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.
$136,811.00
Mar 1, 2010
Other
Communities that have been identified as having a significant problem with homelessness are able to access multi-year funding under this component that must be matched from other sources in the same way as the former National Homelessness Initiative's Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative.
$50,000.00
Mar 1, 2010
Other
The Enabling Accessibility Fund supports community-based projects across Canada. It provides funding for projects that improve accessibility and enable Canadians, regardless of physical ability, to participate in and contribute to their communities and the economy.
$673,369.00
Mar 1, 2010
Other
Develop a grocery industry essential skills training program. This project will adapt an assessment tool to identify reading, numeracy and document use gaps, and will develop training modules to increase these skills.
$305,422.00
Mar 1, 2010
Other
YWCA's Literacy Division will add an employment component to its literacy program. It will be aimed at women with low literacy levels and who are out of the labour force.