
New Funding Opportunities

Upcoming Deadlines

On-Going Opportunities
or until funds are exhausted
Funding Opportunities
New Funding
Current call invites proposals for initiatives running through Summer and Fall 2025 and Winter 2025/26 (until March 2026)
Emergency Management FireSmart program
Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund
Nunavik (northern Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador)
Lands
NALMA: Land Use Planning Funding Initiative Call for Proposal
Deadline: February 6, 2026
Current call invites proposals for initiatives running through Summer and Fall 2025 and Winter 2025/26 (until March 2026)
Harvesters Support Grant and Community Food Programs Fund
To be eligible for the Harvesters Support Grant and the Community Food Programs Fund, an Indigenous organization representing a community must:
- qualify for the NNC subsidy
- be reliant on air transportation for more than 8 months each year
First Nation Adapt Program: Funding Guidelines to 2021 to 2022
Circuit Rider Training Program
First Nations Waste Management Initiative
Contaminated Sites Management Program
Lands and Economic Development Services Program (LEDSP)
The Community Places Program
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
Building Communities through Arts and Heritage
Legacy Fund
Local Festivals
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January 31 – for festivals starting between September 1 and December 31 of the same calendar year
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April 30 – for festivals starting between January 1 and June 30 of the next calendar year
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October 15 – for festivals starting between July 1 and August 31 of the next calendar year
Community Anniversaries
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May 31 for events that will occur during the next calendar year.
Environmental
Emergency Management FireSmart program
Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program
Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Research and Innovation
Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Contribution funding
Stream 2 – Shovel ready.: Deadline March 4, 2026
Wah-ila-toos: Funding Opportunities
First Nation Adapt Program
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Echo Foundation For Environmental Issues
Housing
Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy
Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative
FNNBOA- FREE Architectural drawings for new construction of homes in First Nations communities
Funding for Indigenous Housing (various programs)
- Insured Loans for On-Reserve First Nation Housing
- Affordable Housing Innovation Fund
- Seed Funding
- Proposal Development Funding (PDF) for First Nation communities
- Shelter Enhancement Program (SEP) – Renovation
- Apartment Construction Loan Program
- On-Reserve Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP)
- On-Reserve Non-Profit House Program
- Direct Lending Program for First Nation Communities
- Pre-Retrofit Funding for multi-unit residential buildings
Other
Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund
Nunavik (northern Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador)
Na-mi-quai-ni-mak Community Support Fund
Small grants to support community-based healing and remembrance