Canada Community Security Program (CCSP)
Canada Community Security Program (CCSP) supports at-risk communities by funding security equipment, renovations, planning, training, and temporary personnel to reduce harm from hate-motivated crime.
Funder: Public Safety Canada
Due Dates: Rolling (continuous intake until annual funding is allocated)
Funding Amounts: Up to 70% of eligible costs for projects up to $5,000,000
Summary: Supports security enhancements at gathering spaces used by communities at risk of hate-motivated incidents or crimes.
Key Information: Applicants must be Canadian private, not-for-profit organizations and document their community’s risk of hate-motivated incidents or crimes.
Description
The Canada Community Security Program (CCSP), administered by Public Safety Canada, provides time-limited funding to strengthen security at community gathering spaces at risk of hate-motivated incidents or crimes. It supports physical security equipment, minor renovations and supplementary equipment, planning, training, and time-limited security personnel. Preventative projects can qualify even when a site has never experienced a hate-motivated incident, provided the application demonstrates risk.
Each project activity must support at least one program objective: reducing or mitigating harm from hate-motivated crime, equipping communities to address risks at gathering spaces, or increasing awareness of the challenges faced by at-risk communities. The program distinguishes hate- or bias-driven threats from crimes of opportunity and general neighbourhood insecurity.
