Community Engagement

Grants of up to $5,000 to Canada nonprofit organizations, for-profits, and government agencies to honor veterans of the military. Funding will support commemorative events as well as the development of commemorative learning materials. All projects must address the sacrifices and achievements of individuals who served Canada since Confederation (1867). Projects must also be of a finite duration, with clear start and end dates.

Community Engagement funding is available for organizations undertaking a commemorate initiative that recognizes and commemorates at least one of the following groups:

• Modern Veterans
• Women Veterans
• Indigenous Veterans
• Racialized Veterans
• LGBT2Q+ Veterans
• Canadian Armed Forces Veterans who have served their country in domestic operations such as wildfires, ice storms and floods
  

Eligible Projects:

Eligible projects may be assessed against the following criteria:

• The applicant has the capacity to deliver the project.
  
• The project objectives are specific and realistic and clearly support the objective of the CPP.
• The project will engage youth, Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces members and/or the general public in recognizing all those who served in Canada's efforts during war, military conflict and peace.
• The project will have noticeable impact and reach.
• Where agreements for collaboration are required to ensure the successful delivery of the project, contributors have confirmed their participation.
• The proposed budget is reasonable and sufficiently detailed.

Eligible Expenditures:

Eligible expenditures must be directly related to the project. Only expenditures incurred from the date of receipt of an application to the end of the agreement period may be considered for reimbursement. Priority will be given to expenditures related to the commemorative elements of the project, rather than expenditures associated with hospitality. 

Examples of eligible expenditures may include:

• Professional fees;
  
• Administrative expenditures (e.g. printing, photocopying, fax, mail);
• Equipment and machinery rental expenditures;
• Facility rental expenditures (e.g. meeting rooms);
• Reasonable hospitality expenditures;
• Travel expenditures inherent to the success of the project;
• Material development and distribution expenditures (e.g. print, translation, mail);
• Salaries or wages, consistent with activities undertaken;
• Design or assessment fees related to permanent exhibits; and
• Construction expenditures related to the development of permanent exhibits.