Grants and Contributions

This project will add accessibility features to Frontline Community Centre located in Scarborough. Improvements will include entrance ramps, automatic doors, handrails as well as complete renovations to their service counter, waiting area, washrooms and office space.

This project will support the Shaw Festival Theatre, Canada (Shaw Festival) located in Niagara-on-the Lake. Project activities will include support for operational expenses, adapting the Shaw Festival to meet COVID-19 health and safety requirements, pivoting the majority of the 2021 season to outdoor performances and maintaining outdoor capacity for the 2022 season helping the organization recover from the impacts of the pandemic.

This project will support the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada (Stratford Festival). Project activities will include adapting the 2021 Stratford Festival to meet COVID-19 health and safety requirements and returning the 2022 Stratford Festival to pre-pandemic scale and scope helping the organization recover from the impacts of the pandemic, remain competitive among similar festivals in North America, support the retention of artists, art workers, and hospitality sector employees and attract visitors.

This project will support the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Association of Canada (The Royal) located in the City of Toronto. Project activities will include support for operational expenses, implementation of COVID-19 health and safety requirements, modernization of equipment and operations and enhancing programming for the 100th Anniversary of The Royal in November 2022, helping the organization recover from the impacts of the pandemic, remain competitive among similar events in North America, and attract top competitors and visitors.

This project will make improvements to the Rideau Lakes Golf and Country Club House in Westport to make it more accessible and inclusive for patrons. Project activities include the building of a barrier-free 950 sq. ft outdoor deck with accessible entrances, furniture and shade protection; installing power-assisted door openers to all entrances; and adding an 8ft by 8ft accessible washroom to the lower level.

The project will revitalize the City's downtown core by creating an urban park in Peterborough. Improvements will include multi-use central space with a stage facility for performances and events that doubles as an ice rink in the winter months; building with change rooms, washrooms, storage, and refrigeration; outdoor Farmer's Market; children's water park; as well as sitting and relaxation spaces.

Revitalization of Almonte Downtown Core, phase 1 (Mill Street, from Almonte to Brae St.). Improvements will ensure safe, inclusive and barrier free access to the downtown core for community events, residents and tourists by supporting road construction, pedestrian crossovers, landscaping, and streetscaping.

This project will support the design and construction of a new, accessible community space that will be the future site of the Oxford EarlyON Child and Family Centre located in downtown Woodstock.

The project will support: the creation a dog park in Amherstview including fencing, accessible benches, and trees/landscaping; the upgrades to the Neilson Store Dock on Amherst Island to improve safety and improve accessibility; the enhancement of Finkle's Shore Park in Bath through boat launch reconfiguration/repair, and parking lot resurfacing; and upgrades to Babcock Mill Park in Odessa including planting of trees and extending/paving the existing pathway to improve accessibility and provide better connectivity in the Loyalist Township.

This project will create a destination site called Wiidookdaadiwin (meaning "working together and helping one another") in the County of Simcoe that displays the beauty of the land, provides first nation education, and delivers an inspiring message for communities to come together in the County of Simcoe. The re-purposed landfill site will feature a viewing deck, gathering spaces, accessible pathways, interpretive signage, indigenous plantings and a recently commissioned sculpture that is being temporarily housed offsite.