Canadian Healthy Communities Initiative

This grant, created in partnership with Community Foundations of Canada, the Government of Canada and other community foundations in Southern BC, provided $1,562,140 to support projects that counteracted the negative impacts of COVID-19 on community by creating safe and vibrant public spaces, improving mobility options and providing innovative digital solutions to connect people and improve health.

When to Apply

Applications are now closed- see below for the recipients that were funded!

Funding Recipients

The BC Southern Community Foundations supported the following projects as part of the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative (South Okanagan Similkameen projects are highlighted in bold):

Round 1 Recipients:

Round 2 Recipients

Round 3 Recipients

Visit canadahealthycommunitiesinitiative.ca to learn more!

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