Cooperation with the Community Sector — Development of Official Language Communities Program

The Cooperation with the Community Sector subcomponent supports engagement by community organizations and strengthens their ability to act while encouraging innovation and excellence.

Who can apply

Eligible organizations must represent the interests of official-language minority communities. Their missions, mandates or the majority of their activities must support the development and enhancement of official-language minority communities nationally, provincially, regionally or locally. These organizations include:

  • Canadian non-profit organization, duly registered
  • associations, institutions or Canadian foundations
  • Canadian for-profit organizations (solely for non-profit activities)

The following are not eligible:

  • individuals
  • government organizations
  • universities
  • schools
  • school boards
  • foreign institutions and organizations

Eligible projects and programming

Project funding is available for one-time activities that do not require ongoing funding. Priority is given to projects that address current issues, are innovative and help develop areas that are unique or unexplored.

Programming funding is available to carry out ongoing activities supporting community development and can cover organizations' operating costs. Priority is given to programming activities that have a lasting effect and strengthen relations between community stakeholders.

Application deadlines

Programming funding

September 20

When an application deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, it is extended to the following working day.

Project funding

Two-step process

Organizations Letter of intent deadline Funding application deadline
  • National organizations
N/A November 15
Regions
  • Manitoba
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
  • Saskatchewan
  • Quebec
N/A November 15
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Nova Scotia
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Yukon
September 1 November 15

When an application deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, it is extended to the following working day.

How to apply

For a:

  • programming or project funding application at the national level;
  • regional programming funding application; or
  • regional project funding application (Quebec and Prairie and Northern regions only).

Applicants are required to:

To apply for funding at the national level, please submit your complete funding application package by email to dglo-olsp@pch.gc.ca.

To apply for funding at a regional level, please consult the list of regional offices to submit your complete funding application package by email.

For a regional project funding application (Atlantic, Ontario and Western regions only)

Applicants are required to:

A two-step process

Step 1

  • Contact your respective regional office to request a Letter of Intent form.
  • Complete and submit the Letter of Intent form by email.

Step 2 (only for project proposals that are retained)

To apply for project funding at a regional level, please consult the list of regional offices to submit your complete funding application package by email.

Contact us

Address
Official Languages Support Programs
Department of Canadian Heritage
15 Eddy St, 7th Floor
Gatineau, QC  J8X 4B3
Email
dglo-olsp@pch.gc.ca
Telephone
1-866-811-0055 (toll-free)
TTY
1-888-997-3123 (toll-free)

Agents are available to answer your questions, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (ET).

Regional offices of the Department of Canadian Heritage

Regional offices

Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon

Email
loouest-olwest@pch.gc.ca

Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Saskatchewan

Email
lorpn-olpnr@pch.gc.ca

Ontario

Email
lo-ontario-ol@pch.gc.ca

Quebec

Email
languesofficiellesqc-officiallanguagesqc@pch.gc.ca

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island

Email
languesofficiellesatlantique-officiallanguagesatlantic@pch.gc.ca

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