Recreation Community Development Grant

This grant program opens annually April 1st and closes on December 1st.

Available through Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage the Recreation Community Development Grant is designed to support activities and initiatives which respond to the recreation and physical activity goals and priorities of communities and the Shared Strategy for Recreation in Nova Scotia: Active Living, Inclusion and Access, Connecting People and Nature, Supportive Environments, and Capacity Development.

Applications will be accepted between April 1 and December 1 of a given fiscal year pending legislative approval of the budget.

Applicants in the HRM region and in the Highland Region (Guysborough, Antigonish and Pictou Counties) have the following intake deadlines:  April 30th, June 30th and September 30th.

Program Guidelines (PDF)

Regional Contact List (PDF)