Digital Content Marketing Program: Provides Nova Scotia tourism businesses and organizations (including municipalities) the opportunity to partner with Tourism Nova Scotia to create high-quality photos and videos and develop digital marketing campaigns in key markets. The program offers two streams: Content Creation (minimum $10,000 partner investment) and Digital Marketing (minimum $7,500 media budget plus 15% admin fee). Tourism Nova Scotia matches all partner investments.
Deadline: January 30, 2026
Webinar: How to fund local home energy upgrades – Green Municipal Fund (GMF) is hosting a webinar on developing community efficiency financing initiatives to help communities remove barriers to home energy upgrades.
New to the Portal: Crime Prevention Funding Programs
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Civil Forfeiture Grant Program: Provincial one-time funding supporting victims of crime and crime prevention initiatives across Nova Scotia, funded from forfeited property seized by law enforcement.
Deadline: Applications accepted on rolling basis.
Crime Prevention Community Grant: Provincial funding up to $12,000 annually for youth-directed crime prevention programs supporting recreational, educational, and after-school programming.
Deadline: 2025-26 intake is closed (late applications typically considered if funding is available). Future intakes are expected but not yet announced.
Now Open! Community Facility Repair Grants
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Applications are now open for:
Community ACCESS-Ability Program: The program offers provincial grants covering up to two-thirds of eligible accessibility upgrades (to a maximum of $50,000) for community facilities, including improvements to the built environment, transportation, communications and assistive devices. Eligible applicants include municipalities, non-profits and registered charities.
Deadline: February 14, 2026, 11:59 PM.
Community Facilities Improvement Program: The program provides support for repairs and improvements to existing community facilities, including building exteriors, interior features and energy-efficiency upgrades. Non-profits and registered charities are eligible.
Deadline: February 14, 2026, 11:59 PM.
Funding Updates & an Announcement
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Artificial Intelligence for Canadian Energy Innovation (stream of the Energy Innovation Program) is now open for applications. Municipalities, non-profits, and community organizations are eligible.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest (EOIs): December 4, 2025.
Canada Summer Jobs Wage Subsidy – Opening November 4, 2025! Helps employers create summer job opportunities that provide full-time work experience for youth aged 15 to 30.
Funding News and Webinar
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New funding opportunity added to the database:
Canada Community Security Program: Funding to help communities at risk of hate-motivated incidents enhance physical security at their gathering spaces. Municipalities are not eligible recipients, but may support local non-profit applicants. Deadline: Continuous intake.
Webinar: Deep Building Retrofits: Funding and Financing
Hosted by: Halifax Climate Investment, Innovation and Impact Fund (HCi3) in partnership with Building to Zero Exchange and the ReCover Initiative
What to expect: Learn strategies to fund and finance deep energy retrofits, explore funding sources and hear insights from expert Rochelle Owen on leveraging budgets for energy projects.
Webinar: Advancing climate goals with organic waste-to-energy
Hosted by: Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
What to expect: Discover how anaerobic digestion turns organic waste into renewable energy and soil enrichment, with real municipal case studies, funding guidance and practical steps to identify opportunities for your community
Date & Time: October 23, 2025, 02:00 PM ET
Speakers: Trisha Aldovino, Process Analyst, and David Ellis, President, Azura Associates
Webinar: FCM Collective - Water systems financing to support housing growth
Hosted by: Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
What to expect: Explore financing models and practical tools to expand water and wastewater systems that enable housing development and sustainable growth
Co-operators Resilience Acceleration Lab is inviting municipalities to apply for funding to develop infrastructure projects that reduce climate risks, including flooding, wildfires, storms and heat. Selected proposals may receive up to $250,000 and expert guidance to prepare for private capital financing.
Deadlines: January 30, 2026.
Information sessions: October 29 and November 21, 2025 (12:00–1:00 PM EST). Register by email.
