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.
$2,000,000.00
May 5, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East – CAP 2025
7467301 P015716001
With GAC’s support, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) emergency response in Lebanon and Syria contributes to meeting Palestinian refugees’ needs.
$2,000,000.00
Sep 3, 2024
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine au Proche-Orient - CAP 2024
7461439 P014395001
With GAC’s support, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) emergency response in Syria and Lebanon contributes to meeting Palestinian refugees’ needs.
$20,000,000.00
Nov 27, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Gaza – United Nations Relief and Work Agency - Interagency Flash Appeal - 2023
7454765 P013612001 P013612002
With the support of GAC and other donors, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) provides critical humanitarian assistance supporting the Interagency Flash Appeal. Project activities include: (1) providing basic food commodities and water; (2) providing essential non-food items such as blankets, mattresses and hygiene kits; (3) providing primary healthcare in emergency shelters; (4) maintaining UNRWA shelters, including installation of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, to provide essential protection for displaced persons; and (5) accounting for persons with special needs in emergency response including children, women, elderly and pregnant and lactating women.
$1,900,000.00
May 29, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Syria Crisis – Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon – UNRWA 2023
7449787 P012218001
With GAC’s support, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) emergency response in Syria and Lebanon contributes to meeting Palestinian refugees’s needs.
$3,000,000.00
Mar 28, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
UNRWA 2023 Emergency Appeal for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
7448510 P009528010
This project provides support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's (UNRWA) 2023 Emergency Appeal for the West Bank and Gaza. Funding contributes to: (1) providing emergency food assistance to over 1.3 million Palestinian refugees; (2) providing cash for work economic opportunities to approximately 46,000 individuals to alleviate abject poverty; (3) covering the hospitalization needs and provide critical medications to poor Palestine refugees who cannot afford care; (4) basic education and back-to-school supplies to elementary and preparatory school students (including students with disabilities); (5) school psychosocial counsellors across all UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip and mental health and psychosocial support counselling to vulnerable refugees (including women of reproductive age, children, older persons and persons with disabilities); (6) shelter repair; (7) ensuring that safe complaint and feedback channels are accessible and known to the refugee population, including complaints related to serious misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA); (8) improved sanitation and hygiene, flood prevention and mitigation, and (9) urgent WASH facility upgrades.
$15,000,000.00
Dec 24, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon - UNRWA 2020
7426193 P009401001
With GAC’s support, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) emergency response in Syria and Lebanon is contributing to meet the needs of Palestinian refugees.
$12,487,786.00
Mar 28, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
MA'AN/Together: Towards Gender-Responsive and Empowering Education for Children
7404555 P006558001
The project aims to improve the quality of education for children, especially girls, enrolled in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) primary schools in the West Bank and Gaza.
$10,000,000.00
Jan 18, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon - UNRWA 2018
7398751 P006261001
With GAC’s support, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) emergency response in Syria and Lebanon is contributing to meet the needs of Palestinian refugees.
$40,000,000.00
Nov 7, 2018
Not-for-profit organization or charity
United Nations Relief and Works Agency - Institutional Support 2018-2019
7396983 P006217001
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. UNRWA uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to support its mandate.
UNRWA’s mandate is to provide assistance and protection to Palestinian refugees in Gaza Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. As the only United Nations Agency mandated to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA delivers basic education, health and social services, and humanitarian assistance to over five million people.
Canada’s support to UNRWA contributes to ensuring that the essential needs of Palestinian refugees are met, builds upon Canada’s longstanding commitment to Palestinians, and supports Canada’s commitment to the goal of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
$34,973.00
Jul 5, 2018
Combating sexual and gender-based violence through increasing awareness and health education at UNRWA schools in Jordan.