Current recipients
Documentary heritage organizations that have received funding for the 2023–2024 cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) are listed by region in the table below.
For projects that have received funding in previous years, please see the funding history on the Past funding recipients page.
Table of recipients by region
Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon
Organization |
Project title |
Funding |
Fiscal year project started |
Project duration |
City/Province |
Joint Secretariat |
Illaiqipik - Inuvialuit Game Council Traditional Knowledge Repository |
$35,405.00 |
2021-2022 |
3 years |
Inuvik, N.W.T. |
Council of Yukon First Nations |
Council of Yukon First Nations Arrangement, Description and Access Project 2023-2024 |
$59,889.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Whitehorse, Y.T. |
Pinnguaq Association |
Historic Pinnguaq Lifecycle Collection |
$17,402.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Iqaluit, Nun. |
Quebec
Organization |
Project title |
Funding |
Fiscal year project started |
Project duration |
City/Province |
Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean |
Consolidating, preserving and disseminating the Jean le photographe collection |
$50,000.00 |
2022-2023 |
2 years |
Alma, Que. |
Association des archivistes du Québec |
Democratizing crowdsourcing. Creation of online training, provision of digital tools, accompaniment by Francophone Archival Services |
$47,218.00 |
2022-2023 |
2 years |
Quebec, Que. |
ARCMTL |
Montreal Afrodescendant Documentary Heritage Project |
$48,890.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Montreal, Que. |
Canadian Centre for Architecture |
Equitable and Inclusive Descriptive Practices: Finding Aid Audit |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Montreal, Que. |
Exporail |
Improving accessibility to archives and optimizing archive management |
$47,865.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Saint-Constant, Que. |
Société historique du Saguenay |
Processing and digital dissemination of 50 years of Jonquière’s history, as seen by Gil Lemieux, master photographer |
$49,844.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Saguenay, Que. |
Société d'histoire de Drummond |
Drummondville through the lens of photographer Henri Desaulniers |
$49,940.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Drummondville, Que. |
Productions Innu Assi |
Sharing 10,000 years of history, the Atanukana by Charles-Api Bellefleur |
$41,227.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Wendake, Que. |
Brome County Historical Society |
Preservation of Brome County Pioneers and Developers Archives (1783-1957) |
$49,150.00 |
2023-2024 |
2 years |
Knowlton, Que. |
Prairies
Organization |
Project title |
Funding |
Fiscal year project started |
Project duration |
City/Province |
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation |
Alexis Oral Histories Project |
$32,890.00 |
2022-2023 |
2 years |
Glenevis, Alta. |
Cold Lake First Nations |
Lue Chok Tue Archives: Increasing Awareness of and Access to Cold Lake First Nations Documentary Heritage |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Cold Lake, Alta. |
Société historique de la Saskatchewan |
Digitization of the Franco-Saskatchewanian community’s artistic and cultural photographic heritage (NumArt) |
$47,464.00 |
2023-2024 |
2 years |
Regina, Sask. |
Société historique de Saint-Boniface |
Long live born-digital archives! |
$46,260.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Saint-Boniface, Sask. |
Winnipeg Architecture Foundation |
Winnipeg Architecture Foundation Archives Project Phase 3 |
$42,369.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Winnipeg, Man. |
Archives de Bellevue Inc. |
Development of standards of practice and sound management for the Bellevue archives. |
$14,057.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
St. Isidore de Bellevue, Sask. |
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations |
Creating an Inventory and Catalog for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Lands and Resources Secretariat |
$47,840.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Saskatoon, Sask. |
Ontario
Organization |
Project title |
Funding |
Fiscal year project started |
Project duration |
City/Province |
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve |
Awakening Our Old Stories |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Wikwemikong, Ont. |
Multicultural History Society of Ontario |
Improving Archival Management of Newspapers and Newsletters in the Multicultural History Society of Ontario Archives to Increase Access |
$50,000.00 |
2022-2023 |
2 years |
Toronto, Ont. |
Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada |
Describing and Discovery: Creating archival descriptions and an archives management system with a public search interface for Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada Archives |
$49,615.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Ottawa, Ont. |
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada |
Indigenous Archives Internship |
$24,999.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Peterborough, Ont. |
Canadian International Council |
Oral History Project of the Chretien Years |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Toronto, Ont. |
The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron |
Mush Hole Fonds Rework Project |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
London, Ont. |
Red Rock Historical Society |
Digitizing, Preserving and Providing Access to the History of Red Rock |
$38,479.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Red Rock, Ont. |
Friends of Grain Elevators Inc |
Voices of the Grain Trade Oral History: Preservation and Increased Access |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Thunder Bay, Ont. |
Museum of Ontario Archaeology |
Museum of Ontario Archaeology: Associated Records Digitization and Access 2023 |
$39,258.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
London, Ont. |
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts Dance Theatre |
HCArchives Creation |
$34,975.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Hamilton, Ont. |
British Columbia
Organization |
Project title |
Funding |
Fiscal year project started |
Project duration |
City/Province |
Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre |
Digitizing Rossland History |
$6,917.00 |
2022-2023 |
2 years |
Rossland, B.C. |
Stó:lo Library and Archives - part of the Stó:lo Service Agency Society |
Preserving Indigenous Governance, Rights, and Title Records of Stó:lo Nation - Phase 2 |
$50,000.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Chilliwack, B.C. |
Maple Ridge Historical Society |
Climate-Controlled Storage Upgrade for Sensitive Materials |
$17,863.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Maple Ridge, B.C. |
Lakes District Museum Society |
Lakes District Museum Society Centennial Oral History Project: 100 Interviews for 100 Years |
$24,872.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Burns Lake, B.C. |
Archives Association of British Columbia |
Supporting Archival Capacity in Indigenous Communities and Organizations |
$12,750.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Port Coquitlam, B.C. |
Cheam First Nation |
Cheam Documentary Heritage Collection Project |
$26,266.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Rosedale, B.C. |
Atlantic
Organization |
Project title |
Funding |
Fiscal year project started |
Project duration |
City/Province |
North Shore Micmac District Council Inc |
North Shore Micmac District Council's Cultural Identity Preservation Project |
$48,199.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
Eel Ground, N.-B. |
Annapolis Heritage Society |
Engaging with Heritage through Digital Image Preservation |
$30,709.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year
|
Annapolis Royal, N.-S. |
Charlotte County Archives Inc. |
Enhancing Photograph Collection Access and Preservation |
$17,388.00 |
2023-2024 |
1 year |
St Andrews, N.-B. |