Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario: grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · all departments

Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario: grants and contributions: 1,201 agreements; $599M value; 718 recipients; 21 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-1VIA90E0Q9 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario: grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/federal-economic-development-agency-for-northern-ontario/

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1,201agreements
$599Mvalue
718recipients
21programs

Years

202689agreements$48.5Mvalue1departments
2025187agreements$133Mvalue1departments
2024138agreements$55.5Mvalue1departments
2023128agreements$50.9Mvalue1departments
2022251agreements$80.3Mvalue1departments
2021234agreements$80.3Mvalue1departments
2020109agreements$80.2Mvalue1departments
201944agreements$33.9Mvalue1departments
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201816agreements$29.1Mvalue1departments
20172agreements$4.9Mvalue1departments
20152agreements$1.0Mvalue1departments
20141agreements$1.6Mvalue1departments

Programs

Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011529agreements$184Mvalue381recipients
Northern Ontario Development Program255agreements$135Mvalue183recipients
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)174agreements$96.9Mvalue139recipients
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program75agreements$60.5Mvalue58recipients
Regional Tariff Response Initiative46agreements$33.8Mvalue45recipients
Ontario Community Futures Program26agreements$29.6Mvalue19recipients
Community Futures Program21agreements$21.6Mvalue14recipients
Regional Defence Investment Initiative9agreements$11.0Mvalue8recipients
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Strategic Partnerships Initiative6agreements$4.7Mvalue5recipients
WES Ecosystem Fund - Regional2agreements$4.3Mvalue2recipients
Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2013-18 - North18agreements$3.6Mvalue17recipients
Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative5agreements$3.1Mvalue5recipients
Economic Development Initiative14agreements$2.6Mvalue13recipients
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund2agreements$2.5Mvalue2recipients
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative4agreements$1.9Mvalue4recipients
Build Communities Strong Fund4agreements$1.5Mvalue4recipients
Tourism Growth Program7agreements$1.3Mvalue6recipients
Black Entrepreneurship Program1agreements$1.2Mvalue1recipients
Jobs and Growth Fund1agreements$455Kvalue1recipients
  • Sawdust City Brewing Company Limited
Northern Ontario Development Program - 20121agreements$300Kvalue1recipients
Women Entrepreneurship Fund - Pilot1agreements$85.5Kvalue1recipients
  • 1796770 Ontario Inc.

Largest recipients

Kap Paper Inc.3agreements$30.8Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program

All grants to Kap Paper Inc.

Electra Battery Materials Corporation3agreements$20.2Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program

All grants to Electra Battery Materials Corporation

Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund7agreements$13.6Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Ontario Community Futures Program
  • Community Futures Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)

All grants to Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund

PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise4agreements$11.6Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • WES Ecosystem Fund - Regional

All grants to PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre13agreements$9.2Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011

All grants to Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre

Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc6agreements$9.0Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program
  • Regional Defence Investment Initiative

All grants to Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc

The Corporation of the City of Temiskaming Shores14agreements$7.5Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2013-18 - North
  • Northern Ontario Development Program

All grants to The Corporation of the City of Temiskaming Shores

Nord-Aski Regional Economic Development Corporation6agreements$7.3Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Ontario Community Futures Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program

All grants to Nord-Aski Regional Economic Development Corporation

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Thunder Bay International Airports Authority Inc.4agreements$7.0Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Northern Ontario Development Program

All grants to Thunder Bay International Airports Authority Inc.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak/Northern Chiefs Council8agreements$6.3Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011

All grants to Keewaytinook Okimakanak/Northern Chiefs Council

Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation4agreements$6.2Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011

All grants to Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation

City of Greater Sudbury8agreements$6.0Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Northern Ontario Development Program

All grants to City of Greater Sudbury

Science North6agreements$5.9Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Northern Ontario Development Program

All grants to Science North

Innovation Initiatives Ontario North7agreements$5.8Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program

All grants to Innovation Initiatives Ontario North

LaCloche Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation4agreements$5.0Mvalue1departments
  • WES Ecosystem Fund - Regional
  • Ontario Community Futures Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011

All grants to LaCloche Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation

Independent First Nations Alliance3agreements$4.9Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Northern Ontario Development Program

All grants to Independent First Nations Alliance

Economic Partners-Sudbury East/West Nipissing Inc. / Partenaires dans l’Économie Sudbury-Est/Nipissing-Ouest Inc5agreements$4.8Mvalue1departments
La Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury3agreements$4.6Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Economic Development Initiative
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)

All grants to La Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury

Sudbury Airport Community Development Corporation1agreements$4.5Mvalue1departments
The Corporation of the City of Timmins4agreements$4.3Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011

All grants to The Corporation of the City of Timmins

Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission10agreements$4.2Mvalue1departments
The Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology7agreements$4.1Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
  • Regional Defence Investment Initiative

All grants to The Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology

Wabi Iron and Steel Corp.4agreements$4.0Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)

All grants to Wabi Iron and Steel Corp.

North Claybelt Community Futures Development Corporation4agreements$3.9Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Community Futures Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program

All grants to North Claybelt Community Futures Development Corporation

Keewaytinook Okimakanak6agreements$3.8Mvalue1departments
East Algoma Community Futures Development Corp.3agreements$3.7Mvalue1departments
Societé de développement communautaire Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation3agreements$3.7Mvalue1departments
The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay8agreements$3.6Mvalue1departments
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011
  • Northern Ontario Development Program
  • Northern Ontario Development Program - 2012

All grants to The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay

Patricia Area Community Endeavours Inc.4agreements$3.6Mvalue1departments
  • Community Futures Program
  • Ontario Community Futures Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)

All grants to Patricia Area Community Endeavours Inc.

The Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre for Indian Art1agreements$3.5Mvalue1departments

5 agreements worth $926K went to individuals, who are not named.

Federal ridings

Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake134agreements$69.9Mvalue77recipients
Taiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park123agreements$69.8Mvalue75recipients
Sudbury105agreements$65.2Mvalue66recipients
Huron Bruce185agreements$63.5Mvalue111recipients
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing128agreements$57.2Mvalue80recipients
Thunder Bay—Rainy River115agreements$52.7Mvalue81recipients
Thornhill82agreements$41.1Mvalue55recipients
Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk22agreements$41.1Mvalue17recipients
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Parry Sound–Muskoka91agreements$32.4Mvalue76recipients
Sault Ste. Marie54agreements$24.2Mvalue30recipients
Nickel Belt41agreements$19.0Mvalue28recipients
Parry Sound—Muskoka20agreements$13.4Mvalue20recipients
Nipissing—Timiskaming21agreements$13.3Mvalue19recipients
Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt15agreements$10.4Mvalue12recipients
Thunder Bay—Superior North14agreements$8.3Mvalue13recipients
Kenora—Kiiwetinoong15agreements$6.5Mvalue13recipients
Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma14agreements$4.5Mvalue11recipients

All grants in Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma

Dufferin—Caledon9agreements$3.1Mvalue2recipients
Brantford–Brant1agreements$861Kvalue1recipients
Etobicoke Centre2agreements$851Kvalue2recipients
Spadina—Harbourfront2agreements$539Kvalue2recipients
Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Soeurs1agreements$412Kvalue1recipients
Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke4agreements$392Kvalue4recipients
  • Four Corners Contracting Inc.
  • South Algonquin Business Alliance
  • Corporation of the Township Of South Algonquin
  • Ontario Canoe Trip Outfitters Limited

All grants in Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke

Barrie–Innisfil1agreements$306Kvalue1recipients
Ottawa–Vanier1agreements$210Kvalue1recipients
Spadina–Fort York1agreements$80.0Kvalue1recipients

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.