Urban Aboriginal Community Grant Program

Provides grants for projects that will increase access to and assist in the development of sport, culture and recreation programs and leadership opportunities for First Nations and Métis people in designated urban centers.

The lottery-funded system invests with the Community Initiatives Fund in the Urban Aboriginal Community Grant Program.  The program is coordinated provincially by Sask Sport.  There are 14 communities participating in this program based on their high urban Aboriginal population.  The municipalities offering the program are: Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Lloydminster, North Battleford, Battleford, Melfort, Nipawin, Estevan, Kamsack, Meadow Lake and Fort Qu’ Appelle.

Community organizations that provide services with First Nations and Métis people apply to the program through the municipality.  The municipalities help administer the program, work to decrease the barriers that inhibit participation by First Nations and Métis people and identify local program priorities.  The municipalities have established Urban Aboriginal Advisory Committees to support program implementation and the review of grant requests.

Urban Aboriginal Grant Program Application Guidelines are available through participating municipalities.  Each municipality has tailored the program to meet local needs.  As delivery partners, municipalities are accountable to the CIF Board to ensure the program objectives are met and that appropriate grant review processes are in place.

For more information, contact the Recreation Department in one of the 14 participating communities (see the Urban Aboriginal Municipalities Contacts list).