Strategic Fund – Development of Official Language Communities

The Strategic Fund enhances the vitality of official language minority communities through major projects and strategic initiatives designed to:

• improve community living spaces (meeting places, cultural programs and events, community radio, and others);
• impact several communities, preferably in more than one province or territory;
• develop new areas of intervention; and
• encourage the concerted effort and cooperation of several partners.

Who can apply

Eligible applicants include:

• Canadian not-for-profit organizations, duly registered;
• associations and professional institutions; and
• provincial and territorial governments.

Eligible expenditures

Eligible expenditures include, but are not limited to:

• costs to set up, deliver and monitor projects that help ensure the long-term development of official language minority communities in priority sectors.
  

The following expenditures are not eligible: expenditures related to activities with an international dimension.

Application deadline

Applications for funding may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year.

How to apply

Applicants are required to:

• review the Application Guidelines; and
• contact the Official Languages Support Programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage to request an application package and to submit the required documentation.

Contact us

Guides and help

• Application Guidelines
• Guide on the public acknowledgement of financial support - Canadian Heritage
• Service standards for Canadian Heritage funding programs

Related services and information

• Official Languages Funding Programs
• Funding – Development of Official Language Communities
• Cooperation with the Community Sector – Development of Official Language Communities
• Intergovernmental Cooperation on Minority Language Services
• Community Cultural Action Fund – Development of Official Language Communities