Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage:

An employer may be eligible for funding if it is:

• an incorporated, non-profit organization in Canada with a heritage mandate such as a museum, archive, a library, an organization managing built heritage (heritage sites), or an arts organization;
• an educational or cultural institution that has distinct objectives, programs and a budget related to heritage;
• a non-profit organization under a provincial, territorial, regional or municipal government, that has distinct objectives, programs and a budget related to heritage;
• a professional heritage or arts service organization;
• an Indigenous regional government or governing body (band or tribal council) and/or Indigenous organization with a mandate to preserve and support Indigenous heritage (First Nations, Inuit and Métis); and
• stable and financially healthy.

An employer is not eligible if it is:

• a federal department, federal agency or Crown corporation;
• a provincial or territorial government department;
• a for-profit organization; or
• a non-profit organization with a heritage mandate in support of a federal entity, that is also operationally dependent on the federal entity by virtue of its administrative and/or contractual relationship.