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Digital Citizen Research Program
Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage
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No intake dates on the official page
We couldn’t read the official page when we checked on October 14, 2026; what’s here is from the government’s program listing. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.
- Amount
- Not stated on the page
- Cost share
- Not stated on the page
- Who can apply
- Not stated on the page
- Where
- Anywhere in Canada
What it is
The Digital Citizen Contribution Program supports research on countering online disinformation as well as other online harms and threats to Canada’s democracy and social cohesion.
Description from Canadian Heritage funding, the funder’s own list of programs. The Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025) doesn’t include it.
What applicants actually got
From the federal records of every agreement signed under this program.
- Agreements, last 12 months
- 15
- starting Oct 2025 or later
- Typical award
- $165K–$379K
- the middle half, since Oct 2023
- Median award
- $261K
- 74 agreements since Oct 2023
- All agreements
- 185
- $45.7M
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026. Filed as “Digital Citizen Contribution Program” (Canadian Heritage, 148), “Digital Citizen Program” (Canadian Heritage, 35), “Digital Citizen Contribution Program - Canadian Digital Media Research Network” (Canadian Heritage, 2).
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program, all years.
Plus 5 agreements ($421K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
Who got it in your province
Open a province to see the organizations there with the most funding under this program, all years.
Ontario90 agreements · $23.2M
Quebec38 agreements · $14.6M
Alberta16 agreements · $2.4M
British Columbia16 agreements · $2.2M
Nova Scotia4 agreements · $900K
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's University | 1 | $380K |
| Dalhousie University | 1 | $380K |
| Iris Communications Inc. | 1 | $100K |
| The Discovery Centre | 1 | $40K |
Nunavut2 agreements · $709K
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnguaq Association | 2 | $709K |
New Brunswick3 agreements · $573K
Saskatchewan3 agreements · $348K
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Community Safety Knowledge Alliance Inc. | 1 | $218K |
| University of Regina | 1 | $90K |
| Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association | 1 | $40K |
Manitoba4 agreements · $178K
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Child Find Manitoba, Inc. | 1 | $50K |
| Conflict And Resilience Research Institute Canada (Crric) | 1 | $48K |
| Bilal Community and Family Centre Inc. | 1 | $40K |
| Clear Sky Connections | 1 | $40K |
Newfoundland and Labrador1 agreements · $43K
None in this data.
Prince Edward Island1 agreements · $40K
| Recipient | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| La Voix acadienne Ltée | 1 | $40K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society | Trust Pathways Project: A Community-Based Study on Health Information and Misinformation Among NewcomersGrant | $313,057 |
| Nov 2025 | Children's Healthcare Canada / Santé Des Enfants Canada | Mind Over Media: Safeguarding Youth in the Digital AgeGrant | $376,540 |
| Nov 2025 | University of Ottawa | Strengthening Information Resilience: Addressing Disinformation Targeting Indigenous, Diasporic, and Non-Official Language Communities in the ArcticGrant | $361,000 |
| Nov 2025 | Université de Sherbrooke | Équipe de veille des écosystèmes radicaux et désinformationnels au Canada et au Québec : comprendre, former et sensibiliserGrant | $84,242 |
| Nov 2025 | Open Digital Literacy and Access Network | Fostering Online Cultural Safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ Diasporic Communities: Addressing Mis/disinformationGrant | $371,480 |
| Nov 2025 | McMaster University | Using AI to build an early warning system to detect, assess, and understand trends in the spread of disinformation on social media platformsGrant | $377,732 |
| Nov 2025 | Gurdwara Guru Nanak Mission Centre | Feeling Secure & Protecting AllGrant | $98,500 |
| Nov 2025 | Digital Public Square | Foreign Interference Resilience & Education: Building Community Cohesion, Trust, and SolidarityGrant | $380,000 |
| Oct 2025 | London Community Foundation | Mind Traps: Decoding the Polarization PuzzleContribution | $40,000 |
| Oct 2025 | University of Waterloo | From Front Lines to Policy: Engaging Influencers to Counter Gender-Based Hate and Extremism in CanadaGrant | $160,398 |
| Oct 2025 | Société Makivik - Makivik Corporation | Nunavik Digital Truth Initiative (subject to be changed to integrate Inuktitut)Grant | $240,000 |
| Oct 2025 | John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights | Seen & Safe: Confronting Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Canada's Digital SpacesGrant | $250,900 |
| Oct 2025 | The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Grant | $227,307 |
| Oct 2025 | Dalhousie University | SHIELD: Building Digital Resilience in Immigrant Communities: An Adaptive Persuasive Technological Intervention to Combat Disinformation in CanadaGrant | $380,000 |
| Oct 2025 | Conseil De Presse Du Quebec | Programme de formation en déontologie et recherche journalistique pour créateurs de contenuGrant | $151,185 |
| Sep 2025 | Casa Cultural Peruana Inc | "Bridging Cultures, Fighting Disinformation: A Casa Cultural Peruana Initiative"Grant | $62,500 |
| Sep 2025 | Students Commission Of Canada (The) / Commission Des Etudiants Du Canada (La) | Grant | $271,317 |
| Sep 2025 | Ontario College of Art and Design University | Creators for Democracy: A National Accelerator Pilot to Equip Canadian Content Creators Against Misinformation and DisinformationGrant | $373,138 |
| Sep 2025 | World Sikh Organization of Canada | Canadian Sikh Information Integrity Initiative (CSIII)Grant | $249,955 |
| Sep 2025 | CityHive Youth Engagement Society | CityShapers: Urban DecodersGrant | $100,000 |
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | $3.7M |
| 2020 | 49 | $6.3M |
| 2021 | 16 | $1.4M |
| 2022 | 28 | $9.2M |
| 2023 | 18 | $2M |
| 2024 | 30 | $8.9M |
| 2025 | 39 | $14.3M |
The full record: Digital Citizen Contribution Program, Digital Citizen Program, Digital Citizen Contribution Program - Canadian Digital Media Research Network.
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