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The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (HSTF) is a sovereign wealth fund established in 1976 [1] : 10 [2] by the Government of Alberta under then- Premier Peter Lougheed. [1] : 10 [2] The Heritage Savings Trust Fund was created with three objectives: "to save for the future, to strengthen or diversify the economy, and to improve the quality of ...
The National Trust for Canada ( French: La Fiducie nationale du Canada; formerly known as the Heritage Canada Foundation) is a national registered charity in Canada with the mandate to inspire and lead action to save historic places, and promote the care and wise use of our historic environment. [2]
Department of Canadian Heritage. The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage ( French: Patrimoine canadien ), is the department of the Government of Canada that has roles and responsibilities related to initiatives that promote and support "Canadian identity and values, cultural development, and heritage."
AIMCo was to be based in Edmonton and manage the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Local Authorities Pension Plan and other government pensions and funds and would be the fifth-largest investment fund in Canada at that time. The legislation creating AIMCo came into force on January 1, 2008.
The Canada Media Fund ( CMF, French: Fonds des médias du Canada - FMC) is a public-private partnership founded on April 1, 2010, by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian cable industry. [1] It is used to fund the creation of original Canadian content and support the Canadian media industry. The fund is composed of contributions ...
In Canada, heritage conservation deals with actions or processes that are aimed at safeguarding the character-defining elements of a cultural resource so as to retain its heritage value and extend its physical life. Historic objects in Canada may be granted special designation by any of the three levels of government: the federal government ...
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is a Crown corporation and development agency of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines in the Canadian province of Ontario, whose purpose is to provide funding and program support to foster economic development in the economically disadvantaged Northern Ontario region. [1]
As of March 2021, Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private. Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active grantmaking foundations in Canada, who had total assets of CA$12.5 billion, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion. In 2018, public ...