Backgrounder: Enabling Accessibility Fund

The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) is a federal grants and contributions program which supports community-based projects across Canada aimed at improving accessibility in public facilities and in workplaces.

Funding is provided through two streams: the Workplace Accessibility Stream and the Community Accessibility Stream.

The Workplace Accessibility Stream supports projects that improve accessibility and safety in workplaces across Canada through capital cost investments (i.e. renovation, retrofit or construction of facilities in which job opportunities can be created or maintained for people with disabilities). This includes the provision of information and communication technologies for community use that eliminate systemic accessibility barriers.

The Community Accessibility Stream provides funding to eligible recipients for capital cost projects that improve accessibility in public facilities to improve access to programs and services for people with disabilities. Projects must be directly related to removing barriers and increasing accessibility for people with disabilities in Canadian communities.

All projects must respond to specific eligibility criteria.

For further information on the EAF, please visit http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/disability/eaf/.