THUNDER BAY -- Ontario's senior population is expected to double over the next 10 years and the province wants to ensure that population can remain active.
Minister Responsible for Seniors Affairs Mario Sergio announced $2 million in grants for cultural and educational programming aimed at seniors on Monday at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
The programs aims to improve financial literacy among older people, encourage better health and nutrition, and to facilitate organizations leading cultural day trips.
"Through the Seniors Community Grant Program we've been working to help seniors lead engaging and fulfilling lives for two years," Sergio said of the Seniors Community Grant Program, which was launched in 2014.
"This responsibility, this duty, is so significant that it surely takes longer than two years to complete. This is why we continue to invest in this program, so that we can reach more seniors across the province and help them participate in community life."
The program will also fund conversational Ojibwe classes to help elders and children come together and pass on traditions, culture and language.
The initiative will be among a series of events and expenditures leading into the 150th anniversary of Canada's confederation.
