Via Health Canada
Through this 2025 national call for proposals (CFP), Health Canada’s Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) will provide time-limited contribution funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities across Canada.
The ETF can fund projects that address urgent and immediate needs related to substance use and overdose, as defined by the communities, to support local capacity and provide access to culturally-relevant, trauma-informed and evidence-based programs and services.
The ETF will prioritize urgent, financially feasible and project ready proposals that address the overdose crisis in communities across Canada.
The following types of organizations may apply:
- Canadian municipalities and their agencies outside of Quebec and Alberta* (representative of the political or administrative division defined as a municipality by the laws in its respective province and territory (PT))
- Indigenous entities, including:
- First Nations
- Inuit communities
- Métis governing bodies
- Modern Treaty Holders and Self-Governing Nations
- National and regional Indigenous organizations that are legally registered or incorporated not-for-profits
- Not-for-profit Indigenous associations, organizations, and health authorities
* Quebec municipalities subject to M-30; and Alberta municipalities subject to Alberta’s Provincial Priorities Act.
Current and past ETF recipients can apply to this 2025 Call for Proposals. Note, however, that priority may be given to those that have not been previously selected to receive funding through ETF.
Proposals from current or past ETF funding recipients must outline new projects with a distinct scope of work. While some overlap in activities may occur, the overall project must not duplicate or extend any project previously or currently funded under ETF.
Funding priorities
For the Emergency Treatment Fund call for proposals 2025, the primary priority will be “urgency,” defined as the need for swift action in relation to the overdose crisis, as applied to an individual community’s context. Projects must demonstrate that they are responding to urgent needs in order to be considered for funding.
Applications will be accepted until November 4, 2025 at 11 AM Pacific time.