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title: What is the Northern & Remote Communities Recreation Fund (NRCRF) and How Do I Apply?
description: The Northern & Remote Communities Recreation Fund (NRCRF) is committed to breaking down barriers, providing access to resources, and reducing at-risk behaviours. We encourage proposed projects that highlight how culturally grounded sports, recreation, and physical activities can enhance overall wellness.
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March 12, 2026

# What is the Northern & Remote Communities Recreation Fund (NRCRF) and How Do I Apply?

## The Northern & Remote Communities Recreation Fund (NRCRF) is committed to breaking down barriers, providing access to resources, and reducing at-risk behaviours.

ISWO encourages porposed projects that highlight how culturally grounded sports, recreation, and physical activities can enhance overall wellness to apply to the Northern & Remote Communities Recreation Fund, which opens annually every spring.

### Key Requirements for Applicants

#### Participation Opportunity

Applicants must demonstrate leadership or growth in Indigenous participation in sports and recreation activities within Ontario-based communities or organizations.

 

#### Enhance Capacity

Applicants should aim to increase a community's ability to offer additional or improved sports, recreation, and physical activity programs as a result of this funding.

 

### Eligibility for the NRCRF

Eligible applicants can request funding up to $7,500. This financial support is designed for new, existing, or expanded projects that meet community social development needs by directly supporting sports, recreation, and physical activity participation opportunities.

 

### Eligibility Criteria

- First Nation, Métis, or Inuit (FNMI) community associations in Ontario.
- Established Indigenous youth groups in Ontario.
- Indigenous not-for-profit organizations in Ontario.
- A First Nation, Inuit, or Métis governing body, or an Indigenous provincial/territorial organization or authority in Ontario.
- Not-for-profit organizations, clubs, and associations in Ontario that influence organized sport delivery in Indigenous communities, in collaboration with those communities.

### Application Deadline

Applications must be submitted by Friday, March 27, at 12 PM EST.

 

For further inquiries or assistance, please contact hannah.lazare@iswo.ca.

 

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