Employment and Social Development Canada: grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · all departments

Employment and Social Development Canada: grants and contributions: 313,673 agreements; $24.8B value; 113,882 recipients; 345 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-00BNA0A0NL · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Employment and Social Development Canada: grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/employment-and-social-development-canada/

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313,673agreements
$24.8Bvalue
113,882recipients
345programs

Years

20262,957agreements$113Mvalue1departments
202532,133agreements$1.6Bvalue1departments
202431,567agreements$1.2Bvalue1departments
202331,716agreements$2.4Bvalue1departments
202240,337agreements$2.6Bvalue1departments
202148,929agreements$2.2Bvalue1departments
202032,605agreements$3.6Bvalue1departments
201938,692agreements$4.1Bvalue1departments
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201834,603agreements$1.2Bvalue1departments
20172,114agreements$635Mvalue1departments
20161,771agreements$266Mvalue1departments
20151,431agreements$321Mvalue1departments
20141,215agreements$692Mvalue1departments
20131,279agreements$348Mvalue1departments
20121,674agreements$372Mvalue1departments
20111,656agreements$452Mvalue1departments
20101,909agreements$949Mvalue1departments
20091,636agreements$497Mvalue1departments
20081,861agreements$403Mvalue1departments
20072,096agreements$580Mvalue1departments
20061,492agreements$331Mvalue1departments

Programs

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs262,488agreements$3.1Bvalue95,620recipients
Student Work Placement27agreements$1.6Bvalue21recipients
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy657agreements$1.6Bvalue434recipients
04,894agreements$1.3Bvalue3,055recipients
ASETS - CRF110agreements$1.1Bvalue96recipients
Youth - Skills Link - Project4,329agreements$1.1Bvalue1,789recipients
RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity63agreements$721Mvalue58recipients
Opportunities Fund - Project355agreements$664Mvalue190recipients
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Future Skills1agreements$566Mvalue1recipients
Skills and Partnership Fund - CRF121agreements$541Mvalue95recipients
Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program29agreements$515Mvalue28recipients
New Horizons for Seniors Program24,184agreements$476Mvalue15,381recipients
HPS-Designated Communities-Community Entity73agreements$419Mvalue56recipients
Social Finance Fund5agreements$406Mvalue4recipients
Community Services Recovery Fund3agreements$398Mvalue3recipients
Reaching Home77agreements$391Mvalue77recipients
Apprenticeship Service16agreements$356Mvalue16recipients
Social Development and Partnerships Program - Children and Families3agreements$349Mvalue3recipients
Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants5,424agreements$332Mvalue4,742recipients
Foreign Credential Recognition - CRF120agreements$322Mvalue94recipients
Innovative Work-Integrated Learning9agreements$313Mvalue9recipients
ALLESP/CRF - Contribution157agreements$311Mvalue122recipients
CAS-Union Training and Innovation-Contr106agreements$284Mvalue80recipients
IELCC Métis8agreements$275Mvalue8recipients
Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)10agreements$250Mvalue10recipients

Largest recipients

Toronto Metropolitan University11agreements$797Mvalue1departments
  • Future Skills
  • Student Work Placement
  • ALLESP - Skills for Success - Contribution
  • LFP - Workplace Opportunities – Cont
  • Opportunities Fund - Project
  • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants

All grants to Toronto Metropolitan University

United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada9agreements$440Mvalue1departments
  • Emergency Community Support Fund
  • Social Development and Partnerships Program - Children and Families
  • Community Services Recovery Fund
  • NHSP - Pan-Canadian - Contributions
  • SDG Funding Program-Grant
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants to United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada

City of Toronto30agreements$397Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • Reaching Home
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • HPI - Designated Communities - Community Entity

All grants to City of Toronto

Ryerson University19agreements$344Mvalue1departments
  • Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
  • Student Work Placement
  • Sectoral Initiatives Program - CRF
  • SDPP - Children and Families - ELCC
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program

All grants to Ryerson University

Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale6agreements$314Mvalue1departments
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • Opportunities Fund - Project
  • Adult Learning Literacy and Essential Skills Program

All grants to Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale

TECHNATION Canada2agreements$277Mvalue1departments
  • Student Work Placement
  • Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)

All grants to TECHNATION Canada

Community Foundations of Canada13agreements$276Mvalue1departments
  • Community Services Recovery Fund
  • Social Development and Partnerships Program - Children and Families
  • SISFS Investment Readiness Program - Cont
  • CSC - Opportunities - national
  • SDG Funding Program-Contr
  • Social Dev Partnership/Contrib - Communities

All grants to Community Foundations of Canada

Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) of Canada Inc.6agreements$250Mvalue1departments
  • Student Work Placement
  • Student Work Placement Program
  • Foreign Credential Recognition - CRF
  • SDG Funding Program-Contr

All grants to Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) of Canada Inc.

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Foundation for Black Communities1agreements$199Mvalue1departments
BioTalent Canada29agreements$190Mvalue1departments
  • Student Work Placement
  • Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • Student Work - Integrated Learning Program
  • Sector Council Program
  • 0

All grants to BioTalent Canada

Canadian Red Cross Society128agreements$167Mvalue1departments
  • Community Services Recovery Fund
  • AWAH - In Home Support Pilot Projects
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • HPI - Designated Communities - Shared Delivery
  • NHI - ContributionsI - Specific Projects
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program

All grants to Canadian Red Cross Society

Lu'ma Native BCH Housing Society12agreements$159Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • Reaching Home
  • RH-Indigenous Homelessness-Community Entity
  • HPS-Aboriginal Homelessness-Community Entity
  • 0
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery

All grants to Lu'ma Native BCH Housing Society

Boann Social Impact L.P.2agreements$159Mvalue1departments
La Fédération des chambres de commerce de la province de Québec1agreements$156Mvalue1departments
Calgary Homeless Foundation14agreements$144Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • Reaching Home
  • HPI - Designated Communities - Community Entity
  • RH-Indigenous Homelessness-Community Entity
  • HPS-Aboriginal Homelessness-Community Entity

All grants to Calgary Homeless Foundation

Environmental Careers Organization of Canada22agreements$142Mvalue1departments
  • Student Work Placement
  • Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program
  • Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • Student Work - Integrated Learning Program
  • ALLESP/CRF - Contribution

All grants to Environmental Careers Organization of Canada

Colleges and Institutes Canada14agreements$142Mvalue1departments
  • Apprenticeship Service
  • SSLP - Outbound Student Mobility
  • Innovative Work-Integrated Learning
  • Sectoral Initiatives Program - CRF
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • ALLESP/CRF - Contribution

All grants to Colleges and Institutes Canada

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux7agreements$140Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery
  • RH - Distinctions based approaches - Contr
  • RH - Community Capacity and Innovation - Contr
  • Homelessness Partnering Strategy-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery
  • HPS-Federal Horizontal Pilot Projects

All grants to Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux

Realize Capital Partners Investco Inc.1agreements$135Mvalue1departments
Métis Nation of Ontario Secretariat9agreements$126Mvalue1departments
City of Ottawa80agreements$120Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • Reaching Home
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • HPI - Designated Communities - Community Entity
  • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Contributions

All grants to City of Ottawa

Homeward Trust Foundation14agreements$120Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Community Entity
  • Reaching Home
  • RH-Indigenous Homelessness-Community Entity
  • HPS-Aboriginal Homelessness-Community Entity
  • HPS-Federal Horizontal Pilot Projects

All grants to Homeward Trust Foundation

Indspire17agreements$118Mvalue1departments
  • SSLP-Supports for Student Learning Program
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
  • Skills and Partnership Fund - CRF
  • Aborig. - National Projects - CRF
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants to Indspire

RIIPEN NETWORKS INC.1agreements$111Mvalue1departments
Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle22agreements$110Mvalue1departments
  • ASETS - CRF
  • RH-Indigenous Homelessness-Community Entity
  • HPS-Aboriginal Homelessness-Community Entity
  • Reaching Home
  • IELCC Repairs & Reno-FN
  • ASETS - Child Care

All grants to Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle

Co-operative Education and Work Integrated Learning Canada1agreements$108Mvalue1departments
YMCA of Greater Toronto439agreements$105Mvalue1departments
  • Youth - Skills Link - Individual Work Experience
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • 0
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Youth - Career Focus - Project

All grants to YMCA of Greater Toronto

Venture for Canada Fellowship Institute11agreements$99.7Mvalue1departments
  • Student Work Placement
  • Innovative Work-Integrated Learning
  • Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
  • Student Work - Integrated Learning Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants to Venture for Canada Fellowship Institute

Trucking Human Resources Canada15agreements$92.7Mvalue1departments
  • Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program
  • Student Work Placement
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • Workplace Harassment & Violence Prevention-Cont
  • Opportunities Fund - Project
  • CAS-Union Training and Innovation-Contr

All grants to Trucking Human Resources Canada

Manitoba Metis Federation Inc.10agreements$91.8Mvalue1departments
  • ASETS - CRF
  • IELCC Métis
  • IELCC - Métis
  • RH - Distinctions based approaches - Contr
  • 0
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy

All grants to Manitoba Metis Federation Inc.

6,165 agreements worth $101M went to individuals, who are not named. 27 batch reports of small grants carry $507M.

Federal ridings

Toronto Centre248agreements$806Mvalue153recipients
Ottawa Centre227agreements$480Mvalue164recipients
Ottawa Centre467agreements$357Mvalue291recipients
Spadina—Harbourfront281agreements$337Mvalue170recipients
Québec282agreements$333Mvalue189recipients
Newmarket–Aurora224agreements$250Mvalue148recipients
Ottawa–Vanier330agreements$223Mvalue231recipients
University–Rosedale266agreements$215Mvalue169recipients
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Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Soeurs551agreements$208Mvalue274recipients
Vaughan–Woodbridge188agreements$208Mvalue165recipients
Vancouver Centre338agreements$138Mvalue187recipients
Calgary Centre481agreements$125Mvalue341recipients
Laurier—Sainte-Marie149agreements$115Mvalue121recipients
  • Fonds de finance sociale - CAP Finance
  • Immigrant Québec
  • Cirque Hors Piste
  • Service d'interprétation visuelle et tactile
  • Centre de Loisirs Monseigneur Pigeon
  • Services de répit Emergo - Autisme et autres T.E.D.
  • Projet LOVE: Vivre sans Violence (Québec)
  • Centre d'aide à la réussite et au développement (CARD)
  • Service d'interprétation visuelle et tactile du Montréal-Métropolitain

All grants in Laurier—Sainte-Marie

Ottawa South226agreements$89.4Mvalue157recipients
Halifax523agreements$84.9Mvalue308recipients
Ottawa–Vanier–Gloucester162agreements$74.1Mvalue124recipients
Hull–Aylmer237agreements$70.9Mvalue176recipients

All grants in Hull–Aylmer

Mississauga–Malton215agreements$69.0Mvalue135recipients
Calgary Confederation233agreements$68.1Mvalue148recipients
Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas222agreements$67.6Mvalue115recipients
Eglinton–Lawrence244agreements$61.8Mvalue164recipients
Cambridge225agreements$61.7Mvalue135recipients
Spadina–Fort York369agreements$59.3Mvalue230recipients
Edmonton Centre299agreements$55.8Mvalue198recipients
Winnipeg North120agreements$55.1Mvalue95recipients

All grants in Winnipeg North

Vancouver Centre237agreements$53.0Mvalue152recipients
Fredericton359agreements$50.0Mvalue263recipients
Scarborough North192agreements$49.7Mvalue139recipients
Sudbury259agreements$48.4Mvalue172recipients
Ottawa South306agreements$47.0Mvalue135recipients

All grants in Ottawa South

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value.Years are the agreement start year.Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.