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Title:

Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve Policing Agreement 2024-2026

Agreement Number:

24211

Agreement Value:

$9,465,509.07

Agreement Date:

Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026

Description:

The Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service has been a self-administered police service since January 1994. In March 2001, the Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service was incorporated and is now represented by the Wikwemikong Police Service Board Corporation. Its mission is to deliver a community-based policing service and discharges its duties in a manner that is conducive to the needs, customs, culture, and rights of the community. This agreement funds 31 officers, including 1 Chief of Police, and they provide policing services for 1 community in Wikwemikong, Ontario, with an on-reserve population of approximately 2,700 people. The service conducts activities in addition to regular FNIPP policing, such as culturally based and trauma-informed workplace wellness for First Nations police and first responders, a mobile crisis response program, missing and murdered indigenous women fund programs, a social navigator, and community safety officers. They also support policing services in different communities across Manitoulin Island and surrounding communities.

Organization:

Public Safety Canada

Expected Results:

This agreement will ensure that the Indigenous communities have access to the funding for policing services dedicated to the people living in the First Nation and Inuit communities to ensure that they feel safe. As well as reduce the gap between police-reported crime in the Wikwemikong First Nation and the rest of Canada.

Location:

Wikwemikong, Ontario, CA P0P 2J0

Reference Number:

088-2024-2025-Q2-00003

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Aboriginal recipient

Additional Information:

Delay in signature

Recipient's Operating Name:

Wikwemikong Police Service Board

Recipient's Legal Name:

Wikwemikong Police Service Board

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.