April 24, 2024

Funding – B.C. Tourism Climate Resiliency Initiative

Source Name
Clean BC
Source URL
https://communityclimatefunding.gov.bc.ca/funding/1ba19800-78e5-ee11-a203-000d3ae8f9e5
More commercial recreation businesses. (Province of British Columbia/Flickr)

The B.C. Tourism Climate Resiliency Initiative (BCTCRI) launched a program that provides funding for not-for-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations and for-profit businesses in the tourism sector. The funds are for those tourism businesses or organizations that are ready to build on their sustainability or climate adaptation plan to implement a project or obtain sustainability certification.

Eligible Community

Eligible Applicants:

  • For-profit business, not-for-profit organization, or Indigenous organizations.
  • Located in BC (registered and headquartered).
  • Provide a tourism experience (e.g. accommodation, food service, attraction, transportation, visitor service).
  • Be successfully operating for a minimum of two years.
  • Have completed a sustainability assessment and/or have an action plan to improve sustainability and/or climate adaptation (developed within the last two years).
  • The assessment or action plan could be completed through the BCTCRI Project #1 (previously the BC Tourism Sustainability Network) or independently co-developed with accredited outside experts
First Nations, and companies owned by first nations such as economic development corporations, who are providing a tourism experience, are eligible for this grant.