VILLAGE MEDIA INC.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Sudbury | Sudbury, ON · grants and contributions register · Sault Ste. Marie

VILLAGE MEDIA INC.: federal grants and contributions: 105 agreements; $3.8M value; 3 departments; 6 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0X6U0R31W4 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “VILLAGE MEDIA INC.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/village-media-inc/

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105agreements
$3.8Mvalue
3departments
6programs

Largest agreements

SPACES: a Community Network$334Kvalue2023start2024end

Village Media plans to develop an integrated social networking platform into our existing Community Publishing Platform ("Villager") called SPACES. This new technology will take the best elements of other platforms such as Facebook (Groups), Nextdoor, and Reddit and weave them into the fabric of a a local news platform, all while using modern day AI/ML engines to accelerate scale and efficiency. SPACES will help Village Media and other local new companies attract new readers, increase frequency of visits and increase depth of engagement through time on site and pages viewed by engaging our r

Integrating AI into local news platform$260Kvalue2019start2020end

Village Media will extend our proprietary publishing platform (Community Engine) with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning engines in order to build audience, engagement, and newsroom efficiency across our operations.

Local Commerce Portal$160Kvalue2025start2026end

With rising costs, a slow economy, and the threat of tariffs continuing, Village Media plans to develop a project designed to help people save money in their local community. As part of the custom Villager platform, Village will develop a local commerce portal. The portal will gather data from local grocery stores, gas stations and other retail outlets and allow local readers to optimize their local shopping behaviour.

News publishing platform enhancement for US Market support, improved community engagement and data analytics.$156Kvalue2018start2019end

To extend the Village Media Publishing Platform to focus on data capture, analytics/analysis and ad serving capabilities within the proprietary environment – to enable expansion of Village Media’s core business (media) as well as the continued expansion of our platform licensing offering.

SooToday.com$140Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

SooToday.com$117Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

GuelphToday.com$101Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

SooToday$95.5Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

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Agreement$88.0Kvalue2016start–end
Sudbury.com$80.1Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

Sudbury.com$74.8Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

GuelphToday.com$60.4Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

Sudbury.com$57.5Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

SooToday$55.9Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

BarrieToday.com$54.7Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

BarrieToday.com$53.5Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

GuelphToday$53.3Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

The Trillium$51.4Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

GuelphToday$50.9Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

BayToday.ca$49.1Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

OrilliaMatters.com$45.9Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

Sudbury.com$45.8Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

BayToday.ca$40.3Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

BarrieToday$39.3Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

OrilliaMatters.com$38.2Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

BarrieToday.com$38.0Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers$36.4Kvalue2025start2026end

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers

BayToday.ca$35.6Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

NewmarketToday.ca$33.6Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Periodical Fund

OrilliaMatters$32.9Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

BayToday$32.6Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers$32.5Kvalue2025start2026end

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers

NewmarketToday$32.1Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

OrilliaMatters$31.8Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers$31.4Kvalue2025start2026end

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers

NewmarketToday.ca$30.9Kvalue2022start2023end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers$29.7Kvalue2025start2026end

Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers

CambridgeToday$28.6Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

NewmarketToday$28.4Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

HaltonHillsToday$26.8Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism

Departments

Canadian Heritage99agreements$2.8Mvalue4programs
  • Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism
  • Canada Periodical Fund
  • Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19
  • Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers

All grants from Canadian Heritage

National Research Council Canada5agreements$998Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada1agreements$6.7Kvalue1programs

Years

202525agreements$603Kvalue2programs
  • Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
202424agreements$665Kvalue2programs
  • Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism
  • Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers
202321agreements$846Kvalue3programs
  • Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers
202216agreements$531Kvalue2programs
  • Canada Periodical Fund - Special Measures for Journalism - COVID-19
  • Canada Periodical Fund - CPF - Aid to Publishers
202115agreements$656Kvalue1programs
  • Canada Periodical Fund
20191agreements$260Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20182agreements$163Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20161agreements$88.0Kvalue0programs

    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.