May 6

The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health (IRMH) Course is a free, self-directed training that offers evidence-based information for service providers to provide better care and support to immigrants and refugees arriving to Canada. It is designed to provide an interactive experience where you can consult with experts in the field, and connect with other service providers across Canada.

Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program

🗓️ Date: Thursday May 7, 2026

🕐Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM

📍Location: Online

The Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) provides limited, short-term health coverage for refugees and other groups with certain immigration statuses. It covers them for basic health care until they qualify for a provincial or territorial plan, such as the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).

Starting May 1, 2026, people with IFHP coverage will need to pay part of the cost for some services, such as counselling, prescription drugs, and dental care.

In this webinar, we will cover:

what the IFHP is
who can get IFHP coverage
what health services are covered
changes to the program starting May 1, 2026
how to ask for coverage in special situations

Calls to Action Study Group

🗓️ Date: Wednesday May 6, May 20, June 3, June 17 2026

🕐Time: 12:00-1:30 PM

📍Location: Online

You are warmly invited to join an upcoming Calls to Action Study Group series guided by the insights and teachings of Dr Niigaan Sinclair.

Presented by North York Community House and TNG, this gathering is open to students, organizations, companies, and anyone who is committed to learning, reflection, and meaningful action toward Reconciliation.

Together, we will explore:

What the Calls to Action are and how they came to be
Why they are essential to truth, justice, and Reconciliation
How colonial histories continue to shape present realities
What it means to take responsibility and begin taking action.

Justice Murray Sinclair(baa) Canadian Senator and Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reminds us “Education is what got us into this mess, and education is what will get us out of it.”

Webinar: Supporting with access to benefits

🗓️ Date: May 7, 2026

🕐Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM

📍Location: Online

This 90-minute webinar is provided on a quarterly basis and is designed to provide frontline practitioners - or anyone helping someone with access to benefits - with foundational knowledge and skills to support Canadians who are living on a low income to access benefits. Participants learn the importance of access to benefits for individuals and families, review key skills and opportunities for starting benefits conversations, and practice using the Benefits Wayfinder tool to become familiar with its functionality.

Toronto Transforming Trauma International Festival (TTTIF)

🗓️ Date: May 11, 12, 13, 2026

📍Lakeshore Campus of Humber Polytechnic

This three-day, trauma-informed conference brings together survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), advocates, artists, educators, researchers, students, and community organizations to explore healing, resilience, and social change through interdisciplinary and creative approaches.

Learn more here!

The Great Wealth Transfer: How to Build a Multi-Generational Donor Base That Lasts

🗓️ Date: Thursday May 14, 2026

🕐Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM

📍Location: Online

Over the next 20 years, $84 trillion will shift from Baby Boomers to younger generations, with $12 to $15 trillion expected to flow directly to nonprofits. Most organizations aren’t positioned to capture it. This webinar breaks down exactly how to segment, engage, and retain donors across every generation, using the right fundraising tools and data infrastructure to turn today’s $25 recurring donor into tomorrow’s major gift prospect.

Centering Practitioner Wellbeing in Canada’s Immigration Future

🗓️ Date: Thursday May 14, 2026

🕐Time: 1:30 - 2:45 PM

📍Location: Online

This webinar provides concrete tools and insights to strengthen providers wellbeing and sustainability in their work and organization.

Connecting with Clients in a Digital World - Virtual Webinar Series

🗓️ Date: May 20, June 3, and June 17, 2026

Webinar 1 | May 20 - What We're Seeing: Digital Messaging Across Sectors. Key research findings: what's working, what's not, and why change management matters.

Webinar 2 | June 3 - What To Do With It: Exploring Options for Choosing the Tools. A closer look at how the major platforms compare, costs, and what it takes to implement them well.

Webinar 3 | June 17 - What We Did: ACCES Employment's Experience. A candid look at how ACCES chose its tools, what implementation really involved, and lessons learned.

A Roundtable Discussion: Toronto's Affordability in a Time of Global Crisis: The City’s Response to Rising Poverty and Economic Instability

🗓️ Date: Monday 25 May 2026 🚨NEW DATE AND TIME🚨

🕐Time: 9:30-10:30 AM

📍Location: Online

This roundtable will explore the growing challenges of affordability in Toronto amid ongoing global economic uncertainty. Featuring a short presentation from the City of Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Office, the session will highlight how rising costs, economic instability, and widening inequality are impacting residents across the city.

Service Providers will gain insight into the City’s current strategies, policies, and community partnerships aimed at reducing poverty and improving financial resilience.

Trustworthy and Responsible AI for Citizenship, Migration, and Social Good

🗓️ Date: Monday 25 May 2026

🕐Time: 9:30-6:00 PM

📍Location: Ted Rogers School of Management, 7th floor, TRS Commons

AI systems and AI agents are increasingly deployed in high-stakes social domains, including healthcare, mental health support, public services, and migration- and citizenship-related decision-making. While these technologies promise efficiency, scalability, and broader access, they also raise fundamental concerns around trust, safety, reliability, fairness, accountability, and transparency. These challenges are especially acute in contexts where errors, bias, or misuse can have serious human, social, and legal consequences.

Settlement and Gender-Based Violence (GBV): Culturally Responsive and Prevention-Focused Approaches in Newcomer Communities

🗓️ Date: Tuesday May 26, 2026

🕐Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

📍Location: In-person at White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa at 253 Taylor Rd, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0

👉 Register to attend in person!
👉 Register to attend online!

The overall objective of this full-day professional development training forum is to support settlement service staff in better understanding how newcomer, immigrant, and refugee settlement challenges intersect with safety, gender-based violence, and experiences of trauma. The training aims to strengthen staff confidence in building safer spaces and in engaging clients through culturally safe, trauma and violence-informed, and prevention-focused approaches. The sessions will focus on practical strategies for early information-sharing, early intervention, and critical conversations that prioritize safety and client choice, as well as coordinated responses and cross-sector collaboration that support newcomer well-being and prevent situations from escalating into crisis.

Food for Good Summit and Building Community Centred Climate Resilience

🗓️ Date: May 27, 2026

🕑 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

📍Location: University of Toronto Scarborough Campus: Harmony Commons Event Space

Food for Good is a two year initiative that intends to bring all the players in the food system in East Scarborough together to create a resilient and equitable food system for everyone who lives in our community. Join us at The Food Summit on May 27, 2026 to learn, connect, and play a role in what comes next.

Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion (CCDI)

🗓️ Date: Thursday May 28, 2026

🕐Time: 12:00 PM - 2:35 PM

📍Location: Online

You are invited to attend the fourth Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion (CCDI). This year’s theme is "Building a Strong, Accessible Canada." The Congress will kick-start National AccessAbility Week. It will support the sharing of insights to help shape accessible and inclusive communities and workplaces across Canada. It will bring together:

persons with disabilities
disability organizations
public and private organizations
academics
innovators
thought leaders

Diving Deeper: Welcoming Communities

🗓️ Date: June 3, 2026

🕑 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

📍Location: Online

Building a life in a new country takes more than a place to land — it takes connection, opportunity, and coordinated support. Across the GTA, United Way Greater Toronto and community agencies are working together to help newcomers navigate housing, find meaningful work, access care, and build a sense of belonging. But what’s working — and where are the gaps?

Join United Way's Diving Deeper: Welcoming Communities, a virtual panel exploring how integrated, community-led approaches are helping newcomers move from arrival to long-term stability.

Alliance's Annual Conference 2026!

🗓️ Date: June 3 - June 4, 2026

📍Location: Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites 600 Hwy 7, Richmond Hill, ON

The Alliance for Healthier Communities’ Annual Conference 2026 will bring together more than 700 participants from across Ontario’s health and social sectors: primary care professionals, clinicians, community leaders, policymakers, researchers, advocates, board members, and system partners, all committed to advancing health equity and strengthening attachment in primary health care in Ontario.

Keele Community Hub Open House

🗓️ Date: Wednesday June 10, 2026

🕐Time: 2:00 - 6:00 PM

📍Location: 1652 Keele Street

The Keele Community Hub Partners and the City of Toronto’s Community Development Unit are excited to announce and invite you to the Keele Community Hub Open House!

Join us for an afternoon filled with site tours, raffles, food, live entertainment, guest speakers, and an opportunity to network and learn more about the programs and services offered at the Hub and in the community!

Webinar: Integrated Mental Health Care for Refugees - What Works? For Whom? Why?

🗓️ Date: Thursday June 11, 2026

🕐Time: 1:30 - 2:45 PM

📍Location: Online

This calendar is also uploaded on our website.

Professional Development: Settlement Practitioner Micro-Credential - Sheridan College

The Settlement Practitioner Micro-Credential program is designed for individuals working in the settlement sector who may not have a formal social service education or work background. Gain the essential skills and fundamental knowledge needed to excel in settlement practice today!

Courses are delivered virtually through Sheridan's E-Learning Platform.
Click here to learn more.

English as a Second Language Classes (CLB 1-7 offered)

COSTI's ESL program offers CLB 5–7 classes for those who want to continue building their language skills, as well as CLB 1–4 classes for those who are just getting started.

Courses are available part-time in-person, online and in hybrid formats, with both daytime and evening options, Monday to Friday. Learn more about classes and locations.

Intake Cycles:
April to June 2026
June to July 2026

Computer Workshops - Starting May 2026

📆Date and Time: Classes from May until the end of June 2026 - See calendar

📍Location: Many locations across Toronto - See calendar

👉 Register here - Space is limited, register early. For adults 18 years and older.

TDSB Essential Skills Upgrading is offering free computer classes: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint. Are you new to computers? Need the Basics? Take our: Intro to Computers Bootcamp.

WWCC Community Development Calendar - May 2026

The Working Women's Community Centre Community Development Calendar for April 2026 is now available.

Click the calendar image to view the PDF with program descriptions .

Healthy Child Screenings in Scarborough

📆Date and Time: By appointment - call the location closest to you to book

📍Location:

West Scarborough EarlyON - 313 Pharmacy Ave. 416-755-9215

Scarborough Southwest EarlyON - 2425 Eglinton Ave. E (Suite 206), 416-266-8289

Bridlewood EarlyON - 3410 Sheppard Ave. E (Suite 304), 416-491-1466

This May, we're hosting three Healthy Child Screening events at locations across the community for families with children born in 2022.

Parents and caregivers can expect information and resources covering:

• Child development

• Immunization

• Parenting tips

• Oral health

• And more!

PCPI Newcomer Services Calendar - May 2026

PCPI Newcomer Services is running a series of free online employment readiness workshops in May 2026 to support newcomers with job search, workplace skills, and career planning.

Click on the calendar flyer to download the PDF and access registration links from there!

Lived Experience & Family Advisory Council

Family Navigation Project (FNP) is recruiting new members for their Family Advisory Council (FAC). This is an opportunity for caregivers with lived experience, including parents, siblings, family members, and loved ones, to share insights, challenges, and experiences that can help improve how we support youth and families who connect with FNP.

Learn more and apply here.

🗓 Monthly commitment (up to 5hrs/month)
📍 Open to caregivers in the Greater Toronto Area (Durham, Halton, Peel, Toronto, York Region)
💬 Members are compensated for their time and participation.

Application deadline is May 27^th; council start date is August/September 2026.

Resilience and Resistance: Empowering Asian International and Newcomer Students

We are looking for 13-25 year old Chinese and South Asian International and Newcomer students to take on leadership roles!

Goals:

Address anti-racism and xenophobia
Build student leadership and mentorship
Develop resources and strategies for local and provincial change

We are currently putting together a steering committee and are looking for 1-2 international/newcomer student leaders and youth leaders (10+ international & newcomer students). View the flyer in Chinese here.

CCNCTO Asian Youth Against Hate Recruitment

Are You: 13–30 years old? Located in the GTA? Asian-identifying? (Includes East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, West Asian, Central Asian, etc.) Interested in anti-racism?
Together, We Will: Host workshops; Develop resources; Create a public awareness campaign
Join Our Team: Apply here: tinyurl.com/ccncto-against-hate — Application deadline: June 28
Contact: info@ccnctoronto.ca | Instagram: @eleanor_ccncto | Social: CCNCTO2
Funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

View flyer in Chinese here.

Carefirst Family Health Team Access Clinic

We offer treatment for non-emergency health concerns, personalized chronic disease prevention and management, and referral to local health and community services.

📍Locations: 300 Silver Star Blvd., 2/F, Scarborough, ON M1V 0G2
105 Gibson Drive, Unit 112, Markham, ON L3R 3K7
420 Highway 7 East, Unit 27, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3K2

Find clinic opening hours, updates and bookings here!

Spring Potluck BBQ for people with disabilities and their families

📆 Date: Sunday May 10, 2026

🕑Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

📍Location: Thomson Memorial Park in Scarborough

Let's get BBQ season started! Join DEEN Support Services for a special potluck BBQ event for people with disabilities and their families. Registration is mandatory. Please register here.

York University Internationally Education Professionals Bridging Programs

📅Upcoming Information Sessions

Thursday May 7, 12:00 PM: Register Here

Tuesday May 12, 5:30 PM: Register Here

Thursday May 14, 12:00 PM: Register Here

We are pleased to share that the IEP Bridging Program at York University is now accepting applications for the August 2026 intake! To help you better understand the program and prepare a strong application, we highly recommend attending one of our upcoming virtual information sessions. This is your opportunity to understand the program benefits and admission process better and ensure that your application is submitted successfully.

In these sessions, you will learn:

✅ Admission requirements and how to apply

✅ Program structure, timeline, fees information and benefits

✅ How we support your transition into the Canadian job market

✅ Success stories from past participants

Check out our website for more information: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/iep/future-students/

Understanding Financial Statements for Small Business Owners

📆Date: Thursday May 7, August 13, OR December 3 2026

🕓Time: 10:00 AM

📍Location: Online

CPA Canada will cover the basics around the terms and concepts of financial statements. This financial literacy webinar will help to review and understand financial statements for small businesses. You will also be able to ask informed questions of financial professionals following this presentation.

Telling Your Story: Interview Skills & Techniques

📆Date: Thursday May 7 2026

🕓Time: 12:00 - 2:00 PM

📍Location: East Scarborough Storefront, 4040 Lawrence Avenue East

This workshop from The East Scarborough Storefront focuses on writing and speaking in the workplace!

📞Contact Isha Beharry | vbeharry@thestorefront.org | 647-254-0208

T1 General Small Business Tax Literacy Seminar

📆Date: Friday May 8, 2026

🕓Time: 9:30 - 11:30 AM

📍Location: Online

This seminar is offered to owners of small businesses and self-employed individuals who need help in understanding their tax obligations. The presentation is geared towards unincorporated businesses and will provide participants with the basic principles and resources needed to navigate the tax system.

New Circle Community Service: GlowUp Prom Pop-Up Shop

📆Date: May 14 to May 15, 2026

🕓Time: By appointment, between 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM

📍Location: 44 Mobile Drive

👉 Book an appointment here!

New Circles Community Services is hosting a GlowUp Prom Pop-Up Shop to support youth in getting ready for prom by providing free formal attire, including dresses, suits, and accessories.

This initiative is designed to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to feel confident and celebrated on their special day.

Learn about the Law with CLEO

CLEO's popular, 6-session online series about the law returns. The series is free for community workers. Each session introduces you to a different area of law and highlights the legal information, tools, and resources CLEO offers in that area.

You can register for just the sessions you’re interested in. You do not need to register for all.

Intro to family law (part 1)

Thursday, May 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

This session will cover:

marriage and common law relationships
separation and divorce
dividing property and spousal support

Intro to family law (part 2)

Thursday, May 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

This session will cover:

child support
decision-making responsibility and parenting time
moving or travelling with a child

Intro to housing law

Thursday, May 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

This session will cover:

repairs and maintenance
evictions
rent increases

*Note: This series offers legal information, not legal advice.

Pathways to Hospitality

📆Date: May 19 to May 29, 2026

👉Register here by Monday May 11th

Receive hands-on training and earn industry recognized certifications designed to prepare you for in-demand roles in hospitality. This 2 week accelerated program designed to help job seekers prepare for entry-level roles in:

• Hotels

• Restaurants

• Events

• Tourism

Teen Mother's Spring Programs

📆Dates: Wednesdays 4:00 - 7:00 PM

📍Location: Room 200, 3090 Kingston Road, Scarborough

FREE drop-in program for young mothers and gender diverse parents 14-26 years old and their children up to 6 years old.

IN-PERSON SUPPORT

For more information and to register, contact Teen Mothers’ Staff at 416.266.9830 or earlyonteenmoms@ywcatoronto.org

WHAT WE PROVIDE:

Group discussions on topics that support the parenting journey
Parent-child activities
Referrals to other supports
Free weekly dinner/snacks, grocery distribution, and TTC

Language Training for Newcomers: Healthcare

📅 Cohort Date: May 19, 2026

📍Location: Online and in-person options available

📞Hadeel Ikailan | ikailan@ccscan.ca | 416-998-8280

This program is designed to support newcomers in developing the language, skills, and workplace readiness needed to pursue opportunities in the healthcare sector in Canada.

Program Highlights:

Sector-specific language training (CLB 3–5)
Canadian workplace culture training
Volunteer placements in healthcare settings
CPR training and additional certifications
Networking opportunities and career exploration
Digital literacy support

Eligibility Criteria:

Permanent Residents, Convention Refugees, Live-in Caregivers, or MOME 2023 clients
CLB level 3–5
Healthcare education or experience is an asset, but not required

ACCESS Business Lab Program

📅 Cohort Date: May 19 - July 2, 2026

🕕 Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
💻 Location: Virtual (Zoom)
👥 Capacity: Limited to 50 participants

Applications are now open for our upcoming Business Lab cohort. We would appreciate your support in sharing this opportunity within your network.

This free, 7-week program is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs to build practical skills, gain guidance from industry professionals, and explore self-employment pathways.

We are open to arranging info sessions for your staff and clients to learn more about the ACCESS Business Lab.

✨ Program Highlights:

Expert-led virtual workshops
Networking with fellow entrepreneurs
1-on-1 and group coaching
Business plan pitch and feedback

Electronics Security Bridging Program (ESTT)

📅 Start Date: May 2026

Humber College, in partnership with the Canadian Security Association (CANASA), is offering the Electronics Security Bridging Program (ESTT). This free, 13-week hybrid program supports internationally trained professionals with backgrounds in electronics or security systems

Program Highlights

100% Free – For eligible participants
Hybrid Format – Combination of online and in-person learning
Flexible Schedule – Daytime, evening, and weekend options available
Hands-On Training – Practical skills developed in collaboration with CANASA members
Career Connections – Mentorship, networking, and employment opportunities with industry employers

📞 Contact: Rodica Lefter | rodica.lefter@humber.ca

Entrepreneur Workshop Series

📅 Start Date: May 2026

📍 Format: Hybrid

📌 Location: 44 Mobile Drive, Toronto

📝 Register here!

💡A 2-week workshop, designed to help you learn how to start a business and equips you with essential tools to launch your entrepreneurial journey, including business plan writing and presentations, market research, sales and marketing, and financial literacy. This workshop is offered both online and in person. Each session runs for 1 to 2 weeks and requires a commitment of 10 hours per week.

📞 Contact: zuhal@newcircles.ca | 416.422.2591 x 222

Home Worker Support Training

📅 Start Date: May 2026

📍 Format: Hybrid

📌 Location: 44 Mobile Drive, Toronto

📝 Register here!

💡A 6-week training program designed to prepare participants for employment. Career pathways include roles in home support, home management, hospitality and maintenance. These fields offer practical, hands-on opportunities for long-term employment.

📞 Contact: zuhal@newcircles.ca | 416-422-2591 x 222

Junior IT Analyst Program and Junior Data Analyst Program

📆Cohort Date: Begins June 2026

🕑Time: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM -1:00 PM

📍Location: Online

The Junior IT Analyst Program is a tuition-free and beginner program*. This course equips participants with marketable skills for tech-enabled jobs. Participants don’t need any prior knowledge of IT, but basic computer skills (Internet, email) are mandatory. The JITA program is for job-seekers who enjoy solving problems, learning new tools and helping others.

The Junior Data Analyst Program is a tuition-free and intermediate program*. This course equips participants with marketable skills for tech-enabled jobs. The JDA program is for job-seekers who take pleasure in solving problems, uncovering patterns and insights from data, and possess a strong enthusiasm for employing data-driven approaches in decision-making.

Online Information Session: How to find a Family Doctor and other Primary Care Services

📆Date: June 23, 2026

🕓Time: 1:00 PM

📍Location: Online

Join in to learn about primary care in Ontario, including practical guidance on how to find a family doctor and other primary care services in Ontario . This session will be presented by Lisa and Evelyn from the Patient & Family Learning Centre at UHN Toronto.

To register, click here.

City of Toronto - Building Skills Through Recreation (BSTR)

The City’s Parks and Recreation Division offers BSTR, free employment readiness program for youth ages 15–24 in Toronto, helping develop skills for meaningful employment.

Program highlights:

Resume writing and job application support
Interview preparation
Free pre-employment certifications
Supervised placement opportunities

Certifications align with career interests and may include sports instruction, lifeguarding, aquatics, first aid, and more.

Learn more and register: BSTR Summer Employment Registration

For questions and further information, email pfrbuildingskills@toronto.ca or text 416-843-1079

Toronto's Vital Signs Grants

The 2026 Toronto’s Vital Signs Grants is a one-time grant that will support community-led work that strengthens social cohesion in Toronto. These grants support organizations with annual revenue under $500,000 that are community-led and bottom-up, especially by equity-deserving and Indigenous communities.

Eligible applicants include registered charities, incorporated nonprofits and charities partnering with grassroots groups.

A total of $300,000 is available to fund. Eligible organizations can apply for a maximum of $15,000.  

Deadline to apply: May 8, 2026

Learn more here.

Feed Opportunity: The Leadership Fund

The Leadership Fund is for emerging and experienced people leaders working for small-to-medium non-profits that work in food insecurity in Canada. The Fund is intended to support these leaders on their journey to gain the skills or practices they need to unlock the next level of impact in their career. The purpose of the Fund directly aligns with the Centre’s commitment to build capacity within the Canadian non-profit sector to address food insecurity and to alleviate the disproportionate impact of food insecurity among Black and Indigenous communities.

Deadline to apply: May 8, 2026

Learn more here.

Summer Company Grant

Are you an Ontario student with a business idea? The Summer Company program supports eligible young student entrepreneurs, aged 15 to 29, looking to launch and operate a small business during the summer. The Summer Company program provides:

Business fundamentals training
Group and one-to-one mentorship sessions with a trained business professional
An opportunity for a grant of up to $3,000 to help launch your small business

Deadline to apply: May 8, 2026

Learn more here.

Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program (For events starting between December 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027)

The Events component of the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program (MARP) provides funding to community-based events that:

promote intercultural or interfaith understanding
promote discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination
celebrate a community’s history and culture such as heritage months recognized by Parliament

Deadline to apply: June 10, 2026

Ontario Trillium Foundation

Seed grant
Application period is from July 22, 2026 to August 19, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Grow grant
Application period is from October 7, 2026 to November 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
More information

Worker Retention Grant for Work-Sharing Employers Employment and Social Development Canada

The Worker Retention Grant (WRG) is designed to enable employers with an approved and implemented Work-Sharing agreement who commit to fostering training opportunities to provide additional income support to their Employment Insurance (EI) eligible employees.

Application Period: February 16, 2026, to December 31, 2026, at 3 pm EST

Learn more here.

CharityVillage: Funding Programs & Grants for Nonprofits Directory

CharityVillage has curated a comprehensive Funding Programs & Grants for Nonprofits Directory that brings together Canadian government funding programs, foundations, and corporate grant opportunities in one easy-to-access resource. This directory is designed to help nonprofits and charities identify funding sources that align with their programs and organizational goals. Community organizations are encouraged to explore this free resource to support their grant research and fundraising efforts. Access the directory by using this link.

Ontario Together Trade Fund Program

The Ontario Together Trade Fund (OTTF) provides financial support to businesses looking to make near-term investments so they can serve more interprovincial customers, develop new markets and re-shore critical supply chains in the face of U.S. tariffs. With a focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the program will help businesses, build local capacity, enhance trade resiliency, and make the necessary investments to successfully expand into new markets.

Application Period: Ongoing

Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

The Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund, part of the Black Entrepreneurship Program (BEP), is a collaboration among FACE, the Government of Canada, BDC, and private financial institutions. It offers loans up to $250,000 to empower Black business owners across Canada, fostering growth and lasting impact.

Application Period: Ongoing

Foreign Credential Recognition Program

The Government of Canada provides funding to governments and organizations through the Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) to support foreign credential recognition in Canada.

The FCRP does not provide money directly to individuals; it provides funding to provincial and territorial governments and other organizations. These other organizations may include regulatory bodies, national associations and credential assessment agencies. Governments and organizations use the funding for programs that contribute to the integration of skilled newcomers in their field or related field of study.

Application Period: Ongoing

Maytree Foundation: Open to Receiving Letters of Interest (for projects to reduce poverty and build strong civic communities)

We welcome proposals from registered charities and community-based, non-profit organizations that have an explicit mandate to reduce poverty and build strong civic communities by advancing economic and social rights in Canada.

Application Period: Ongoing

Desjardins: GoodSpark Fund

We're looking to support community projects that contribute to the vitality of our communities by getting our community leaders involved. That's why we invest in organizations working in the areas that matter most to you:

Academic success and training
Employment and labour force
Entrepreneurship and business succession
The environment
Excellence and innovation hubs
Health and healthy lifestyles
Housing and local services
Humanitarian work and community involvement
Sports, recreation, art, culture and tourism

Application Period: Ongoing

McConnell Foundation: Community Resilience, Reconciliation, and Climate

We fund activities that align with at least one of our three focus areas: Communities, Reconciliation and Climate. Acknowledging our special relationship with our home city, a separate funding stream with its own criteria is available for Montreal-based organizations. Our Capacity Strengthening stream supports partners to bolster organizational capacity and leadership, as well as networks serving sectors as a whole. On this page, we hope to provide you with everything you need to know to submit an application, including an overview of how to apply, helpful resources and what to expect after you have submitted your proposal.

Application Period: Ongoing

RBC: Community Investments

We believe that community investment partners have the ideas to make societal and environmental change happen, and we know that investment in these organizations can help make a difference in turning ideas in to action. That’s why RBC, RBC Foundation and RBC Foundation USA, are proud to be making a commitment of C$2 billion in community investments by 2035.

Application Period: Ongoing

Economic Development Initiative

The Economic Development Initiative (EDI) is part of Canada's Action Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028: Protection-Promotion-Collaboration, which reaffirms our government's commitment to official languages. EDI helps address the economic challenges and builds on the strengths of each region to facilitate growth in official language minority communities. Through EDI, FedDev Ontario is helping Francophone communities in southern Ontario grow their economies.

FedDev Ontario delivers $800,000 annually through EDI to support projects encouraging economic diversification, business development, innovation, partnerships and increased support for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Francophone communities.

Application Period: Ongoing