Current recipients

Documentary heritage organizations that have received funding for the 2024-2025 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
Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) 2024/25 CYFN Archives Arrangement, Description and Access Project $60,000.00 2024-2025 1 year Whitehorse, Yukon

Quebec

Organization Project title Funding Fiscal year project started Project duration City/Province
Brome County Historical Society Preservation of Brome County Pioneers and Developers Archives (1783-1957) $48,365.00 * 2023-2024 2 years Knowlton, Québec
The Quebec Gay Archives Cataloguing the Quebec Gay Archives collections $20,800.00 2024-2025 1 year Montréal, Québec
Société historique du Saguenay Digital processing and distribution of architectural and technical drawings documenting the evolution of the built heritage of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region $49,991.00 2024-2025 1 year Saguenay, Québec
Eastern Townships Resource Centre Oral histories of the English-speaking Eastern Townships of Quebec $49,978.00 2024-2025 2 years Sherbrooke, Québec
Cinémathèque québécoise Virtual catalogue: a showcase of film documentary heritage $49,746.00 2024-2025 1 year Montréal, Québec
Centre d'archives régional des Îles Building families on remote island regions: commemoration with the theme of health $60,000.00 2024-2025 1 year L'Étang-du-Nord, Québec
Appartenance Mauricie Société d'histoire régionale Digitization and distribution of the Le Nouvelliste fonds photographic archives $49,832.00 2024-2025 2 years Shawinigan, Québec
McCord Stewart Museum Street photography in Montreal $50,000.00 2024-2025 2 years Montréal, Québec
Canadian Centre for Architecture Discovering Canadian Architecture in Audiovisual Archives $50,000.00 2024-2025 1 year Montréal, Québec
* indicates project in its 2nd year

Canadian Prairies

Organization Project title Funding Fiscal year project started Project duration City/Province
Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Society Improving Archival Standards in Spruce Grove $50,000.00 2024-2025 1 year Spruce Grove, Alberta
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council Coming Home: Finding the Lost Documentary Heritage of the Dakelh and Sekani People $41,540.00 2024-2025 1 year Prince George, Alberta
Société historique de Saint-Boniface Vive les archives numériques! Phase II $39,572.00 2024-2025 1 year Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Sandy Bay Oral History and Digitization Project $39,500.00 2024-2025 1 year Marius, Manitoba
Bunibonibee Cree Nation Bunibonibee Cree Nation Oral History Interviews and Digitization Project $48,488.00 2024-2025 1 year Oxford House, Manitoba
Société historique de la Saskatchewan Digitization of the Franco-Saskatchewanian community’s artistic and cultural photographic heritage (NumArt) $32,458.00 * 2023-2024 2 years Regina, Saskatchewan
* indicates project in its 2nd year

Ontario

Organization Project title Funding Fiscal year project started Project duration City/Province
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami On-site Archival Storage for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami $41,900.00 2024-2025 2 years Ottawa, Ontario
The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron Mush Hole Fonds Digitization Project $36,052.00 2024-2025 1 year London, Ontario
National Youth Orchestra of Canada Preserving The Sounds of Canada: Digitizing the National Youth Orchestra of Canada's Audio Archives $10,320.00 2024-2025 1 year Toronto, Ontario
Cable Public Affairs Channel Canadian Democracy in Transition: Creating an Online Video Archive of the 2004 and 2006 Federal Elections $34,483.00 2024-2025 1 year Ottawa, Ontario
Centre franco-ontarien de folklore Increasing digital access to the Centre franco-ontarien de folklore archives $47,696.00 2024-2025 1 year Sudbury, Ontario
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Lindsay St. Paul's Anglican Church (Lindsay) Archives Description and Access Project $20,638.00 2024-2025 1 year Lindsay, Ontario
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Sharing our stories by encouraging diversity $49,722.00 2024-2025 1 year Peterborough, Ontario
Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada Translation and outreach for the ICC Canada Archives $49,915.00 2024-2025 1 year Ottawa, Ontario
Caldwell First Nation Caldwell First Nation - Preserving and Sharing our History $48,987.00 2024-2025 1 year Leamington, Ontario
Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum The Mennonites of Niagara - A Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Oral History Project $24,999.00 2024-2025 1 year Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

British Columbia

Organization Project title Funding Fiscal year project started Project duration City/Province
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Out of the Archives: Increasing Access to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Collection $49,729.00 2024-2025 1 year Vancouver, British Columbia
Kaatza Historical Society Digital Access to Forest Worker History $45,198.00 2024-2025 2 years Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
Visible Art Society (dba grunt gallery) R.A.D.I.C.a.L C.A.R.E. (Richer Archival Description, Impact, Connections, and Learning via Creative Access Resource Enhancement) $17,599.00 2024-2025 1 year Vancouver, British Columbia
Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre Sliding Rossland's History into the Digital Age $21,417.00 2024-2025 1 year Rossland, British Columbia
Taku River Tlingit Our Elders' Voices $46,778.00 2024-2025 1 year Atlin, British Columbia
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 3 $50,000.00 2024-2025 1 year Chilliwack, British Columbia
Stz'uminus First Nation - 641 Hearing our Elders Digitization Project $48,790.00 2024-2025 1 year Ladysmith, British Columbia
EDAM Dance 40+ years of EDAM: Transfer, Access, and Preservation of Dance Archives $24,365.00 2024-2025 1 year Vancouver, British Columbia

Atlantic

Organization Project title Funding Fiscal year project started Project duration City/Province
Colchester Historical Society Increasing access to the Colchester Historeum's school records, part II $34,366.00 2024-2025 2 years Truro, Nova Scotia
Annapolis Heritage Society Digital Image Accessibility Project $26,776.00 2024-2025 1 year Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia