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.
$7,800,000.00
Feb 24, 2025
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Commonwealth of Learning – Institutional Support 2025-2027
7465987 P013467001
This grant represents Canada's institutional support to the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The COL uses these funds, along with other donor funding, to achieve its mandate, which is to help governments, institutions and organizations expand the scale, efficiency and quality of learning by using appropriate open, distance and technology-enabled learning.
$6,000,000.00
Feb 21, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Empowering Women and Girls in the Commonwealth
7447575 P007747001
Based on its expertise, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) harnesses the potential of appropriate learning-enhancing technologies to achieve both speed and scale.
$7,800,000.00
Aug 27, 2018
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Commonwealth of Learning - Institutional Support 2019-2021
7394711 P002037001
This grant represents Canada's long term institutional support to the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The COL uses these funds, along with other donor funding, to achieve its mandate.
$2,373,000.00
Oct 19, 2015
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage through Open, Distance, and Technology-based Education
5007061938 P001275001
This project builds on Canada’s advocacy and awareness-raising efforts to prevent child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and support already married girls in the selected Commonwealth countries. COL proposes to scale up its work to increase access to secondary education and skills training for girls/women in resource-poor contexts through open, distance and technology-based learning (ODL), which helps create enabling conditions for their sustainable livelihoods. The project focuses its work in up to four Commonwealth countries (Bangladesh, Mozambique, Tanzania and Pakistan) which were selected based on the high percentage of women who were first married before the age of 18.
Working with existing partners, COL identifies priority communities with a high prevalence of CEFM and the skills needed to equip girls/women with education and skills training to enhance their livelihoods. Training is provided to partner institutions/organizations to strengthen systems, identify appropriate technologies, build staff capacity, and provide quality content such as Open Education Resources (OER) to support the development of appropriate education and training courses. Simultaneously, the process of sensitizing the community and recruiting girls/women to be educated or trained is completed. Girls/women enroll in two streams: a medium-term secondary schooling, and short-term skills training.