List of organizations – Advancing equality, safety and security for 2SLGBTQI+ people
The following 65 organizations will receive $9.9 million in supplemental funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) as part of Budget 2025 investments.
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National Scope
*Note, certain organizations located in Quebec must follow a separate provincial approval process before agreements can be finalized.
Community-Based Research Centre (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $587,914
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000Enchanté Network (Edmonton, Alberta)
Initial Amount: $900,000
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000Fierté Canada Pride (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $365,037
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000Fierté Canada Pride (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $3,300,000
Additional Amount: Up to $3,000,000Fondation Émergence (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $565,409
Additional Amount: Up to $143,720Interligne (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $632,530
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000Intersex Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $543,876
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000It Gets Better Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $515,906
Additional Amount: Up to $158,039JusticeTrans (Ottawa, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $523,365
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000Lambda Scholarship Foundation Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $255,866
Additional Amount: Up to $151,332Momentum (Kentville, Nova Scotia)
Initial Amount: $395,325
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000Rainbow Refugee Society (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $517,327
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000The ArQuives (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $417,420
Additional Amount: Up to $149,981The Enchanté Network (Edmonton, Alberta)
Initial Amount: $476,618
Additional Amount: Up to $160,000 -
Alberta
Calgary Outlink (Calgary, Alberta)
Initial Amount: $147,378
Additional Amount: Up to $39,930The Pride Centre of Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
Initial Amount: $138,442
Additional Amount: Up to $40,000Wood Buffalo Pride Society (Fort McMurray, Alberta)
Initial Amount: $358,886
Additional Amount: Up to $161,730 -
British Columbia
ARC Foundation (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $339,162
Additional Amount: Up to $119,993Columbia Valley Pride Society (Invermere, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $91,300
Additional Amount: Up to $40,000Dignity Seniors Society (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $64,510
Additional Amount: Up to $115,880Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island Society (Salt Spring Island, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $67,400
Additional Amount: Up to $37,365Northern BC Queer Connection Society (Prince George, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $156,450
Additional Amount: Up to $113,143Out on Screen (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $402,500
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000Pride Society of the Comox Valley (Courtenay, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $126,655
Additional Amount: Up to $39,195Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society (Delta, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $264,346
Additional Amount: Up to $35,648Vancouver Pride Society (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Initial Amount: $390,531
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000 -
New Brunswick
Alter Acadie NB (Moncton, New Brunswick)
Initial Amount: $388,646
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000 -
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quadrangle NL Community Centre (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Initial Amount: $374,133
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000 -
Northwest Territories
Qmunity Camp NWT (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories)
Initial Amount: $319,491
Additional Amount: Up to $127,446 -
Nova Scotia
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Initial Amount: $147,705
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000The Youth Project (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Initial Amount: $405,496
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000Truro Pride Society (Truro, Nova Scotia)
Initial Amount: $335,797
Additional Amount: Up to $117,720 -
Ontario
African Centre for Refugees in Ontario Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $110,933
Additional Amount: Up to $40,000Alphabet Sports Collective (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $443,150
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000CANVAS Arts Action Programs (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $410,613
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000Capital Rainbow Refuge/Refuge Arc-en-ciel de la capitale (Ottawa, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $463,381
Additional Amount: Up to $105,394FrancoQueer (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $440,893
Additional Amount: Up to $119,330Friends of Ruby (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $450,000
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000LGBT YouthLine (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $204,680
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000MAX Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $150,000
Additional Amount: Up to $40,000Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (Thornhill, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $405,901
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000Queer Toronto Literary Magazine (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $101,667
Additional Amount: Up to $36,585Rainbow Coalition of Waterloo Region (Waterloo, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $133,458
Additional Amount: Up to $39,948Rainbow Community Places (Scarborough, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $147,350
Additional Amount: Up to $40,000Singing Out! (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $149,228
Additional Amount: Up to $81,193SPECTRUM Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space (Kitchener, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $112,111
Additional Amount: Up to $39,706Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $450,000
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000Toronto Queer Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $366,931
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000TransCare+ (Kingston, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $450,000
Additional Amount: Up to $119,563WorQshop (Brantford, Ontario)
Initial Amount: $103,268
Additional Amount: Up to $33,767 -
Prince Edward Island
PEI Transgender Network (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
Initial Amount: $302,744
Additional Amount: Up to $113,620Pride PEI (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
Initial Amount: $353,880
Additional Amount: Up to $119,980 -
Québec
*Note, certain organizations located in Quebec must follow a separate provincial approval process before agreements can be finalized.
AGIR: Action LGBTQ+ avec les immigrantEs et réfugiéEs (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $450,000
Additional Amount: Up to $120,000Alliance Arc-en-ciel de Québec (Québec, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $317,963
Additional Amount: Up to $119,886Archives lesbiennes du Québec (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $231,106
Additional Amount: Up to $119,999Centre de solidarité lesbienne (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $149,996
Additional Amount: Up to $39,964Divers-Gens (Granby, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $134,453
Additional Amount: Up to $40,000Diversité 02 (Chicoutimi, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $207,207
Additional Amount: Up to $84,294Espace LGBTQ+ (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $330,000
Additional Amount: Up to $109,500Fondation Massimadi (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $232,080
Additional Amount: Up to $119,871Gay and Grey Montréal (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $289,362
Additional Amount: Up to $117,184Gris-Québec (Québec, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $350,216
Additional Amount: Up to $119,646Réseau des Lesbiennes du Québec (RLQ) (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $234,868
Additional Amount: Up to $119,865RÉZO (Montréal, Quebec)
Initial Amount: $281,647
Additional Amount: Up to $119,728 -
Yukon
Queer Yukon (Whitehorse, Yukon)
Initial Amount: $546,604
Additional Amount: Up to $161,493