Grants & community funding across Nova Scotia

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40 of 49 municipalities in Nova Scotia have an adopted policy on grants & community funding on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.

MunicipalityAdopted documentKey factsVerified
Amherst
Town
72000-08 Community Support Grants Policy 2026-06-05
Annapolis
County municipality
Community Grants Policy (Policy 101) 2026-06-05
Annapolis Royal
Town
Acceptance of Donations Policy 2026-06-05
Antigonish
County municipality
Community Partnership Grants Policy (Policy 36)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Antigonish
Town
Community Grants Policy
+2 more
2026-06-05
Argyle
District municipality
Funding for Events, Activities, and Initiatives Outside the Municipality - ARTICLE C62
+2 more
2026-06-05
Barrington
District municipality
Policy No. 16 — Guidelines for Funding and Awarding a Bursary
+1 more
2026-06-05
Bridgewater
Town
Policy 102 — Public Disclosure of Grants to Organizations
+7 more
adopted 2020-06-08
2026-06-05
Colchester
County municipality
Community Event Grants Policy 4865
+1 more
adopted 2026-03-26
2026-06-05
Cumberland
County municipality
Grant Policy 15-11 (amended January 2026)
adopted 2026-01-28
2026-06-05
Digby
Town
Admin Policy #2020-03 Community Grants Policy
+1 more
adopted 2021-01-04
2026-06-05
East Hants
District municipality
Fire Service Funding Policy (Approved May 21, 2025) 2026-06-05
Guysborough
District municipality
Policy G-1 Street Lighting Grants Policy
+3 more
2026-06-05
Halifax
Regional municipality
Administrative Order 2014-007-ADM — Respecting Grants to Professional Arts Organizations
+4 more
adopted 2014-08-22
2026-06-05
Inverness
County municipality
Capital Grants to Fire Departments Policy – Repeal
+1 more
adopted 2025-04-03
2026-06-05
Kentville
Town
Policy 109 — Community Investment Program 2026-06-05
Lockeport
Town
Community Grants Policy 2026-06-05
Lunenburg
District municipality
Policy 043 — Community Grants Program Sponsorship Requests
+1 more
2026-06-05
Lunenburg
Town
Community Grants Policy 2026-06-05
Mahone Bay
Town
Grants to Organizations Policy
+2 more
2026-06-05
Middleton
Town
Code C 1.2 - Grants to Organizations Policy 2026-06-05
Mulgrave
Town
Donations Policy 2026-06-05
Pictou
County municipality
Community Connectivity Grants Program Policy
+5 more
adopted 2023-05-06
2026-06-05
Pictou
Town
Grant Program Policy 2026-06-05
Port Hawkesbury
Town
Assistance Policy
adopted 2012-12-04
2026-06-05
Queens
Regional municipality
Operational Policy 11 — Community Investment Fund
+2 more
adopted 2020-01-14
2026-06-05
Richmond
County municipality
Council 02-023 Canada Community Building Fund
+2 more
2026-06-05
Shelburne
District municipality
Capital Funding For Fire Departments Policy (Amended April 2019)
+5 more
adopted 2019-04-23
2026-06-05
Shelburne
Town
Grants to Organizations Policy 2026-06-05
St. Mary's
District municipality
General Government Grants Policy (Approved 2025-04-02)
adopted 2025-04-02
2026-06-05
Stellarton
Town
Community Grants Policy (447) 2026-06-05
Stewiacke
Town
2026-01 Funding & Grants Policy
+2 more
2026-06-05
Trenton
Town
Community Grants (GOV-20180612)
adopted 2018-06-12
2026-06-05
Truro
Town
Municipal Grant Policy (Jan 12, 2026)
+1 more
adopted 2026-01-12
2026-06-05
Victoria
County municipality
Municipal Grants Policy (Feb 2025) 2026-06-05
West Hants
Regional municipality
Grants and Contributions Policy RCOFN-012.00 (Amended April 22, 2025)
+3 more
adopted 2025-04-22
2026-06-05
Westville
Town
Community Grant Program
adopted 2020-02-24
2026-06-05
Wolfville
Town
710-003 Grants to Organizations Policy
adopted 2025-02-17
2026-06-05
Yarmouth
District municipality
Grants Policy (No. 938)
adopted 2026-04-22
2026-06-05
Yarmouth
Town
Affordable Housing Grant Policy
+1 more
2026-06-05

Nothing on file for grants & community funding

Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.

Other policies on file, none on this topic (9) — Berwick, Cape Breton, Chester, Clare, Clark's Harbour, Digby, Kings, New Glasgow, Oxford.

Machine-readable: grants.json · Grants & community funding across every jurisdiction · All Nova Scotia municipalities