Canadian Heritage Program funding decision standards

Canadian Heritage’s programs provide grants and contributions funding to various types of organizations in various sectors. As such, each program’s service standards reflect the type of program and the scope of its funding activities while taking into account the volume of applications for each program component.

Program (Component)Footnote 1 Decision Standard (Weeks)
Anti-Racism Action Program 26
Athlete Assistance Program 14
Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage 24
Canada Arts Presentation Fund (Development Component) 20
Canada Arts Presentation Fund (Fathers of Confederation Building Trust) 22
Canada Arts Presentation Fund (Programming Component) 22
Canada Arts Training Fund 28
Canada Book Fund (Support for Booksellers) 28
Canada Book Fund (Support for Organizations) 26
Canada Book Fund (Support for Publishers - Business Development) 14
Canada Book Fund (Support for Publishers - Publishing Support) 28
Canada Cultural Investment Fund (Endowment Incentives) 16
Canada Cultural Investment Fund (First Spark Initiative) 8
Canada Cultural Investment Fund (Limited Support to Endangered Arts Organizations) 16
Canada Cultural Investment Fund (Strategic Initiatives) 24
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund 30
Canada History FundFootnote 2 22
Canada Media FundFootnote 2 26
Canada Music Fund (Collective Initiatives Component)Footnote 2 26
Canada Music Fund (Music Entrepreneur Component - Aid to Canadian Music Industry National Service Organizations) 14
Canada Music Fund (Music Entrepreneur Component - Aid to Canadian Music Public Publishing Firms) 14
Canada Music Fund (Music Entrepreneur Component - Aid to Canadian Sound Recording Firms) 21
Canada Music Fund (New Musical Works ComponentFootnote 2 26
Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund 12
Canada Periodical Fund (Aid to Publishers) 30
Canada Periodical Fund (Business Innovation) 20
Canada Periodical Fund (Collective Initiatives) 20
Canada Periodical Fund (Special Measures for Journalism) 30
Celebration and Commemoration Program (Celebrate Canada) 20
Celebration and Commemoration Program (Commemorate Canada) 26
Creative Export Canada 26
Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program 26
Court Challenges ProgramFootnote 2 26
Development of Official Language Communities Program (Community Life - Community Cultural Action Fund) 20
Development of Official Language Communities Program (Community Life - Cooperation with the Community Sector) 24
Development of Official Language Communities Program (Community Life - Strategic Funds) 16
Development of Official Language Communities Program (Minority Language Education - Complementary Support for Language Learning) 26
Development of Official Language Communities Program (Minority Language Education - Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector) 16
Digital Citizen Contribution Program 26
Enhancement of Official Languages Program (Second Language Learning - Complementary Support for Second Language Learning) 26
Enhancement of Official Languages Program (Second Language Learning - Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector) 20
Enhancement of Official Languages Program (Promotion of Linguistic Duality - Appreciation and Rapprochement) 18
Enhancement of Official Languages Program (Promotion of Linguistic Duality - Promotion of Bilingual Services) 14
Exchanges Canada Program (Youth Exchanges Canada)Footnote 2 26
Exchanges Canada Program (Youth Forums Canada) 22
Harbourfront Centre Funding Program 22
Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program (Indigenous Languages Component) 30
Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program (Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting) 26
Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program (Scholarship and Youth Initiatives and the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards) 26
Local Journalism InitiativeFootnote 2 26
Movable Cultural Property Grants 13
Museums Assistance Program (Access to Heritage) 26
Museums Assistance Program (Canada-France Agreement) 16
Museums Assistance Program (Collections Management) 26
Museums Assistance Program (Digital Access to Heritage) 22
Museums Assistance Program (Exhibition Circulation Fund) 16
Museums Assistance Program (Indigenous Heritage) 26
Sport Canada Hosting Program (Canada Games) 26
Sport Canada Hosting Program (International Major Multisport Games) 26
Sport Canada Hosting Program (International Multisport Games for Aboriginal Peoples and Persons with a Disability) 26
Sport Canada Hosting Program (International Single Sport Events) 26
Sport Support Program 20
TV5 26
Young Canada WorksFootnote 2 26
Youth Take Charge Program 22

See Service Standard Results.

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