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.
$41,819.00
Sep 17, 2025
Academia
Canada's Role in the Securitization of Global Critical Minerals Supply Chains
The project consists of a study that seeks to synthesize the state of critical minerals strategies and security worldwide (with a focus on the Indo-Pacific and Canada) and to develop a new paradigm for the West through case studies on nickel, germanium, and graphite.
$49,650.00
Sep 17, 2025
Academia
Dual-Use Digital Infrastructure: Learning From Allies About Procurement and Innovation
This project consists of a comparative case study between Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands to examine their approach to research, investment and procurement of dual-use technologies (AI, quantum, etc.) and analyze lessons learned, policies and investments.
$49,130.00
Sep 17, 2025
Academia
SITREP-Q: Quantum Readiness in a Changing Global Security Environment
This project consists of a two-day conference in Kingston aimed at providing a situation report from military, academic, and industry leaders on the state of Canada’s quantum readiness.
$10,000.00
Sep 17, 2025
Academia
Impacts of Climate Change and Geopolitics on the Defence of Canada's Arctic
The project consists of exploring the consequences of climate, environmental and geopolitical changes on the future defence requirements in the Artic and the Canadian North.
$73,448.00
Sep 17, 2025
Indigenous recipients
Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture
$46,128.00
Sep 17, 2025
Indigenous recipients
Enhance the conservation and recovery of species at risk by supporting Indigenous communities as they acquire, develop and apply the technical resources, skills and knowledge necessary to partner in Species at Risk Act (SARA) implementation
$91,000.00
Sep 17, 2025
Contribution made under the Participant Funding Program to the Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation to help it prepare for and engage in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities related to the assessment process for the Troilus Mining Project.
$101,084.00
Sep 17, 2025
Government
Purchases to support transit for Athabasca, Alberta
Purchase of 1 gas/diesel van to support transit for Athabasca, Alberta.
$105,000.00
Sep 17, 2025
Academia
The model, experiment, and terrestrial analog-informed interpretation of the record of planetary habitability at Mount Sharp
25EXPMSLUC
Sedimentary rocks exposed at the Martian surface offer an information-rich record of the planet's past environmental conditions and biological habitability. Curiosity's expected exploration of unique sedimentological units in Mount Sharp offer exciting opportunities for exploring the interplay between climate, water, and biological habitability at the critical time in Mars' past when water-rich conditions existed and hence could have originated life. This proposal seeks to leverage our team's expertise in quantifying and modeling these geochemical and hydrological processes and Curiosity's prowess as a roving field geologist and mobile laboratory to develop a framework for interpreting past Martian climate and habitability.
$40,000.00
Sep 17, 2025
Indigenous recipients
Tla-o-qui-aht Junior Guardians Program
GC-3184
This contribution supports Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations in administering their Tla-o-qui-aht Junior Guardians Program for Indigenous Youth to gain experience in stewardship roles.