PCH funding programs for official languages, heritage and regions (over $5M)

Unless specified otherwise, figures reflect planned spending figures for FY2019-2020 per the 2019-20 Departmental Plan adjusted for in-year top-ups through Budget Implementation Votes and Supplementary Estimates. Amounts exclude transfers to other government departments/organizations.

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Museums assistance $21.3M

Supports preservation and presentation of heritage collections; provides financial assistance to Canadian museums and related institutions to facilitate Canadians' access to heritage, foster the preservation of Canada's cultural heritage (inc. the preservation of representative collections of Aboriginal cultural heritage), and foster professional knowledge, skills and practices related to key museum functions. In support of the Youth Employment Strategy, the program helps heritage organizations create summer employment and internship opportunities for Canadian youth through Young Canada Works. Also provides grants through the Movable Cultural Property Program to assist designated institutions in acquiring cultural property threatened with export or available on international markets. Uses funding from the Museums Assistance Transfer Payment Program (grants) and the Museums Assistance Transfer Payment Program (contributions).

Target recipients: incorporated non-profit Canadian museums and related service organizations; Indigenous Governing Bodies and Indigenous organizations with a mandate related to heritage; designated institutions and public authorities federal departments and Crown corporations (Movable Cultural Property Grants only).

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Canadian public

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Enhancement of official languages $131.2M

Pursuant to section 43 of the Official Languages Act, the program supports the enhancement of the presence of both official languages in Canada through two funding components: (1) Promotion of Linguistic Duality (grants and contributions), which provides support for activities that promote a better understanding and appreciation of the linguistic and cultural benefits of knowing and using both of Canada's official languages and encourages the provision of services in both official languages as well as building a bilingual operating capacity within non-governmental organizations; and, (2) Second-Language Learning, which supports the supply of programs and activities for the instruction of English and French as a second language at all levels of learning and the production and dissemination of knowledge, innovative methods and tools to support second-language instruction.

Target recipient: not-for-profit organizations; provincial and territorial governments and their creations; for-profit organizations; other associations, institutions and foundations.

Ultimate beneficiaries include: All Canadians

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Development of official-language communities $300.0M

Pursuant to section 43 Part VII of the Official Languages Act, fosters the vitality of Canada's English- and French-speaking minority communities and enables them to participate fully in all aspects of Canadian life. It involves two components: the Community Life component (grants and contributions) supports the provision of activities and services for official-language minority communities by non-profit community organizations in various fields, particularly arts, culture, heritage, and youth; and, through intergovernmental contribution agreements, the provision of minority-language services by provincial and territorial governments and the Minority-Language Education component (intergovernmental contribution agreements) supports the delivery of provincial and territorial educational programs and services in the language of the official-language minority communities (all levels of education) and aims at increasing the production and dissemination of knowledge, innovative methods and tools to support teaching in the language of the minority.

Target recipient: not-for-profit organizations; provincial and territorial governments and their creations; for-profit organizations; other associations, institutions and foundations

Ultimate beneficiaries include: Official language minority communities

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