Deadline: 19-Jul-23
The Government of Canada has announced the applications for Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF), a national, competitive, and merit-based contribution program intended to support infrastructure projects designed to mitigate current and future climate-related risks and disasters triggered by natural hazards, such as floods, wildland fires, droughts and seismic events.
Objectives
The overall objective of the DMAF is to strengthen the resilience of Canadian communities at risk of infrastructure failure that could result in:
- threats to health and safety;
- threats to critical infrastructure, including interruptions in essential services;
- significant disruptions in economic activity; and/or
- increasingly high costs for recovery and replacement.
What types of projects does the DMAF fund?
- Eligible infrastructure projects under the DMAF include new construction of public infrastructure and/or modification or reinforcement of existing public infrastructure including natural infrastructure that prevent, mitigate or protect against the impacts of climate change, disasters triggered by natural hazards, and extreme weather.
- Projects must have a minimum of $1 million in total eligible costs to be considered for funding.
Eligible Projects
- To be considered eligible, projects must be aimed at reducing the socio-economic, environmental and cultural impacts triggered by natural hazards and extreme weather events taking into consideration current and potential future impacts of climate change in communities and infrastructure at high risk.
- Natural hazard and extreme weather events include but are not limited to:
- Avalanche
- Landslides
- Drought
- Permafrost thaw
- Earthquake
- Sea Level Rise
- Erosion
- Storm
- Extreme Temperature
- Tsunami
- Flood
- Wildland Fire
- Hurricane
- Other (If other, specification required)
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Applicants include:
- A province or territory; or a municipal or regional government established by – or under – provincial or territorial statute;
- A public sector body that is established by – or under – provincial or territorial statute or by regulation; or is wholly-owned by a province, territory, municipal or regional government;
- When working in collaboration with a municipality, a Canadian public or not-for-profit institution that is authorized, under the terms of a Canadian provincial, territorial or federal statute; or Royal Charter, to deliver post-secondary courses or programs that lead to recognized and transferable post-secondary credentials.
- A private sector body, including for-profit organizations and not-for-profit organizations. In the case of for-profit organizations, they will need to work in collaboration with one or more of the entities referred to above or an Indigenous.
- Eligible Indigenous Applicants, include:
- An Indigenous governing bodyEndnote including, but not limited to:
- A band council within the meaning of Section 2 of the Indian Act;
- A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government or authority established pursuant to a Self-Government Agreement or a Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement between His Majesty the King in right of Canada and an Indigenous Peoples of Canada, that has been approved, given effect and declared valid by federal legislation; or
- A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government that is established by or under legislation whether federal, provincial or territorial legislation that incorporates a governance structure.
- An Indigenous Development CorporationEndnote; and
- A not-for-profit organization whose central mandate is to improve Indigenous outcomes.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
