The Documentary Heritage Communities Program has awarded 321 federal grants, totaling $11,808,031. Top recipients include Société historique du Saguenay, Centre d'archives régional des Îles, and Société historique de la Saskatchewan. Library and Archives Canada is a primary contributing department for these grants.
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Documentary Heritage Communities Program
SaveTotal Grants
321
Total Amount
$11.8M
Provinces Served
13
Top Recipients by Funding Amount
| # | Recipient | Grants | Total Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Société historique du Saguenay | 7 | $346.1K |
| 2 | Centre d'archives régional des Îles | 5 | $325.3K |
| 3 | Société historique de la Saskatchewan | 8 | $300.5K |
| 4 | Council of Yukon First Nations | 5 | $282.0K |
| 5 | Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute | 4 | $263.0K |
| 6 | Multicultural History Society of Ontario | 4 | $245.5K |
| 7 | Kitikmeot Heritage Society | 5 | $229.3K |
| 8 | Canadian Centre for Architecture | 4 | $206.8K |
| 9 | Inuit Art Foundation | 4 | $199.7K |
| 10 | Société d'histoire de Drummond (SHD) | 4 | $193.0K |
| 11 | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 4 | $165.1K |
| 12 | Joint Secretariat | 3 | $153.9K |
| 13 | Stó:lo Library and Archives - part of the Stó:lo Service Agency Society | 3 | $150.0K |
| 14 | Exporail | 4 | $139.6K |
| 15 | Société historique de Saint-Boniface | 4 | $137.9K |
| 16 | Cold Lake First Nations | 3 | $133.3K |
| 17 | Western Front | 4 | $121.3K |
| 18 | Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) | 2 | $120.0K |
| 19 | Musée McCord Stewart | 2 | $119.8K |
| 20 | ARCMTL | 3 | $112.6K |
Geographic Distribution by Province
| Province / Territory | Grants | Total Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC | 85 | $3.7M | 31% |
| ON | 71 | $2.8M | 24% |
| BC | 69 | $1.9M | 16% |
| AB | 19 | $667.4K | 6% |
| MB | 18 | $611.7K | 5% |
| SK | 13 | $471.8K | 4% |
| YT | 9 | $453.3K | 4% |
| NS | 13 | $361.1K | 3% |
| NU | 8 | $312.3K | 3% |
| NT | 5 | $249.3K | 2% |
| NB | 6 | $118.5K | 1% |
| PE | 2 | $101.9K | 1% |
| NL | 3 | $87.7K | 1% |
Departments Administering This Program
| # | Department | Grants | Total Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Library and Archives Canada | 220 | $8.1M |
| 2 | Unknown | 101 | $3.7M |
Recent Grants
Recipient
Amount
Year
Purpose
La fédération des instituts féminins de l’Ontario
$100.0K
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Federated Women Institutes of Ontario
$100.0K
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Multicultural History Society of Ontario
$97.7K
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Council of Yukon First Nations
$96.4K
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Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines
$89.7K
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Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$86.0K
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Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$83.0K
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Corporation du centre régional d'archives de Lanaudière
$82.6K
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Stratford Festival Archives Trust
$80.9K
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Musée McCord Stewart
$72.0K
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Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
$70.8K
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Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$60.0K
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Centre d’archives régional des Îles
$60.0K
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Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN)
$60.0K
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Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$60.0K
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Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$60.0K
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Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN)
$60.0K
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Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$60.0K
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Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$60.0K
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Gwich'in Tribal Council
$60.0K
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Council of Yukon First Nations
$59.9K
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Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$59.7K
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Joint Secretariat
$59.6K
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Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$59.6K
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Joint Secretariat
$58.8K
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La fédération des instituts féminins de l’Ontario
$100.0K--
The Federated Women's Institute of Ontario (FWIO) will preserve, digitize, and make accessible its Tweedsmuir Community ...
Federated Women Institutes of Ontario
$100.0K--
The Federated Women's Institute of Ontario (FWIO) will preserve, digitize, and make accessible its Tweedsmuir Community ...
Multicultural History Society of Ontario
$97.7K--
In Phase II of this project, the Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) will perform the intellectual and physi...
Council of Yukon First Nations
$96.4K--
The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) and its predecessor organizations generated 2,000+ boxes of archival records s...
Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines
$89.7K--
The project has two components. The first consists of a series of interviews of former miners in the region to collect ...
Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$86.0K--
The project's main objective is to improve the professional services offered by the Centre d'archives régional, includin...
Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$83.0K--
This project will digitize and make available a strategic selection of documentary heritage, including material from Cre...
Corporation du centre régional d'archives de Lanaudière
$82.6K--
Continuation of the project to make the multimedia collection of Lanaudières Archives more easily accessible, including ...
Stratford Festival Archives Trust
$80.9K--
This project involves cataloguing and digitizing the collections of key founders of the Stratford Festival as well as ea...
Musée McCord Stewart
$72.0K--
The McCord Stewart Museum will index and describe in greater detail a selection of 100 digitized datasets available onli...
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
$70.8K--
The purpose of the project is to make an accurate inventory of the Inuit Art Collection following an evaluation of the s...
Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$60.0K--
The project concerns audiovisual archives that include sound archives and moving images of the first actors and organiza...
Centre d’archives régional des Îles
$60.0K--
The objective of the project is to preserve, classify and describe in accordance with the RADs, digitize, convert, and i...
Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN)
$60.0K--
The 2024/25 CYFN Archives Arrangement Description and Access project will focus on 4 CYI series and 3 predecessor organi...
Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$60.0K--
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities...
Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$60.0K--
Processing—for the purposes of indexing, preserving and accessing—archives of significance for Îles-de-la-Madeleine rela...
Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN)
$60.0K--
The objective of the 2025/26 CYFN DHCP Project is to continue processing the massive CYFN archival collections to comple...
Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$60.0K--
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities...
Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
$60.0K--
Gwich'in Tribal Council
$60.0K--
The mandate of the Department of Culture and Heritage is “to document, preserve and promote Gwich’in culture, language, ...
Council of Yukon First Nations
$59.9K--
The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) Archives Access Project application for 2023-24 DHCP focuses on completion of ...
Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$59.7K--
The project concerns audiovisual archives that include sound archives and moving images of the first actors and organiza...
Joint Secretariat
$59.6K--
The Illaiqpik Project will be directed by the Inuvialuit Game Council (IGC) and administered by the Inuvialuit Tradition...
Centre d'archives régional des Îles
$59.6K--
The project concerns audiovisual archives that include sound archives and moving images of the first actors and organiza...
Joint Secretariat
$58.8K--
The Illaiqpik Project will be directed by the Inuvialuit Game Council (IGC) and administered by the Inuvialuit Tradition...
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