Important dates
Applications are now closed.
Overview
The Active Communities Initiative supports eligible organizations to retrofit, renew, expand and/or build new small to medium sized public-use community sport and recreation facilities. Eligible organizations may apply for grants between $50,000 and $1,500,000 for each project. Maximum grant funding from the Government of Alberta cannot exceed 50% of the total project cost.
Program guidelines
Read the 2026 Active Communities Initiative Program Guidelines for program criteria.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be First Nations or Metis Settlements, or registered, and in good standing, for more than 2 years under one of the following acts:
- provincial legislation
- Agriculture Societies Act
- Companies Act, Part 9 (Non-profit Companies)
- Part 21 of the Business Corporations Act (Extra-Provincial Corporations)
- Societies Act of Alberta
- Special Act of the Alberta Legislature
- federal legislation
- Income Tax Act (Registered Charity, operating in the Province of Alberta)
- Special Act of the Parliament of Canada (operating in Alberta)
- Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (operating in Alberta)
Ineligible applicants
The following are not eligible to apply for funding:
- organizations not registered under one of the above-mentioned acts
- individuals
- municipalities
- for-profit organizations
- non-profit organizations that primarily support a private sector interest or do not primarily provide public access to sport facilities, programs and services
- public or independent schools (grades K to 12)
- post-secondary institutions as defined under Alberta’s Post-secondary Learning Act
- organizations that have overdue or incomplete reporting for any Government of Alberta grant funding previously received
How to apply
Applications now closed.
Visit the Active Communities Initiative program page for more information.
Contact
Connect with the Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Branch:
Email: [email protected]