Local Journalism Initiative

13 agreements worth $94,225,982 under this program name at Canadian Heritage.

Total agreement value: $94.2M
$94,225,982
Agreements: 13
Recipients: 7
distinct names
Largest agreement: $43.7M
CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA ASSOCIATION

By fiscal year

2019-20$20.0M
2020-21–
2021-22$74.2M
2022-23–
2023-24–
2024-25–
2025-26–
2026-27–

By province

Ontario$83.5M88.7%
Quebec$10.7M11.3%

Largest agreements

#	Agreement	Value
1	Local Journalism Initiative 2021-2024 CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA ASSOCIATION · Toronto, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2020-2021-Q4-1337988 · data · 5 records combined	$43.7M $43,741,494
2	Local Journalism Initiative CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA ASSOCIATION · Toronto, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2019-05-01 Government record 016-2019-2020-Q2-1326216 · data	$14.4M $14,400,000
3	Local Journalism Initiative 2021-2024 COMMUNITY RADIO FUND OF CANADA INC. / LE FONDS CANADIEN DE LA RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE INC. · Ottawa, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2020-2021-Q4-1337989 · data · 5 records combined	$11.1M $11,064,000
4	Local Journalism Initiative 2021-2024 NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA · Toronto, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2020-2021-Q4-1338023 · data · 5 records combined	$5.2M $5,170,500
5	Local Journalism Initiative 2021-2024 CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY TELEVISION USERS AND STATIONS (CACTUS) · Sainte-Cecile-de-Masham, QC Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2020-2021-Q4-1338417 · data · 5 records combined	$4.8M $4,833,252
6	Local Journalism Initiative 2021-2024 QUÉBEC COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION (QCNA) · Gatineau, QC Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2020-2021-Q4-1338418 · data · 6 records combined	$4.0M $4,047,118
7	Initiative de journalisme local 2021 à 2024 RÉSEAU.PRESSE · Ottawa, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2022-2023-Q4-1338416 · data · 4 records combined	$3.5M $3,469,618
8	Initiative de journalisme local 2019 à 2021 COMMUNITY RADIO FUND OF CANADA INC. / LE FONDS CANADIEN DE LA RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE INC. · Ottawa, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2019-04-29 Government record 016-2019-2020-Q1-1325638 · data	$2.0M $2,000,000
9	Initiative de journalisme local 2021 à 2024 ASSOCIATION DE LA PRESSE FRANCOPHONE · Ottawa, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2021-04-01 Government record 016-2020-2021-Q4-1338416 · data · 2 records combined	$1.9M $1,900,000
10	Local Journalism Initiative 2019-2021 CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY TELEVISION USERS AND STATIONS (CACTUS) · Sainte-Cecile-de-Masham, QC Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2019-05-07 Government record 016-2019-2020-Q2-1326218 · data	$1.2M $1,200,000
11	Local Journalism Initiative NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA · Toronto, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2019-06-04 Government record 016-2019-2020-Q2-1326219 · data	$1.2M $1,200,000
12	Local Journalism Initiative QUÉBEC COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION (QCNA) · Gatineau, QC Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2019-06-28 Government record 016-2019-2020-Q2-1326221 · data	$600K $600,000
13	Initiative de journalisme local 2019-2021 ASSOCIATION DE LA PRESSE FRANCOPHONE · Ottawa, ON Local Journalism Initiative · Contribution, starts 2019-06-10 Government record 016-2019-2020-Q2-1326217 · data	$600K $600,000

Largest recipients

Individuals and aggregate entries are not ranked.

CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA ASSOCIATION2 agreements$58.1M61.7%
COMMUNITY RADIO FUND OF CANADA INC. / LE FONDS CANADIEN DE LA RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE INC.2 agreements$13.1M13.9%
NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA2 agreements$6.4M6.8%
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY TELEVISION USERS AND STATIONS (CACTUS)2 agreements$6.0M6.4%
QUÉBEC COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION (QCNA)2 agreements$4.6M4.9%
RÉSEAU.PRESSE1 agreement$3.5M3.7%
ASSOCIATION DE LA PRESSE FRANCOPHONE2 agreements$2.5M2.7%