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.
$218,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
$5,000,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
Not-for-profit organization or charity
African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships Fund
5007061030 P000766001
The project supports promising young African professionals to become leaders in public policy and administration by providing scholarships for 120 to 130 young women and men to complete a Masters' degree in public administration in Canada. The goal is to provide these future leaders with high-quality academic training as well as professional training by exposing them to Canadian practical and relevant public sector expertise, experience, innovation and best practices in governance, public policy and administration in both social and economic sectors.
This project is co-funded with The MasterCard Foundation, a global, independent organization that collaborates with partner organizations in 46 countries to create opportunities for all people to learn and prosper. The African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships Fund was created in honour of the late Nelson Mandela.
$30,650,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Scaling-up Birth Registration Using Innovative Technology
5007060681 D000402001
This project aims to register and issue birth certificates to 3.5 million girls and boys under the age of five (including 90% of newborns and 70% of previously unregistered children) in ten regions of mainland Tanzania. Accurate birth registration allows the Government of Tanzania to effectively and efficiently plan for health, education, and child protection services and ensure that children have access to these services. The project supports the scaling up of an innovative birth registration system, which was developed by Tanzania’s birth registration agency in partnership with Tigo (a mobile service provider). The system uses innovative technology that quickly uploads records of all birth registrations to a centralized system through text messages sent from mobile phones. This allows for real-time monitoring of birth registrations at national, regional and local levels and greatly simplifies the registration process.
Some project activities include: (1) training local government registration agents, specifically health workers and Ward Executive Officers; (2) entering into a public-private partnership with key mobile service providers operating in the ten regions; (3) conducting public awareness campaigns to support the implementation of the new birth registration system in each region; (4) assisting the Government of Tanzania to finalize the new Birth and Death Registration law; (5) coordinating an inter-ministerial committee on civil registration and vital statistics; and (6) training a core team of national facilitators to scale up the new birth registration system across mainland Tanzania.
$87,959.00
Jan 19, 2015
$600,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
This project entitled ""Scanning Flash Lidar System"" will focus on developing a prototype which combines new LiDAR technology and a scanning mirror mechanism. This system will provide a range of information that can be used for space robotics and planetary exploration.
$600,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
$240,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
$50,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
$49,685.00
Jan 19, 2015
$265,000,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
Government
Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Project
161286
To support Public Transit Infrastructure