Canadian Women and Sport: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, ON · grants and contributions register

Canadian Women and Sport: federal grants and contributions: 3 agreements; $1.9M value; 1 departments; 1 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0UM12WS0FX · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Canadian Women and Sport: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/canadian-women-and-sport/

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3agreements
$1.9Mvalue
1departments
1programs

Largest agreements

Building Capacity to Advance Gender Equality in the Sport and Physical Activity Sector$900Kvalue2020start2024end

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Canadian Women and Sport to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. The organization will strengthen its effectiveness, sustainability and scalability of its work through a coordinated series of strategic capacity-building activities focused on: marketing and communications; use of technology; mobilization of research and evidence; diversification of funding sources; and strategic planning. This will enable mutual sharing with key stakeholders and further enhance their ability to advanc

Gender Equity Playbook: Supporting Feminist Response & Recovery in Sport and Through Sport$700Kvalue2022start2024end

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Canadian Women and Sport (CWS) will achieve this by addressing discriminatory legislation, policies, and/or practices that prevent women and/or girls from fully participating in the social, political and economic spheres; designing and implementing policies and practices to increase women’s labour market participation and opportunities; and engaging men and boys to combat harmful gender norms and advance gender equality. CWS will also design and implement policies

Commercial Women’s Sport Initiative$325Kvalue2023start2025end

The Commercial Women’s Sport Initiative aims to improve economic security and prosperity for women through women’s professional sport by: shifting mindsets on the economic value of women’s professional sport; increasing motivation to invest in this space; and increasing capacity to embed intersectional gender equity in the development of women’s professional sport. To accomplish these objectives, Canadian Women & Sport is working with Canadian Tire Corporation, Boston Consulting Group, Research and Consulting Firm, our Advisory Group, and a network of collaborators to deliver a two-year adv

Departments

Women and Gender Equality Canada3agreements$1.9Mvalue1programs

Years

20231agreements$325Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program
20221agreements$700Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program
20201agreements$900Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.