the transportation sector and demonstrate an alignment with priority themes selected by the ministry. The priority themes will be listed in the 2022-2023 application guide and application form.

The following Indigenous communities and organizations in Ontario are eligible to apply for (ITIF) funding:

First Nation communities
Métis communities
Indigenous organizations

Ministry of Transportation

Status: Closed

Improving Connectivity for Ontario

The Improving Connectivity for Ontario program (ICON) will help improve and expand broadband and cellular infrastructure in areas of need by investing $300 million over four years.

We’re inviting telecommunication service providers, municipal governments, Indigenous communities and non-profits to submit innovative proposals to lend their investment, expertise and experience to improve connectivity in communities across Ontario.

The ICON program is meant to promote industry partnerships that leverage investments across sectors and encourage innovative solutions to meet the connectivity needs of communities.

Projects supported by the ICON program will achieve the following objectives:

increase the number of households and/or businesses connected to broadband and cellular services in areas of need
if a broadband project, provide broadband connectivity speeds of at least 50 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 10 Mbps upload or greater for end users
if a cellular project, provide cellular access at the latest generally deployed mobile wireless technology (currently long-term evolution or LTE)
build scalable infrastructure for future needs of users.

The Ontario Broadband Map shows the current state of broadband and cellular connectivity across the province.

Key dates

Intake 1:

August 21, 2020 – deadline for Stage 1 applications
September 25, 2020 – all Stage 1 assessments complete and applicants notified
December 11, 2020 – deadline to submit Stage 2 application for initial completeness review
January 27, 2021 – deadline to complete Stage 2 application clarifications and updates
Early Spring 2021 – all Stage 2 assessments complete, applicants notified and funding offers issued to successful applicants

Intake 2:

January 8, 2021 – deadline for Stage 1 applications
Late winter 2020-2021 – all Stage 1 assessments complete and applicants notified
Late summer 2021 – deadline to submit Stage 2 application for initial completeness review
Mid-fall 2021 – deadline to complete Stage 2 application clarifications and updates
Early spring 2022 – all Stage 2 assessments complete, applicants notified and funding offers issued to successful applicants

For questions about the ICON program, please email ICONprogram@ontario.ca.

Ministry of Infrastructure

Status: Closed

Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program

The Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program (ICCGP) funds the development of community capital projects that contribute to a sustainable social base and support economic participation in Indigenous communities, both on and off reserve.

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program

The Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program (ICCGP) funds the construction, renovation and retrofit of Indigenous community infrastructure on-and off-reserve. The ICCGP supports infrastructure projects that contribute to economic development, create jobs and provide social benefit to the community or organization.

ICCGP funding supports First Nations, Métis communities and Indigenous organizations.

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Indigenous Youth Work Exchange Program

The Indigenous Youth Work Exchange Program provides Indigenous youth with advanced training, job skills, experience and networks to support future career opportunities.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Status: Closed

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program: COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream – Local Government Intake

The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP): COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream - Local Government Intake addresses challenges communities face as a result of COVID-19.

The Local Government Intake helps municipalities fund eligible local projects and deliver more infrastructure by increasing the types of eligible projects and accelerating project approvals.

A total of $250 million in federal-provincial funding will be dedicated to municipal projects. Each municipality will receive a minimum allocation of $100,000. Some municipalities will receive additional funding determined through indicators such as core infrastructure value, total weighted assessment and median household income.

Ministry of Infrastructure

Status: Closed

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP): Green Infrastructure Stream

The green infrastructure stream includes up to $7.1 billion in combined federal, provincial and other partner funding over 10 years as part of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).

The stream broadly supports projects across three federal sub-streams that advance outcomes associated with:

climate change mitigation
environmental quality
disaster mitigation

This intake will:

provide up to $240 million in combined federal and provincial funding
- $24M of the funding is designated for First Nation applicants
- the remaining funding is for municipalities and Local Services Boards
prioritize drinking water projects in smaller communities that support rehabilitation of assets with critical health and safety issues

Eligible projects under this intake must align with the federally determined project outcome of increasing access to potable water, as part of the federal environmental quality sub-stream.

Ministry of Infrastructure

Status: Closed

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program for Long-Term Care Homes

The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream supports quick-start, short-term infrastructure projects across various sectors. Under this stream, long-term care homes will be provided up to $100 million in combined one-time funding, which includes $80 million in federal funding and up to $20 million in provincial funding.

The funding will support the development and implementation of new COVID-19 measures to reinforce safe physical distancing and retrofitting projects, such as improvements to heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in long-term care homes across Ontario.

Ministry of Long-Term Care

Status: Closed

Investing in Women’s Futures

The Office of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity (OWSEO) funds programs and services that provide women who have experienced violence and/or economic insecurity with multifaceted supports to rebuild their lives, gain skills, and secure better jobs.

The Investing in Women’s Futures (IWF) program aims to ensure women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals are supported to become economically empowered and to live safely with a strong sense of well-being. The IWF program funds organizations, often operated by women, for women (sometimes referred to as Women-centred organizations), across the province to provide a safe space and wraparound supports for women who experience social and economic barriers to stabilize their lives, embark on a path to healing and wellness, and gain the skills needed to gain economic self-sufficiency and security.

The IWF program is seeking to expand service delivery by adding up to 10 new locations. OWSEO will select successful applicants using a fair, transparent, and rigorous process. Successful sites will be selected based on a variety of evaluation criteria, such as organizational capacity, alignment with program objectives, demonstrated need, and financial stability.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Closed funding opportunities K – O

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Budget Form 2020-2021

Beginning September 30, 2020, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) budget submissions for 2020-2021 will be managed within Transfer Payment Ontario through the MCCSS Budget Form 2020-2021 category. This also includes all subsequent activities related to the transfer payment contracting cycle along with all reporting.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Budget Form 2021-2022

The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) budget submissions for 2021-2022 will be managed within Transfer Payment Ontario through the MCCSS Budget Form 2021-2022 category. This also includes all subsequent activities related to the transfer payment contracting cycle along with all reporting.

The MCCSS Budget Form 2021-2022 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

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Child Protection Services 2020-2021

Child protection services are mandated by the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CYFSA). Under the CYFSA, children’s aid societies (referred to as societies) have the exclusive mandate to deliver child protection services.

This includes:

determining the need for protection services
investigation of allegations of child abuse and neglect
protection, care or supervision for children and youth receiving residential or non-residential services from a society
placement of children and youth for adoption or other permanent living arrangements for children who are children and youth in extended society care

Societies also provide guidance, counseling, and other services to families where children and youth have suffered from abuse or neglect or who are at risk.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Generic Budget 2022-2023

The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) Generic Budget submissions for 2022-2023 will be managed within Transfer Payment Ontario through the MCCSS Generic Budget 2022-2023 category. This also includes all subsequent activities related to the transfer payment contracting cycle along with all reporting.

The MCCSS Budget Form 2022-2023 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

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Child Protection Services 2021-2022

This includes:

determining the need for protection services
investigation of allegations of child abuse and neglect
protection, care or supervision for children and youth receiving residential or non-residential services from a society
placement of children and youth for adoption or other permanent living arrangements for children who are children and youth in extended society care

Societies also provide guidance, counseling, and other services to families where children and youth have suffered from abuse or neglect or who are at risk.

In accordance with Regulation 156, funding for societies is determined by a funding model and this funding can only be used by societies to deliver child protection services.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy 2020-2021

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 and violence against Indigenous women and children, and improve Indigenous healing, health and wellness.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services –Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy 2021-2022

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

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Ontario Works Programs 2021 or 2021-2022

Transfer Payment Ontario will be used to manage the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) Ontario Works budget submissions for 2021 or 2021-2022.

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 2021 or 2021-2022 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.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Partner Facility Renewal Program 2022-2023

The MCCSS Partner Facility Renewal Program makes timely capital investments to help maintain buildings and properties (real estate) of transfer payment recipients that deliver ministry programs and services. The program ensures transfer payment recipients can provide accessible, safe, quality programs and services to clients across the province by supporting the repair or renovation of their building infrastructure.

Program guidelines

Partner Facility Renewal 2022-23 – Program and Application Guide

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Temporary Wage Enhancement for Direct Support Workers

Update: The government has made the wage enhancement permanent. More information about how the permanent funding for eligible direct funding programs is being delivered as of July 1, 2022 will be available on each program page:

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Natural Resources Policy and Resource Stewardship Transfer Payment Funding 2021-22

Strategic transfer payments to partners that support delivery of NDMNRF’s policy priority mandate and resource stewardship management.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Status: Closed

New Relationship Fund

The New Relationship Fund (NRF) supports First Nations and Métis communities efforts to:

build consultation and engagement capacity and expertise
create jobs
develop business partnerships
improve economic opportunities

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Newcomer settlement and language training

Newcomer settlement and language training services help newcomers succeed in their new home. Applicants can apply for funding to deliver services under the following program streams:

Settlement and orientation: assessment, information, orientation and referral services and newcomer-specific labour market orientation, career planning and employer connections
Language training: language assessment, language training, and integrated language and skills training in or for the workplace

Employment-related services focus on the unique challenges faced by newcomers seeking employment, with an emphasis on:

language skills
employment readiness
career decision making

Applications are expected to include relevant community and employer partnerships.

Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Status: Closed

Northern Ontario Resource Development Support Fund

The Northern Ontario Resource Development Support (NORDS) Fund will make new funding available to municipalities in Northern Ontario to:

share in the benefits from resource development
help offset some of the impacts of resource development on municipal infrastructure

Starting in 2021-22, $15 million per year over five years will be allocated amongst the 144 municipalities in Northern Ontario. Each municipality will have an identified allocation funding amount they would be eligible for, which would take into consideration factors such as municipal size and capacity.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Status: Closed

Ontario Amateur Sport Fund 2017-2020

The Ontario Amateur Sport Fund (OASF) is a multi-year funding program that helps eligible organizations to:

strengthen athlete programming
identify clear athlete performance targets
develop a stronger talent identification system
operationalize strategic plans for their organizations

The Ontario Amateur Sport Fund helps provide Ontarians with access to a best-in-class amateur sport system from the playground to the podium.

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Ontario Automotive Modernization Program (O-AMP) Round 4

The Ontario Automotive Modernization Program (O-AMP) is a partnership with small- and medium- sized automotive parts suppliers in Ontario. The goal is to help modernize Ontario’s automotive supply chain to make it more competitive and responsive to the changing needs of its customers.

O-AMP provides support to projects that fall under one or more of the following categories:

Process technology adoption
Tools and technologies to support new product development
Lean manufacturing

Your business could get up to $150,000 to help cover up to 50% of eligible project costs. As a successful applicant, you are required to contribute at least 50% of remaining project costs through internal business resources and/or private or bank financing.

For further information, please also visit the Ontario Automotive Modernization Program page.

Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Status: Closed

Ontario Bridge Training Program 2021

The Ontario Bridge Training Program (OBTP) helps highly skilled newcomers access licensing and employment in their field without duplicating previous training and education. By getting their license or certification, or connecting to their occupational sector, skilled immigrants can increase their opportunity to resume their careers in Ontario.

We are requesting applications for two categories of OBTP projects:

Category A – Service delivery projects
Category B – Changing the system projects

Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Status: Closed

Ontario Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Grant Program

The Ontario Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Grant Program supports the expansion of CCTV systems to more municipalities, as part of the Guns, Gangs, and Violence Reduction Strategy. Projects funded through the grant will help deter criminal activity and further support police services and the communities they serve to increase community safety.

This one time, one-year grant (2022-2023) is available to all municipal and First Nations police services as well as the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

Ministry of the Solicitor General

Status: Closed

Ontario Community Environment Fund

The Ontario Community Environment Fund (OCEF) uses money collected from environmental penalties to support projects that improve the environment in the region(s) where the violation or environmental impact happened.

Your organization could receive a grant for projects in the following regions:

Region	2021 grant amount
Southwest	$306,151.65
West-Central	$43,298.00
Eastern	$62,864.40
Northern	$475,009.52
Central	$0 - funding is not available in 2021

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Status: Closed

Ontario FireSmart Communities Grant 2021-2022

The Ontario FireSmart Communities Grant helps municipalities:

complete hazard forest mapping for wildland fire hazards
develop a Community Wildland Fire Protection Plan with mitigation strategies

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Status: Closed

Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations

The Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations will provide funds to faith-based and cultural organizations to increase safety and security measures.

Applicants must be a registered charity or a not-for-profit corporation that owns, leases or rents an indoor facility in Ontario that is used for regular gatherings of religious, spiritual or cultural significance. Organizations are required to attest that they will use the entirety of the grant on one or more of the eligible expenses to protect their communities and facilities against hate incidents.

The Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations is a discretionary and non-entitlement program. As such, there is no guarantee that the applicant will be approved for funding even if an applicant has submitted a complete application and met all program criteria,

Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism

Status: Closed

Ontario Junior Exploration Program

The Ontario Junior Exploration Program is providing $5 million over two years to eligible junior mining companies conducting grassroots early exploration in Ontario.

Companies can apply for funding to cover eligible costs of up to $200,000 per mineral exploration project.

For Year 1, projects can start no earlier than July 26, 2021 and are expected to end by February 15, 2022.
For Year 2, projects can start on April 1, 2022 and are expected to end by February 15, 2023.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Status: Closed

Ontario Together Fund

The Ontario Together Fund (OTF) provides funding to firms and organizations for projects that strengthen the resilience of Ontario’s healthcare sector and meet one or both of the following criteria:

strengthen Ontario’s manufacturing capacity for goods and services critical to the health, safety, and security of Ontarians
support homegrown technologies and innovation

Types of funding available may include:

a conditional grant up to 75% of eligible project costs to a maximum of $2.5M
- maximum funding will only be provided for projects that demonstrate exceptional benefits or innovation
complementary supports and services

Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Status: Closed

Ontario Tourism Recovery Program

The Ontario Tourism Recovery Program (OTRP) will supports eligible Ontario-based, tourism businesses in the for-profit attractions and accommodations sectors that have been hardest hit by COVID-19. OTRP is a competitive, application-based grant program supporting private sector tourism businesses that are significant drivers to their regional tourism economies.

Program funding will help successful applicants:

prepare to re-open safely
develop adaptative and innovative tourism products
retain and create tourism jobs
support tourism recovery in their region and throughout Ontario

Successful applicants can use funding for expenditures, such as:

reopening and operating expenses, including staff salaries and maintenance
health and safety measures to support the safety of visitors and workers
attracting visitors through tourism product and experience improvements and marketing

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Ontario Sport Hosting Program 2023-2024

The Sport Hosting Program provides project-based funding to help applicants deliver major national and international amateur sport events in Ontario.

The objectives of the program are to:

create legacies that support sport at the provincial, regional and local level
provide economic benefits through increased levels of tourism, expenditures and improved public infrastructure
foster a culture of sport and physical activity in communities by creating role models and enhancing community spirit and involvement in sports
increase opportunities for Ontario athletes to compete and participate in events in Ontario
seek new avenues to further build and develop the sport capacity of the province by providing additional ways to develop and train coaches, officials and volunteers
create a culture of sport that engages all Ontarians

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

Status: Closed

Closed funding opportunities P – T

Personal Support Worker (PSW) Training Fund Program

The Ministry of Health (MOH) works with Coordinating Organizations to administer the Personal Support Worker (PSW) Training Fund program, which supports a competent, stable and formally educated workforce in the home and community care sector through education and innovation.

Ministry of Health

Status: Closed

Provincial Heritage Organization Operating Grant

The Provincial Heritage Organization Operating Grant provides annual operating support to 12 Ontario Provincial Heritage Organizations. These are umbrella organizations for the major types of heritage activities across the province, representing archaeology, genealogy, architecture, history, archives and museums.

Provincial Heritage Organizations (PHOs):

offer heritage programs and services to members and to the general public
are registered non-profit organizations or charities
operate on a year-round basis
operate provincially in scope, with members, chapters or branches in multiple locations and regions of Ontario

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Public Library Operating, Pay Equity, and First Nation Salary Supplement Grants 2021-2022 (PLOG/PE/FNSS)

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 are currently receiving 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.

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Reconnect Ontario 2022

Reconnect Ontario supports festivals and events that have a tourism economic impact and motivate visitors to rediscover Ontario, reconnect people with local experiences and increase tourism spending.

Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Status: Closed

Road Safety Community Partnership Program

The Road Safety Community Partnership Program demonstrates government commitment to road safety by providing funding to a network of provincial non-profit organizations with road safety mandates.

The program supports public awareness initiatives, campaigns or events that address priority issues such as aggressive driving, pedestrian safety, distracted driving, impaired driving and cycling safety.

The program reinforces measures aimed at positively influencing transportation user behaviour and raising awareness of MTO policies and legislation to keep Ontario’s roads safe at a grassroots level. This funding can be used to promote road safety awareness by:

increasing knowledge of road safety issues
influencing transportation user behaviour
supporting legislative and regulatory compliance

Ministry of Transportation

Status: Closed

Safer and Vital Communities (SVC) Grant

The Safer and Vital Communities Grant provides time-limited funding to community-based, not-for-profit organizations, and First Nations communities and organizations to address local risks to safety and well-being in the community. The theme of the 2022–2024 grant is “Preventing Cybercrime through Community Collaboration.” The program aims to create safer communities in Ontario that will support community and public safety organizations to work collaboratively to create awareness about and reduce the risk of crimes that are committed online, with a focus on:

hate crimes
human trafficking
fraud

Ministry of the Solicitor General

Status: Closed

Seniors Community Grant Program

The Seniors Community Grant Program encourages seniors to get involved in their community by supporting hundreds of projects with funding ranging from $1,000 up to $25,000.

Projects can be focused on:

volunteerism
learning
financial awareness
social inclusion
elder abuse prevention
mental well-being
physical activity

Programming can be delivered remotely or virtually.

With the health and safety of Ontario’s older adults being more important than ever, the goal of the program is to address social isolation and help older adults stay healthy, safe and engaged in their communities.

Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility

Status: Closed

Site Readiness Program

The Site Readiness Program provides financial support to industrial landowners to complete a range of due diligence studies so site information is readily available for interested investors looking to invest or expand in Ontario.

Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Status: Closed

Skills Development Fund Round 3

The Skills Development Fund (SDF) offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training or retaining workers, including apprentices to drive Ontario's economic growth.

SDF supports:

projects that address the labour shortage and stimulate growth in key sectors of Ontario’s economy
projects that will increase Ontario's long-term economic competitive advantage by creating a sustainable and resilient workforce
projects helping people with prior involvement in the criminal justice system, at-risk youth, those with disabilities, Ukrainian newcomers, and others facing barriers to employment

Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Status: Closed

Species at Risk Stewardship Program

The Species at Risk Stewardship Program (SARSP) was established as part of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act to support and encourage activities that can assist in the protection and recovery of species at risk and their habitats.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Status: Closed

Stewardship Youth Ranger Program

The Stewardship Youth Ranger Program provides community-based work experience, personal development, skills and training for youth who want to expand their commitment to natural resource stewardship as a team lead or ranger.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Status: Closed

Support for Community Negotiations Fund

The Support for Community Negotiations Fund (SCNF) is an Ontario government program that provides annual funding to support Indigenous communities participating in land claim and land-related negotiations with Ontario.

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs

Status: Closed

Summer Experience Program

The Summer Experience Program (SEP) provides funding to eligible not-for-profit organizations, municipalities, Indigenous organizations and First Nation communities to create meaningful summer employment opportunities for students.

The summer employment positions must focus on activities supporting key sectors within the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport and provide students with training, work experience and skills transferable to the general workforce and to future careers. The positions must focus on activities that support the key sectors of tourism, culture, sport and recreation.

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

Status: Closed

Tourism Economic Development and Recovery Fund

The Tourism Economic Development and Recovery Fund (TEDRF) is an application-based, cost-sharing program designed to provide non-capital funding to projects that either:

The program also supports innovative tourism recovery projects aimed at increasing tourism within Ontario to address the reduction in global travel as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

Status: Closed

Transportation Initiatives Fund for Indigenous communities and organizations

The Transportation Initiatives Fund (TIF) is an application-based funding program open to Indigenous communities and organizations interested in pursuing transportation-related projects.

Ministry of Transportation

Status: Closed

Closed funding opportunities U – Z

Winter Roads Program

The Winter Roads Program supports the construction, operation and maintenance of over 3,170 km of temporary roads each winter. These roads link 31 remote First Nations communities and the Town of Moosonee to the provincial highway network.

The program serves approximately 24,000 residents by helping remote communities bring in essential goods and services such as:

The Winter Roads Program is administered in partnership with the federal government (Indigenous Services Canada).

Ministry of Energy

Status: Closed

Women’s Economic Security Program (WESP) 2018-2021

The Women’s Economic Security Program (WESP) was established for the purpose of increasing incomes and labour force attachment of low-income women in Ontario. WESP is seeking to achieve this by providing grants to eligible organizations that will provide employment, pre-employment apprenticeship and entrepreneurship training specifically for low-income women so that they are equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to secure employment and increase their income and economic security.

The WESP aims to strengthen organisations’ capacity to deliver on their mandates in innovative ways that encourage partnerships between women-centered community based organisations, educational institutions and businesses.

Your organization may apply to one or more of the following funding Streams:

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Office of Women Issues

Status: Closed

Youth Violence and Human Trafficking Prevention Program

The Youth Violence and Human Trafficking Prevention Program (YVHTPP) supports community-based prevention initiatives that address the key factors putting youth (ages 12-29) and their communities at increased risk of violence and victimization, including human trafficking.

The program will prioritize funding that supports Black and Indigenous youth, and other youth populations that are disproportionately impacted by violence, victimization and human trafficking. The program will provide a total of $5.2 million over three years from 2020-2023.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Status: Closed

Contact us

For questions about applying to specific funding opportunities, please contact the program directly.

For all other questions, please contact Transfer Payment Ontario Client Care from Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm, except for government and statutory holidays, at:

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Women in Skilled Trades
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General Employment Training for Women
Entrepreneurship for Women’s Self Employment

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TTY: 416-325-3408
Toll-free TTY: 1-800-268-7095
Email: TPONCC@ontario.ca
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Updated: March 14, 2023

Published: November 12, 2021