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.
$70,000.00
Oct 22, 2025
Individual or sole proprietorship
To encourage the sustainable management of Canada’s fisheries, Indigenous fisheries programs, aquaculture activities and support commercial fishing harbours.
$240,000.00
Oct 22, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
To encourage the sustainable management of Canada’s fisheries, Indigenous fisheries programs, aquaculture activities and support commercial fishing harbours.
$13,700.00
Oct 20, 2025
For-profit organization
ARP - Laboratory testing of a model of fins
1036223
Testing of a model of fins capable of lifting fishing nets from the seabed during bottom trawling.
$50,000.00
Oct 14, 2025
For-profit organization
227827
227827
Hire a business process and systems manager
$367,040.00
Oct 7, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
Contribution SRAPA Nutashkuan 2025-2028
500007026
This program is an integral component of the AFS and facilitates the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with much-needed employment and income.
$154,688.60
Oct 7, 2025
International (non-government)
To encourage the sustainable management of Canada’s fisheries, Indigenous fisheries programs, aquaculture activities and support commercial fishing harbours.
$39,905.00
Oct 1, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
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.
$99,872.00
Sep 29, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
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.
$65,090.00
Sep 29, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
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.
$461,900.00
Sep 25, 2025
Aboriginal recipient
Building Capacity to Monitor Fish Populations and Restore Fish Habitat in Alberta's Eastern Slopes