CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Winnipeg | Winnipeg, MB · grants and contributions register

CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC.: federal grants and contributions: 6 agreements; $323M value; 1 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0N45P9A077 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/canadian-interagency-forest-fire-centre-inc/

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6agreements
$323Mvalue
1departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Contribution in Support of National Aerial Wildfire Capacity$317Mvalue2026start2031end

To create a coordinated national aerial firefighting surge capacity

Atlantic Living Lab - Collaborative Approach to Wildfire Resilience$2.4Mvalue2025start2028end

This project aims to strengthen wildland fire risk assessments and develop preventive measures to reduce the impacts of wildfires and protect communities.

Enhancing Canadian Wildfire Response Capacity and Online Training, and Provincial/Territorial Business Requirements Gathering$1.7Mvalue2019start2023end

The objective of this Project is to enhance Canadian wildfire response capacity by developing national type 2 firefighter standards, modernizing and integrating data management systems for resource sharing, convert existing classroom material for the basic firefighter crewmember course to a common digital format following CIFFC training standards, and facilitating the exchange of knowledge from outgoing senior staff. As well as to have one national level contract for Business Analyst services for the Provincial/Territorial Information Management Information Technology (IM/IT) requirements gath

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre 2025-26$1.2Mvalue2025start2026end

The objective of this Project is to provide forest fire management services to provinces and territories through sharing of resources including: aircraft, equipment and fire suppression crews, and the sharing of information (e.g. community evacuations, weather forecasts, predicted fire occurrences). CIFFC will provide operational forest fire management services to participating agencies through: - Providing intelligence on the fire situation to all member agencies; - Coordinating movement of aircraft, personnel, equipment and specialty fire items such as communication networks and infrared li

GLOBAL FOREST LEADERSHIP PROGRAM - FY 2025-26 - CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE (CIFFC) - FRONTLINE GEAR SUPPORT INITIATIVE$1.0Mvalue2026start2026end

The objective of this Project is to advance international forest leadership through activities that focus on expanding international engagement, collaborations and partnerships, as well as expertise.

Wildfire Equipment and International Leadership$345Kvalue2024start2026end

To purchase and store an inventory of strategic equipment to respond to international requests for assistance with wildland fire emergencies; and to demonstrate Canadian leadership on wildland fire including through operational/reconnaissance missions to assess wildfire management systems and enhance interoperability among partners.

Departments

Natural Resources Canada6agreements$323Mvalue5programs
  • Contribution in Support of National Aerial Wildfire Capacity
  • Contributions in Support of Building and Mobilizing Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge
  • Wildland Fire Resilience
  • Grants and Contributions in support of the Global Forest Leadership Program
  • Outreach and Engagement

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

Years

20262agreements$318Mvalue2programs
  • Contribution in Support of National Aerial Wildfire Capacity
  • Grants and Contributions in support of the Global Forest Leadership Program
20252agreements$3.6Mvalue2programs
  • Contributions in Support of Building and Mobilizing Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge
  • Outreach and Engagement
20241agreements$345Kvalue1programs
  • Grants and Contributions in support of the Global Forest Leadership Program
20191agreements$1.7Mvalue1programs
  • Wildland Fire Resilience

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.