Association of Canadian Community Colleges: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa, ON · grants and contributions register

Association of Canadian Community Colleges: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $6.9M value; 2 departments; 6 programs.

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10agreements
$6.9Mvalue
2departments
6programs

Largest agreements

Sector Council Program$1.7Mvalue2007start–end

Provides funding to develop nationally focussed partnerships comprised of key stakeholders within an industrial sector to increase consensus and understanding of labour market issues.

0$1.5Mvalue2009start–end

To support adult learning, literacy and essential skills.

0$984Kvalue2012start–end

To promote lifelong learning by reducing non-financial barriers to adult learning and to facilitate the creation of opportunities for Canadians to acquire the learning, literacy and essential skills they need to participate fully in a knowledge-based economy and society.

Essential Skills Initiatives (CRF)$850Kvalue2007start–end

To improve the Essential Skills levels of Canadians entering or in the labour market.

Agreement$629Kvalue2009start–end

Multiyear award for fiscal years 2009–10 through to 2011–12.

Essential Skills Initiatives (CRF)$496Kvalue2006start–end

To improve the Essential Skills levels of Canadians entering or in the labout market

Literacy/Grant - National - Coord. Info. Sharing$319Kvalue2006start–end

Literacy G&C-Coordination and Information Sharing - Grants and Contributions to support coordination and information sharing so organizations can effectively be linked to resources and duplication is avoided. NHQ.

Special Initiatives Program$158Kvalue2007start–end

The main objective of this project is to enhance Canadian college and institute participation in international student mobility initiatives with Europe and North America. This will be done by promoting the IAM program to colleges and institutes throughout Canada, by encouraging their participation in the next call for proposals, and to facilitate the development of international partnerships by exploring the potential of a sectoral approach to international student mobility to reduce barriers to that participation and by establishing a sectoral database of program equivalencies.

Foreign Credential Recognition Program (N-R)$147Kvalue2007start–end

Develop fair, accessible, coherent, transparent and rigorous foreign credential assessment and recognition processes to enhance the labour market outcomes of foreign-trained individuals.

0$137Kvalue2009start–end

Develop fair, accessible, coherent, transparent and rigorous foreign credential assessment and recognition processes to enhance the labour market outcomes of foreign-trained individuals

Departments

Employment and Social Development Canada9agreements$6.3Mvalue6programs
  • 0
  • Sector Council Program
  • Essential Skills Initiatives (CRF)
  • Literacy/Grant - National - Coord. Info. Sharing
  • Special Initiatives Program
  • Foreign Credential Recognition Program (N-R)

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada1agreements$629Kvalue0programs

Years

20121agreements$984Kvalue1programs
  • 0
20093agreements$2.3Mvalue1programs
  • 0
20074agreements$2.8Mvalue4programs
  • Sector Council Program
  • Essential Skills Initiatives (CRF)
  • Special Initiatives Program
  • Foreign Credential Recognition Program (N-R)
20062agreements$815Kvalue2programs
  • Essential Skills Initiatives (CRF)
  • Literacy/Grant - National - Coord. Info. Sharing

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.