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.
$800,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Bird's Eye View Park
The development of this new accessible natural space includes the installation of a bird observatory and sanctuary, walking trails, and an urban park. The purchase of private land will allow access to the river. This project will contribute to the development and maintenance of biodiversity and the natural habitat of the area by improving a specific ecosystem and making it more resilient to climate change.
$200,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Meadowbrook Natural Space
Ecole le Ruisseau Parent Society is proposing a natural recreation area incorporating an urban forest, play area structures made with natural materials, a family seating area, walkways and signage, an insect garden, and an irrigation system. The project is located on school grounds, but welcomes public use.
$985,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Hybrid Green Infrastructure Shoreline Protection
This project will utilize both man-made infrastructure alongside the implementation of natural vegetation and plants to secure the quickly recessing shoreline at Sagkeeng First Nation.
$326,600.00
Mar 18, 2025
District of West Vancouver Urban Forest Enhancements
Project aims to fund the enhancement of the urban forest on public and private lands to increase the overall canopy cover in the District to continue to provide ecosystem services to benefit the entire community and build climate resiliency. This project will cover three years of planning and planting trees to identify successes and needs for improvement in order to continue with the program in future years to meet to District's tree canopy cover target per the Urban Forest Management Plan for the District.
$992,800.00
Mar 18, 2025
City of Vancouver Canyon Creek Daylighting at Spanish Banks Beach Park
The project includes restoration of a greenspace, constructing a creek, with wetlands/riparian features to connect to Canyon Creek upstream, foreshore works for the protection of fish and fish habitat, a storm sewer connection, bioswales, landscaping, and interpretive and educational signage for public education and awareness. The Multi-Use Path will be rerouted and improved to allow for site connectivity and access to the viewing deck.
$194,823.00
Mar 18, 2025
City of Moncton Tree Planting in Low Street Tree Density Neighbourhoods
This project will expand hybrid natural infrastructure and enhance public access by allowing the City of Moncton to plant 360, ten year old street trees over 2 years in neighbourhoods with lower street tree density. The City of Moncton’s Street Tree Management Plan divides the City into 12 maintenance zones.
$1,000,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Indigenous recipients
Erosion Protection Project
Creating erosion controls along Bras D’Or Lake using natural infrastructure, including installing living dykes with salt marshes and implementing sediment controls.
$4,750,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Government
Enhancing Short-Term Accommodation (STA) Enforcement in the City of Mississauga
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.
$4,800,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Government
Enhancing Short-Term Accommodation (STA) Enforcement in the City of Mississauga
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.
$170,000.00
Mar 18, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Shuswap Watershed Council