Call for Proposals to Celebrate Canada Program

Deadline: 21-Nov-20

Government of Canada is inviting proposals for Celebrate Canada Program to provide funding to community-based activities celebrating and promoting National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24, Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27 and Canada Day on July 1. These celebrations enable Canadians to appreciate Canada’s cultural, ethnic, linguistic and geographic diversity. The expected results of Celebrate Canada’s support of community-based activities include:

Providing access to celebrations across Canada, to enable all Canadians to appreciate Canada’s cultural, ethnic, linguistic and geographic diversity; and
Creating opportunities for Canadians to participate in celebrations that create a sense of pride and belonging to Canada.

Eligible Projects

To be eligible for funding from Celebrate Canada, your project must:

Be organized during the Celebrate Canada period, which runs from June 21 to July 1 to celebrate and promote National Indigenous Peoples Day, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, Canadian Multiculturalism Day and Canada Day (in certain cases, funded activities may be undertaken up to five days prior to the Celebrate Canada period, except for Canada Day which has to be held on the designated day of July 1st);
Be free of charge (no admission fees or donation required for entry); and
Be open to the general public and promoted as such;
For the 2021 celebratory period, the Celebrate Canada program offers funding recipients the flexibility of holding a virtual event.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, your organization must be a:

Canadian not-for-profit organization, such as a corporation, trust, cooperative, unincorporated association, etc;
Canadian business corporation where projects are non-commercial in nature; or
Canadian educational institution, Canadian municipal government or other municipal, provincial/territorial institution.

Federal, provincial and territorial governments are ineligible to apply for funding support (with the exception of the Canada Place Corporation for Canada Day celebrations, as per the amendment to the Canada Marine Act).

For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/celebrate-canada.html