Victims Fund
We are currently not accepting unsolicited funding proposals.
Fall Economic Statement 2024: Canada’s Black Justice Strategy
The 2024 Fall Economic Statement proposed to provide $77.9 million over two years, starting in 2025-26, to launch Canada’s Black Justice Strategy. This strategy takes a whole-of-government approach. It includes $4.4 million in funding through the Victims Fund to support Black-specific, culturally grounded and accessible supports and services for Black victims and survivors of crime and their families.
If you would like further information about the 2024 Fall Economic Statement funding for supports for Black victims and survivors of crime, please contact PB-DGP@justice.gc.ca.
Victims Fund-Human Trafficking
An invitational call for proposals has been launched for supports and services for victims and survivors of human trafficking. If you would like further information about this call for proposals, please contact PB-DGP@justice.gc.ca
The Victims Fund provides grants and contributions to support projects and activities that encourage the development of new approaches, promote access to justice, improve the capacity of service providers, foster the establishment of referral networks, and/or increase awareness of services available to victims of crime and their families. The Fund does not provide criminal injuries compensation for victims of crime.
Apply for Funding - Information about how to apply for different types funding:
- Child Advocacy Centres
- Project Funding
- Attending Parole Board Hearings
- Canadians Victimized Abroad
- Host a Victims Week Event
- Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women or Girls
- Supporting Indigenous Victims of Crime
- Measures to Enhance Criminal Justice System Responses to Adult Sexual Assault in Canada
- Victims and Survivors of Crime in Restorative Justice Processes
- Assistance for Victims and Survivors of Crime with Disabilities
Funding initiatives - A selection of funding agreements under the Victims Fund:
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