Title:
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Agreement
Agreement Number:
3105-22946
Agreement Value:
$86,256,057.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
Tripartite contribution agreement for a self-administered Police Service between the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and Nishnawbe-Aski Nation. The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service provides policing services to 34 communities throughout northern Ontario. The total on-reserve population is approximately 22,000 people. These police services include the day-to-day, local policing services to the Indigenous communities. The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding for a new policing services agreement, which includes baseline funding as well as negotiated funding for 19 additional officers and operational needs.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
This agreement will fund a culturally appropriate enhancement to policing services in the communities covered by the agreement. Indigenous communities have access to dedicated and professional policing services; Policing services are responsive to the needs and cultures of the Indigenous communities they serve; and A reduction of the gap between police reported crime in Indigenous communities and the rest of Canada.
Location:
Thunder Bay, Ontario, CA P7B 2Y1
Reference Number:
088-2023-2024-Q4-00267
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Additional Information:
The purpose for this amendment is to increases the total PS Canada funding by $1,030,722.00.
Amendment Date
Jan 12, 2024
Recipient's Legal Name:
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Agreement
Program:
(FNIPP) First Nations and Inuit Policing Program
Program Purpose:
To enhance the effectiveness of policing services in First Nation and Inuit communities in terms of cultural relevance and responsiveness to the public safety need of communities.
To support policing services to First Nation and Inuit communities that are professional, dedicated and culturally responsive to the communities they serve.