Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$459,700.00
Dec 19, 2025
Indigenous recipients
Community Participation And Co-Development Grant And Contribution Fund Contribution Agreement With Wuikinuxv Nation Fisheries Program
500007238
The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of codevelopment and sustainable economic development.
$27,980,000.00
Dec 19, 2025
Government
Lively-Walden Wastewater System Upgrades Project
The upgrades will increase the wastewater treatment capacity to accommodate growth within the Lively-Walden community to 2051 and the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation to 2062. The project will enhance environmental protection, reduce inflow and infiltration, and improve infrastructure reliability.
$465,183.00
Dec 19, 2025
Indigenous recipients
First Nation Energy Code Development and Adoption
FR-01933
This project is to improve energy efficiency in Canada's residential, commercial, and institutional building sector.
$20,000.00
Dec 19, 2025
Academia
Migration of nesting female and hatchling Blanding’s Turtles on Beausoleil Island
GC-3278
This contribution supports Laurentian University to further understand the spatial ecology of the Blanding Turtles, a Species-at-Risk on Beausoleil Island in Georgian Bay Islands National Park. The funds will support a MSc student to conduct an analysis on a multi-year dataset of Blanding’s turtle, including nesting site selection, population distribution and recruitment on Beausoleil Island. The analysis will assist in understanding population dynamics and guide key habitat protection actions at Georgian Bay Islands National Park.
$21,663.51
Dec 19, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Contribution Agreement - Arvida National Historic Site of Canada
2526-01-027
To support the display, in a public space, of a reproduction of a 1940s-50s bicycle model made entirely of raw aluminium, in support of the ‘Arvida Urban Museography’ project.
$20,000.00
Dec 19, 2025
Other
Winter Voices: Intercultural & Anti-Hate Community Events (January-March 2026)
1378851
Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - MARP - Events
$284,050.00
Dec 18, 2025
Indigenous recipients
500007226
500007226
The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.
$75,000.00
Dec 18, 2025
Indigenous recipients
500007227
500007227
The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program- Grant Funding is to meet the legal obligations to support the participation of Indigenous communities in consultations on Departmental Crown conduct (i.e., decisions, such as arrangements, approvals, authorizations and permits) under the Fisheries Act and/or Species at Risk Act.
$35,000.00
Dec 18, 2025
Academia
From Concept to Capability: Advancing a Mission-Ready Attritable Quadcopter for CAF
CO3-331g
Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Drone surge: Scaling tactical Uncrewed Aerial Systems manufacturing for modern defence. The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) seek innovative, low-cost, attritable Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to address gaps in military readiness and industrial capacity.
$30,000.00
Dec 18, 2025
For-profit organization
In-house AI Gen -Part 3
1037774
The project focuses on the development and testing of generative AI interfaces to be used as
part of Visual Defence’s AI product portfolio.