Funding Programs

CANADA - Environmental Damages Fund (EDF)

Call for Proposals – Environmental Damages Fund

Environment Canada

The Environmental Damages Fund (EDF) is a specified purpose account administered by Environment Canada. The Environmental Damages Fund Program ensures oversight and accountability of monies directed into the Fund as compensation for harm caused to the environment or wildlife.

TD Enviornment Foundation

Environmental funding for your community project

The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has been able to help Canadians protect our country's natural beauty by providing environment funding for not-for-profit organizations (including municipalities) across Canada.

CANADA - Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

Funding is available for local band councils and Aboriginal governments who wish to augment community pride by hosting festivals, commemorative events, or events that encourage arts and heritage in the community.

CANADA - Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program

The Government of Canada has launched a program to help kickstart Canadian businesses by testing their innovative products and services within the Government of Canada before taking them to the marketplace.

Community War Memorial Program - Government of Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada is committed to partnering with communities across Canada to build cenotaphs/monuments and major additions to existing ones, to commemorate the achievements and sacrifices of those who served Canada in times of war, military conflict and peace.

Monuments are used as gathering places for people to collectively remember those who have served Canada.

CANADA - Community Development Program Building Rural and Northern Partnerships

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Building Rural and Northern Partnerships
APPLICANT’S GUIDE - Effective March 15, 2011

The Community Development Program is a contribution program which offers a limited amount of funding to assist rural and northern regions, including community governments and non-profit organizations to obtain information and access/develop the expertise, tools and

Service Canada - Canada Summer Jobs

An initiative that provides funding to not-for-profit, public-sector and small businesses to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. It is designed to focus on local priorities, while helping both students and their communities.

GNWT - Alternative Energy Technologies Program

Recent increases in energy prices have made alternative energy systems more economic in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Concerns about climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fossil fuels when producing heat or electricity provide a further reason to develop the use of alternative energy sources.

GNWT Health & Social Services - Community Wellness Funding Programs

The Department of Health and Social Services and Health Canada provide funding to support NWT community wellness programs. These programs work to improve the well-being of NWT children, families and communities. The following funding programs are in place.

Northwest Territories’ Public Service Capacity for Local Community Governments Initiative - Programs to Assist Local Governments

Northwest Territories’ Public Service Capacity for Local Community Governments Initiative - Programs to Assist Local Governments in the NWT

The Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), in partnership with the Department of Human Resources (DHR), the NWT Association of Communities (NWTAC), and the Local Government Administrators of the NWT (LGAN

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada - Community Economic Development Program (CEDP)

The CEDP provides financial support for First Nation Councils, First Nation and Inuit communities for public services in economic development. The support is intended for community economic development planning and capacity development initiatives, development of proposals and leveraging financial resources, and carrying out economic development activities.