Western Economic Diversification Canada: grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · all departments

Western Economic Diversification Canada: grants and contributions: 11,079 agreements; $4.7B value; 8,113 recipients; 7 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0NEGCNO118 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Western Economic Diversification Canada: grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/western-economic-diversification-canada/

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11,079agreements
$4.7Bvalue
8,113recipients
7programs

Years

20212,270agreements$627Mvalue1departments
20203,715agreements$454Mvalue1departments
2019535agreements$587Mvalue1departments
2018393agreements$509Mvalue1departments
2017246agreements$122Mvalue1departments
2016332agreements$141Mvalue1departments
2015509agreements$215Mvalue1departments
2014242agreements$205Mvalue1departments
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2013407agreements$169Mvalue1departments
2012351agreements$89.2Mvalue1departments
2011252agreements$148Mvalue1departments
2010353agreements$173Mvalue1departments
2009809agreements$531Mvalue1departments
2008217agreements$128Mvalue1departments
2007124agreements$285Mvalue1departments
2006300agreements$282Mvalue1departments
200524agreements$25.0Mvalue1departments

Programs

Regional Economic Growth through Innovation5,904agreements$999Mvalue5,767recipients
Western Diversification Program670agreements$689Mvalue478recipients
Community Futures Program197agreements$256Mvalue183recipients
Strategic Partnerships Initiative5agreements$15.1Mvalue3recipients
Women's Enterprise Centres4agreements$5.5Mvalue4recipients
-6agreements$2.6Mvalue6recipients
Community Infrastructure Program3agreements$846Kvalue3recipients

Largest recipients

Arctic Gateway Group Limited Partnership6agreements$180Mvalue1departments
Province of British Columbia7agreements$125Mvalue1departments
Provincial Treasurer of Alberta2agreements$113Mvalue1departments
University of Saskatchewan41agreements$112Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to University of Saskatchewan

District of Kitimat4agreements$110Mvalue1departments
Community Futures Development Association of B.C.28agreements$65.6Mvalue1departments
Community Futures Network of Alberta32agreements$56.7Mvalue1departments
The University of British Columbia35agreements$51.0Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to The University of British Columbia

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The Governors of the University of Alberta30agreements$50.1Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to The Governors of the University of Alberta

University of Saskatchewan (VIDO)1agreements$49.0Mvalue1departments
The Governors of the University of Calgary22agreements$48.7Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to The Governors of the University of Calgary

Rick Hansen Foundation2agreements$48.5Mvalue1departments
University of Manitoba25agreements$35.0Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to University of Manitoba

City of Burnaby6agreements$32.6Mvalue1departments
Northern Development Initiative Trust3agreements$29.9Mvalue1departments
Mounted Police Heritage Centre10agreements$26.7Mvalue1departments
Community Futures Partners of Saskatchewan Inc.25agreements$25.0Mvalue1departments
Women's Enterprise Centre13agreements$24.9Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Women's Enterprise Centres

All grants to Women's Enterprise Centre

Rick Hansen Institute1agreements$23.6Mvalue1departments
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute1agreements$23.6Mvalue1departments
Simon Fraser University19agreements$23.3Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to Simon Fraser University

Canadian Light Source Inc.9agreements$22.2Mvalue1departments
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs Association14agreements$22.0Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Women's Enterprise Centres
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to Alberta Women Entrepreneurs Association

Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta2agreements$21.5Mvalue1departments
Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc.14agreements$21.4Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Women's Enterprise Centres
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc.

Community Futures Investment Fund (CFIF) Inc.3agreements$21.1Mvalue1departments
The Board of Governors of Red River College9agreements$20.5Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to The Board of Governors of Red River College

Leduc County6agreements$18.9Mvalue1departments
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants to Leduc County

Community Futures Manitoba Inc.40agreements$18.3Mvalue1departments
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Community Futures Program

All grants to Community Futures Manitoba Inc.

New Relationship Trust6agreements$18.1Mvalue1departments

40 agreements worth $14.9M went to individuals, who are not named.

Federal ridings

Saskatoon West474agreements$282Mvalue397recipients
Skeena-Bulkley Valley25agreements$126Mvalue23recipients
Edmonton Centre345agreements$104Mvalue323recipients
Calgary Centre397agreements$88.0Mvalue385recipients
Churchill-Keewatinook Aski128agreements$86.1Mvalue125recipients
Yellowhead331agreements$84.3Mvalue312recipients
Souris-Moose Mountain331agreements$73.4Mvalue305recipients
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo393agreements$69.6Mvalue369recipients
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Vancouver Granville110agreements$67.6Mvalue107recipients
Edmonton-Wetaskiwin297agreements$63.9Mvalue290recipients
Churchill-Keewatinook Aski104agreements$61.6Mvalue101recipients
South Okanagan-West Kootenay33agreements$61.2Mvalue27recipients
Calgary Confederation231agreements$53.5Mvalue215recipients
Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner52agreements$49.5Mvalue49recipients
Cowichan-Malahat-Langford198agreements$42.1Mvalue189recipients
Vancouver East134agreements$39.2Mvalue130recipients
Regina-Qu'Appelle225agreements$39.1Mvalue222recipients
Edmonton Strathcona203agreements$38.9Mvalue193recipients
Brandon-Souris66agreements$37.0Mvalue64recipients
Regina-Wascana208agreements$34.7Mvalue197recipients
Victoria88agreements$32.2Mvalue78recipients
Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon169agreements$30.1Mvalue162recipients
Sturgeon River-Parkland87agreements$27.6Mvalue85recipients
Calgary Heritage160agreements$26.6Mvalue158recipients
Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies34agreements$25.4Mvalue30recipients
St. Albert-Edmonton254agreements$25.3Mvalue253recipients
Vancouver Quadra75agreements$25.0Mvalue70recipients
Lethbridge58agreements$24.7Mvalue54recipients
Edmonton West166agreements$23.7Mvalue161recipients
Lakeland119agreements$22.3Mvalue118recipients

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.