Canadian Heritage Youth Take Charge Program 2025-2026 – YOA

Deadline: November 17, 2025

Applications for the Youth Take Charge Program 2025-2026 at the moment are open. The Youth Take Charge Program offers funding for initiatives that goal to strengthen youth attachment to Canada by engagement. Under this program, youth is outlined as people aged 7 to 30.

The Program finally goals to offer individuals with experiences that contribute to strengthening their sense of attachment to Canada by engagement, primarily based on 4 key goals:

• individuals are higher conscious of the significance of being an energetic and engaged citizen
• individuals are extra engaged in communities
• individuals have a greater sense of shared Canadian identification
• youth-serving organizations are related to youth

The Program helps youth-led initiatives that embody actions in a number of of 4 thematic areas:

• arts and tradition
• civic engagement and youth service
• financial actions
• historical past and heritage

Eligibility

The following organizations are eligible for funding:

• Canadian registered not-for-revenue organizations
• Canadian registered charitable teams
• Indigenous consultant organizations: Indigenous governments and equal organizations that characterize the pursuits of the First Nation, Inuit or Métis communities

To be eligible for funding, the group should additionally meet all the following necessities:

• have at the very least 3 years of energetic expertise delivering youth packages over the past 5 years on a vital nationwide or provincial/territorial scale, which entails:
  • geographic attain: The group’s common actions prolong past its speedy regional neighborhood
  • youth attain: The group actively engages with a major variety of youth annually (direct engagement of at the very least 200 youth, on a case-by-case foundation)
• have sufficient safety and security insurance policies and procedures in place for the supply of a youth undertaking much like the one proposed within the application

Application

The application consumption interval will happen from October 20, 2025, 8 am, to November 17, 2025, 4 pm (ET).

To submit the application:

• the General Application Form should be accomplished, signed and dated
• all required supporting paperwork should be hooked up
• the application bundle should be submitted electronically on the following e-mail handle: [email protected]
• the identify of the group and the identify of the undertaking should be included within the title of the e-mail

For extra data, go to Youth Take Charge grant.