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.

1150157 records

$3,269,400.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

The Boat School at the Maritime Museum

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2029
Description:

Located at 1675 Lower Water Street, the Boat School at the Maritime Museum will provide youth-empowering boatbuilding workshops and other programs for kids at risk from marginalized communities. The project will involve the construction of the Boat School building itself, along with its marine substructure and associated access ramps and floats. Uniquely built over the harbour, the building will be exposed to possible flooding and hurricanes and will therefore consider important climate resiliency and energy efficiency elements in its design and construction.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program
Location: Halifax, Regional Municipality of, Nova Scotia, CA

$380,000.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Saskatoon Proactive Short Term Rental Enforcement

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2027
Description:

The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
Location: Saskatoon, City of, Saskatchewan, CA

$4,188,170.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Request for additional short-term rental funding to further enable enforcement practices, policies, and tools while creating a sustainable, stable and fair long-term housing market within the City of Ottawa, Ontario

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2027
Description:

The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
Location: Ottawa, City of, Ontario, CA

$163,249.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Purchases to support transit service for West Hants, Nova Scotia.

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2027
Description:

Purchase of 1 hybrid wheelchair accessible vehicle and 1 non accessible electric vehicle to expand the current fleet providing transportation services to the residents of the Municipality of West Hants, Nova Scotia.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Canada Public Transit Fund
Location: Windsor, Town of, Nova Scotia, CA

$8,266,162.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Multidisciplinary Disability and Community Arts Hub (MDCAH)

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2029
Description:

Located at 2140 Brownsea Drive NW, Calgary, the Multidisciplinary Disability and Community Arts Hub (MDCAH) is a groundbreaking initiative and the first of its kind in North America. Building on the 46+ year legacy of the National accessArts Centre, the MDCAH will foster creativity and inclusivity, setting a new standard for accessible arts spaces in Canada. The net-zero carbon and multidisciplinary arts hub will be completely dedicated to supporting talented artists living with developmental and/or physical disabilities while providing digital spaces for online content and training programs to communities across Canada.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program
Location: Calgary, City of, Alberta, CA

$1,200,000.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Funding Request to for a short term rental program to enhance permitting, enforcement and education in the Halifax Regional Municipality

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2027
Description:

The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
Location: Halifax, Regional Municipality of, Nova Scotia, CA

$3,810,628.00

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Enhancing Compliance of Short-term Rental Regulations Through Digital Innovation and Proactive Enforcement for the City of Vancouver, BC

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2027
Description:

The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
Location: Vancouver, City of, British Columbia, CA

$2,303,574.36

Mar 13, 2025
Agreement:

Address homelessness as it impacts First Nations in the NWT

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2028
Description:

Reaching Home aims to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Reaching Home
Location: Yellowknife, City of, Northwest Territories, CA

Indigenous recipients

Agreement:

Biindigen Well-Being Centre - De dwa da dehs nye>s Health Campus

Duration: from Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 31, 2029
Description:

A new Aboriginal health centre in Hamilton, ON that will offer a convenient space where individuals and families can receive an array of culturally safe and appropriate health, education, training programs and social services.

Organization: Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Program Name: Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, CA

$6,000,000.00

Mar 13, 2025

Indigenous recipients

Description:

Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture

Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Program Name: Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (AICFI)
Location: CACOUNA, Quebec, CA G0L 1G0