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Senior Care Micro Grant
Last Update: February 3, 2026
ON, Canada
Support for senior-focused programs and services
Grant and Funding
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
No objectives are currently available
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
Timeline
- Closing date : September 30, 2026
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- Health care and social assistance
Location
- Ontario
Legal structures
- Non-profit
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- Research
- Mental Health and Crisis Intervention
- Other Health Services
- Social Services
Target groups
- Seniors
- Indigenous peoples
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- Regional
Overview
This program provides up to $5,000 to support senior care programming and services. Eligible activities may include research, equipment, nutrition, physical activity, and mental health projects.
Activities funded
- Senior care research initiatives.
- Projects that add or improve equipment used to deliver senior services.
- Nutrition programming and services for seniors.
- Physical activity programming and services for seniors.
- Mental health programming and services for seniors.
Examples of admissible projects:
$ 4,900
Pilot weekly exercise and nutrition sessions with simple wellness tracking
$ 5,000
Deliver mental health outreach workshops and phone check-ins for seniors
Documents Needed
Eligibility
- The applicant must be a community or not-for-profit organization.
- Medical organizations are eligible.
- The applicant must run, or propose to run, programming and services.
- The proposed project must relate to senior care.
Who is eligible?
- Community organizations
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Medical organizations
Who is not eligible
Eligible expenses
- Research-related costs
- Equipment purchases
- Nutrition-related costs
- Physical activity-related costs
- Mental health-related costs
Ineligible Costs and Activities
Eligible geographic areas
- Peterborough City
- Peterborough County
- Hiawatha First Nation
- Curve Lake First Nation
Selection criteria
Processing and Agreement
Additional information
- Designed as a low-barrier application process.
- Funding may be used as seed money for a new need or to support an existing program.
- Application deadline: 2026-09-30.
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