Projects Component — Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program
The Projects funding component provides funds to community-based initiatives that address systemic racism, discrimination, or hate by effecting sustainable change to promote the value of diversity and foster inclusion and a sense of belonging in Canada.
Anti-Racism Call
The Anti-Racism Call funds initiatives to address systemic racism and discrimination in Canada with the following objective:
To enhance access to and inclusivity within Canada’s arts, culture, and heritage organizations and institutions, and creative industries by addressing systemic racism and discrimination in workplaces faced by Indigenous Peoples, Black communities, and other racialized and religious minority communities, while considering intersectionality.
Application deadline
Current status of the call for proposals: Closed
We invite you to visit our website to stay updated on upcoming funding opportunities.
Anti-Hate Call
The Anti-Hate Call funds initiatives to address and prevent hate in Canada with the following objective:
Empower communities to prevent and address hate by fostering inclusion, resilience, and unity through community-led, intersectional projects that will contribute to reducing social isolation and fragmentation, and reinforce collective identity, building a more inclusive, socially cohesive and united Canada.
Application deadline
Current status of the call for proposals: Open
The deadline to submit a proposal is October 22, 2025, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Contact us
- Address
- Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program
Department of Canadian Heritage
15 Eddy St
Gatineau QC J8X 4B3 - financementpmlcr-fundingmarp@pch.gc.ca
- Telephone
- 819-997-0055
1-866-811-0055 (toll-free) - TTY
- 1-888-997-3123 (toll-free)
Agents are available to answer your questions, Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 6:30 pm (ET).
Guides and help
- Projects component Application Guidelines — Anti-Racism Call
- Projects component Application Guidelines — Anti-Hate Call
- Guide on the public acknowledgement of financial support — Canadian Heritage
- Find practical tips on how to complete your application package for the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program — Video
- Service standards for Canadian Heritage funding programs
- Report fraud or abuse