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The Heritage Legacy Fund supports a financial assistance program for Heritage Awareness, Heritage Conservation, and Heritage Planning. Program funds are used for community initiatives that conserve and increase the understanding and appreciation of heritage resources. Heritage resources may include existing heritage buildings, structures, sites, cemeteries, districts, cultural landscapes, or intangible heritage such as language and customs.
The Heritage Legacy Fund will also support Indigenous Partnership projects. Program funds will be used to support communities and heritage organisations in working towards reconciliation and substantive relationship building with Indigenous peoples and organizations through collaboration.
HLF Funding Streams:
- Heritage Conservation: for the preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of heritage resources. Contributions up to $50,000
- Heritage Awareness: for the research, documentation, presentation, and publication of information about heritage and heritage resources. Contributions up to $10,000
- Heritage Planning: for the creation of planning documents to assist with heritage conservation and awareness. Contributions up to $5,000
- Indigenous Partnerships: for initiatives to further reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through collaboration. Contributions up to $7,500
Eligible Applicants:
- Registered societies including non-profits and charities, local governments, First Nations governments and organizations, and school boards may apply for funding. Religious organizations that own heritage assets may be considered if they can demonstrate an active role in regular, broad-based, and inclusive community-supported programs or services. Financial contributions are not made to individuals, unregistered organizations, private businesses or BC Government Agencies.
- For situations in which the applicant does not own the site, the applicant must provide evidence of a long-term lease or management agreement with the site owner. While the site will receive direct benefit from the funding, the applicant must demonstrate that it and the community will also receive long-lasting benefits from the project and therefore the funding. Leases and agreements must extend at least 3 years beyond the completion of the project period to ensure the applicant and community will reasonably realize the benefits. Long-term leases and agreements do not guarantee funding.
- Applicants must be an up-to-date, paid member (corporate, government or group) of Heritage BC to apply.
Join Heritage BC for a free webinar designed to help you navigate the Heritage Legacy Fund application process with confidence. Whether you’re new to the fund or looking to strengthen a future submission, this session will offer practical guidance and tips for success.
Application Deadline: August 15, 2025
