Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund

• The Department will only fund activities related to legal information and socio-legal support services when recipients have confirmed funding (financial and/or in-kind) from other sources; this amount is considered in determining the contribution amount.
• For activities impacting provincial/territorial administration of justice, recipients must have confirmed financial or in-kind funding from provincial or territorial government sources; this will be considered when deciding the contribution amount.

• The applicant must be a Canadian non-profit organization, a government (provincial, territorial, regional, or municipal) or an associated Crown corporation, or a Canadian institution/board of education, including Centres for jurilinguistics.
• The project must support official language minority communities or strengthen the bilingual capacity of the justice system.
• The applicant must secure confirmed funding (financial and/or in-kind) from other sources for legal information and socio-legal support services projects, or from provincial/territorial governments for projects impacting the administration of justice.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian non-profit organizations
• Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments (including associated Crown corporations)
• Canadian institutions or boards of education (including Centres for jurilinguistics)

Who is not eligible

• For-profit companies or corporations.
• Federal Crown corporations.
• Individual applicants (not companies, but included for clarity).

Eligible expenses

• Development and dissemination of legal and linguistic tools and related training materials.
• Costs associated with workshops and language training for bilingual lawyers and justice system stakeholders.
• Public legal education and information materials.
• Professional development and advanced legal terminology training for justice professionals.
• Activities focused on legal information and socio-legal support services for official language minority communities.

Eligible geographic areas

• All provinces and territories across Canada.

• Obtaining confirmed financial or in-kind support from other sources for legal information and socio-legal support service activities.
• Obtaining confirmed financial or in-kind support from provincial or territorial administrations for activities impacting those administrations.

• The Department of Justice encourages electronic submission of proposals to reduce environmental impact.
• When submitting paper applications, applicants are encouraged to print on both sides to minimize environmental impact.
• Receiving funding may require applicants to review specific handbooks or guides related to financial requirements of contribution agreements.
• Outreach initiatives and encouragement of collaboration with official language minority communities may be part of the funding process.