Canadian Foundations & Other Non-Government Funding Sources

• Agency/Foundation Websites (a selective list compiled at the University of Toronto ; includes many non-Canadian sources)
• Canadian Granting Agencies and Their Programs (an international database maintained at the University of British Columbia; allows precise searching by agency name, subject areas, grant type, keywords, and deadlines; various reporting formats available )
• Sources of Research Funding (an international database maintained by the University of Manitoba ; allows keyword searching)
• Charity Village (links to Canadian foundations and other resources)
• Funders Active in Canada (a selective list of foundations and funders compiled by The Grantsmanship Center)
• Grantmakers in Canada (a selective list of funders compiled by Fundsnet Services)
• Community Foundations of Canada
• Imagine Canada (formerly Canadian Centre for Philanthropy and Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations)
  • Canadian Directory to Foundations & Corporations (faculty researchers are asked to consult with the StFX Research Grants Office before contacting a foundation for funding)
  • Imagine Canada's Online and Print Library (nonprofit sector, volunteering, business and community partnerships, civil society, funding, grantmaking and foundations, research and statistics, etc.)
• The Royal Society of Canada: The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities
• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF)
  • Funding and Granting Competitions
    • Nursing Research Fund
  • Publications and Other Resources
  • Links
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • Research Programs
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia
  • Links
  • Mailing List

• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
  • AUCC News
  • International Funding Programs
  • AUCC Databases
  • Publications (includes briefs, reports, statistics, and research files)
    • University Affairs
    • Directory of Canadian Universities
    • Facts and Figure s on Canadian Universities (includes statistics on sponsored research)
    • Momentum: The 2005 Report on University Research and Knowledge Transfer
• Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC)
  
  • News
  • Publications
    • College Canada
    • ACCC International
  • Membership List
  • Programs
  • Links
• Canadian Catholic Colleges and Universities (CCCU)
• Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU)
• Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission (MPHEC)
  • Maritime Online Database (MOD)
• International Research & Training Directory (Nova Scotia Universities)
  • St. Francis Xavier University
• Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) (Formerly HSSFC)
  • Canadian Research Information Database (CRID) (brief descriptions of current research in the humanities and social sciences, focussing on research findings and their social significance)
  • Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP)
  • Perspectives (a newsletter on federal research and science policy, with emphasis on the social sciences and humanities)
  • HSSFC Links
• Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities ("The Learneds")
• Future Congresses

• Canadian Studies Funding Programs

For more information on funding available from Canadian Foundations, contact the StFX Research Office