Canadian Heritage · Contribution program
Digital Citizen Contribution Program
Support the priorities by providing time-limited financial assistance to research and programming across Canada in order to enhance and/or support countering online disinformation and other online harms and threats to our country’s democracy and social cohesion. The program will include opportunities for local communities, organizations, and academics to obtain funds for new and existing related initiatives.
- Total value
- $26.1M
- Agreements
- 148
- Nov 2019 to Oct 2025
- Median agreement
- $92K
- Typical range
- $50K–$208K
- the middle half of agreements
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.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Canadian Heritage’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 5 agreements ($421K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | $3.7M |
| 2020 | 49 | $6.3M |
| 2021 | 16 | $1.4M |
| 2022 | 27 | $3.7M |
| 2023 | 18 | $2M |
| 2024 | 30 | $8.9M |
| 2025 | 3 | $187K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 70 | $17.1M |
| Quebec | 30 | $3.6M |
| Alberta | 13 | $1.5M |
| British Columbia | 12 | $1.2M |
| New Brunswick | 3 | $573K |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 7 | $555K |
| Nova Scotia | 3 | $520K |
| Nunavut | 1 | $354K |
| Saskatchewan | 3 | $348K |
| Manitoba | 4 | $178K |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | $43K |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 | $40K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not stated by the department | 77 | $14.7M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 49 | $9.4M |
| Academia | 16 | $1.3M |
| Indigenous recipients | 4 | $573K |
| Other organizations | 2 | $95K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | London Community Foundation | Mind Traps: Decoding the Polarization PuzzleContribution | $40,000 |
| Jan 2025 | Royal Institution For The Advancement Of Learning (The) - (Mcgill University) | Public and Policy Engagement for a Strong Digital FutureContribution | $92,460 |
| Jan 2025 | Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) | OECD Trust Survey - 2025 WaveContribution | $55,000 |
| Dec 2024 | Toronto Metropolitan University | From Research to Action: A Knowledge Mobilization Framework for Combating Online Mis- and Disinformation and Related ThreatsContribution | $99,475 |
| Dec 2024 | Civix | Scaling CTRL-F and PoliTalks: Empowering Informed and Engaged CommunitiesContribution | $189,997 |
| Dec 2024 | The Apathy is Boring Project | Contribution | $93,150 |
| Apr 2024 | University Of British Columbia - Centre For The Study Of Democratic Institutions | Municipal Mis/Disinformation: Building Local Strategies to Address Climate ChangeContribution | $129,375 |
| Apr 2024 | Université du Québec à Chicoutimi | Prévenir et agir contre la désinformation et la haine concernant le genre et la sexualité chez les jeunes au CanadaContribution | $184,230 |
| Apr 2024 | Kenyan Community In Bc Society | DigitalSafeSpaces: Safeguarding Immigrant Children OnlineContribution | $180,374 |
| Apr 2024 | Community Safety Knowledge Alliance Inc. | Mobilizing awareness and leveraging the capabilities of artificial intelligence to build resilience and counter AI-generated gendered disinformationContribution | $218,000 |
| Apr 2024 | Agence Science-Presse | Un cours en ligne de littératie scientifique pour le grand publicContribution | $89,720 |
| Mar 2024 | Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto Inc. | ”He said he would take care of me:” Understanding and stopping the Internet Exploitation of of Indigenous women, girls and members of the 2SLGBTQI+Contribution | $380,000 |
| Mar 2024 | University of Calgary | Disinformation in Canadian Chinese-language MediaContribution | $156,766 |
| Mar 2024 | Science North | Empowering Underrepresented Audiences and Youth across Northern Ontario and Beyond to Recognize and Address Misinformation through Hands-on ExperientiContribution | $380,000 |
| Mar 2024 | Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network | Digital Resilience: Addressing the Rise of Transphobic Online Hate through Community-Based ResearchContribution | $305,821 |
| Feb 2024 | Ontario College of Art and Design University | Democracy Futures Workshop and Toolkit: Building Evaluation Capacity in Platform RegulationContribution | $98,668 |
| Feb 2024 | The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Queering Digital Tools Against Hate: Countering 2SLGBTQI Mis-/Disinformation with Community-Informed Digital Stories, Gamification, and ResourcesContribution | $296,555 |
| Feb 2024 | Civix | Advancing CTRL-F: Digital Media Literacy in the Age of AIContribution | $150,700 |
| Jan 2024 | Toronto Metropolitan University | Defending Canadian Democracy in the WorkplaceContribution | $532,445 |
| Jan 2024 | Toronto Metropolitan University | Capacity Building for Digital Literacy in CanadaContribution | $251,099 |
| Jan 2024 | Foundation for a Path Forward | Global Crises - Local Harms: The Role of Canadian Cities in Maintaining Social CohesionContribution | $249,962 |
| Jan 2024 | Les 3 Sex*/The 3 Sex* | Je te cyber : outils pour combattre les cyberviolencesContribution | $282,555 |
| Jan 2024 | York University Faculty Of Education | Co-Developing the Digital Wellbeing Hub to support Canadian Digital CitizenshipContribution | $379,973 |
| Jan 2024 | University of Waterloo | Digital Toolkits to Mitigate Societal Harms of Disinformation: Diaspora Communities and Advancing Canadian Social CohesionContribution | $188,800 |
| Jan 2024 | Silent Voice Canada Inc. | Accessing Digital Literacy through ASL and LSQContribution | $357,000 |