$3,100,000
Federal Grant to Canadian Media Equity Collective
Pre-Election Grant
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Pre-Election Timing
This grant was awarded in the lead-up to a federal election. See the full pre-election analysis →
- Recipient
- Canadian Media Equity Collective ↗
- Recipient Type
- For-profit organizations
- Department
- Canadian Heritage ↗
- Agreement #
- NSERC-2023-10685
- Agreement Type
- Grant
- Program
- Canada Periodical Fund
- Amount
- $3,100,000(18.5x dept. average)
- Dates
- 2024-06-18 to 2025-06-18
- Location
- Montreal ↗
- Province/Territory
- Quebec ↗
- Riding
- Papineau ↗
- MP
- Justin TrudeauLiberal
- Description
- Contribution to support equitable media representation through digital content grants, journalist training programs, and community newsletter distribution networks.
What this means
- •This grant is 18.5x the average grant from Canadian Heritage.
- •This grant was awarded 10 months before the 2025 federal election.
- •This grant is in the top 1% of all federal grants by size.
On 2024-06-18, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $3,100,000 to Canadian Media Equity Collective through Canadian Heritage under the Canada Periodical Fund program. The funds were directed to Montreal, QC, in the federal riding of Papineau, which is represented by Justin Trudeau (Liberal). Canadian Heritage has disbursed $2.1B across 12,500 grants since 2018.