Digital Public Square: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto | Toronto, ON · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · University–Rosedale

Digital Public Square: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $6.8M value; 4 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-04DI0G9134 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Digital Public Square: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/digital-public-square/

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7agreements
$6.8Mvalue
4departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Strengthening Resilience to Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism Narratives Through Evidence-Based Digital Interventions$2.0Mvalue2025start2026end

The purpose of this contribution will integrate efforts to address anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hate into Digital Public Square’s (DPS) ongoing digital intervention work on building resilience to Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) narratives in Canada, as well as monitor and respond to emerging IMVE narratives surrounding the upcoming Canadian federal election.

Community Trust and Strengthening Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism Interventions by Countering Misinformation$1.4Mvalue2023start2024end

The purpose of this contribution is to provide funding to counter mis and disinformation that promotes ideologically motivated violent extremism among Canadians with low trust in institutions and communities by engaging a targeted subset of the population through a digital intervention tool based on a national survey and initial research/literature review across Canada.

2223-HQ-000200$1.3Mvalue2023start2025end

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

2122-HQ-000238$837Kvalue2021start2023end

Not Available

Countering Disinformation Relating to COVID-19$679Kvalue2020start2020end

Digital Citizen Contribution Program

Foreign Interference Resilience & Education: Building Community Cohesion, Trust, and Solidarity$380Kvalue2025start2026end

Digital Citizen Program

2324-HQ-000117$234Kvalue2023start2024end

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Departments

Public Safety Canada2agreements$3.4Mvalue1programs
  • (CRF) Community Resilience Fund

All grants from Public Safety Canada

Health Canada1agreements$1.3Mvalue1programs
  • Substance Use and Addictions Program

All grants from Health Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada2agreements$1.1Mvalue1programs
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

All grants from Public Health Agency of Canada

Canadian Heritage2agreements$1.1Mvalue2programs
  • Digital Citizen Contribution Program
  • Digital Citizen Program

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Years

20252agreements$2.4Mvalue2programs
  • (CRF) Community Resilience Fund
  • Digital Citizen Program
20233agreements$3.0Mvalue3programs
  • (CRF) Community Resilience Fund
  • Substance Use and Addictions Program
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
20211agreements$837Kvalue1programs
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
20201agreements$679Kvalue1programs
  • Digital Citizen Contribution 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.