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Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) 2025-2026 │ Government of Ontario

October 28, 2025

Value

The grant funds supplies, equipment and services that range from $5,000 to $50,000.

Description

The Community Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG) will help ensure Ontarians are safe, practiced and prepared before, during and after emergencies.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants for Round 3 (2025 to 2026) include:

  • municipalities with a population under 100,000 (Statistics Canada data from 2021)
  • local services boards established under the Northern Services Boards Act
  • Indigenous communities and organizations, including Tribal Councils, and other Indigenous service organizations
  • non-municipal fire departments or entities providing fire protection services as defined in the Fire Protection and Prevention Act in unincorporated Ontario

Ineligible applicants for Round 3 (2025 to 2026) include:

  • organizations that previously received funding through the 2023 to 24 and the 2024 to 2025 Community Emergency Preparedness Grant or the Emergency Readiness and Capacity Building (ERaCB) program
  • organizations without an emergency preparedness mandate or responsibility
  • organizations that serve a fixed membership or community, not the community at large (for example, long term care homes)
  • individuals
  • Crown corporations
    • federal, provincial and municipal agencies
    • universities, colleges, school boards, schools and hospitals
  • municipalities with a population over 100,000 (Statistics Canada data from 2021)
  • direct applications from municipal fire departments or other municipal services (e.g. police departments) will not be accepted, however they may apply through an eligible municipality
  • municipal fire departments may be eligible for other grant opportunities supported by the Government of Ontario, such as the Fire Protection Grant, see available funding opportunities

Eligible Expenses

The grant will provide funding to help communities purchase emergency supplies, equipment and services, such as:

  • chain saws, generators, sandbag machines
  • emergency training delivery, exercise planning and coordination, education

Deadline Date

Submit your application by October 28, 2025, 5:00 pm EST.

Contact

Contact Name: ServiceOntario

E-mail Address: emocommunitygrants@ontario.ca

Website: https://forms.mgcs.gov.on.ca/en/dataset/on00752

Industry:

Indigenous, Municipalities

Location:

Ontario

Tags:

Emergency Supplies, Emergency Training

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