Funding Opportunities

Notice to Non-For-Profit Organizations

Official Languages

Official Languages Support Programs

Development of Official-Language Communities Program
The Development of Official-Language Communities Program is designed to foster the vitality of Canada's French and English-speaking minority communities and enable them to participate fully in all aspects of Canadian life.
Enhancement of Official Languages Program
The Enhancement of Official Languages Program is designed to foster among Canadians a greater understanding and appreciation of the benefits of linguistic duality.

Bursaries, Exchanges and Jobs

Odyssey—Full-Time Language Assistant Program
Odyssey is a full-time work experience that gives participants the opportunity to travel Canada, make a difference in the lives of others, and share your culture.
Destination Clic—French Enrichment Bursary Program
This bursary program enables young Francophones from official-language minority communities to improve their first-language skills through a five-week intensive summer course at an accredited post-secondary institution.
Explore — Second Language Summer Program
The Explore bursary program enables young Canadians to improve their second official language through a five-week summer immersion course in an accredited post-secondary institution.
Languages at Work
Languages at Work offers students enrolled in the Explore bursary program the opportunity to take their newly acquired language skills out of the classroom and into the workplace.
Young Canada Works in Both Official Languages
Young Canada Works in Both Official Languages aims to provide summer employment to students in their field of study in a second official language or in an official-language minority community where they will be able to use their first language
Young Canada Works at Building Careers in English and French
Young Canada Works at Building Careers in English and French aims to provide students with internships to acquire hands-on experience and build advanced skills to make the transition to Canada 's language-based industries or the general Canadian labour market.
Exchanges Canada Program
Exchanges Canada helps fund not-for-profit organizations that deliver youth exchanges and youth forums that awaken Canadian youth to our country’s diversity of cultures and languages, landscapes and lifestyles.