Cold Lake First Nations: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Cold Lake, AB · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Port Moody-Coquitlam

Cold Lake First Nations: federal grants and contributions: 51 agreements; $9.5M value; 11 departments; 24 programs.

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51agreements
$9.5Mvalue
11departments
24programs

Largest agreements

Luwechok Tuwe (Big Fish Lake) Denesuline Yatiye (Language) chu (and) Ch'aniye (Culture) Honelten (Teaching)$2.6Mvalue2025start2030end

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
Agreement$2.0Mvalue2025start–end

Fuel Charge Proceeds Fund For Indigenous Governments

000022877$600Kvalue2022start2023end

Install a skateboard park and sport court in Cold Lake First Nation, AB - Budget 2021

22877$600Kvalue2022start2024end

Install a skateboard park and sport court in Cold Lake First Nation, AB - Budget 2021

Advancing Gender Equality for Indigenous Women and Girls Through System Change and Economic Recovery$375Kvalue2021start2024end

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Cold Lake First Nations will achieve this by forming an Indigenous Women’s Coalition, identifying opportunities to make changes, engaging partners to facilitate change, and taking collective action to close gender inequitable gaps in the Cold Lake First Nations community. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices and supporting positive distribution of authority

Luwechok Tuwe (Big Fish Lake) Denesuline Yatiye (Language) chu (and) Ch'aniye (Culture) Honelten (Teaching)$331Kvalue2025start2030end

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
Cold Lake First Nations Denesuliné Language Revitalization Project$319Kvalue2021start2023end

Indigenous Languages & Cultures Program

Cold Lake First Nations Denesuline Language Plan$254Kvalue2023start2024end

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
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Creating a Food System for Cold Lake First Nations (CLFN)$202Kvalue2022start2024end

The objective of this project is to purchase food processing equipment, cold and dry storage, fish harvesting equipment, food forest, garden beds with irrigation and kitchen upgrades.

Agreement$150Kvalue2018start–end

The Dene, The Moose and the Wolf

Cold Lake First Nations Indigenous Engagement Project$150Kvalue2024start2027end

The objective of this Project is Indigenous engagement and knowledge building for four (4) potential clean energy initiatives projects.

Agreement$150Kvalue2023start–end

Enhancement of Cold Lake First Nation Aquatic Monitoring Program

CLFN Salvage Timber Project$130Kvalue2021start2021end

The purpose of this agreement is to help strengthen the development of a viable northern forestry industry based on growing markets for wood fuels.

PC0008721$124Kvalue2024start2024end

Support a Geothermal Heating and Cooling Study for Cold Lake First Nations

Luechok Tue Denesuliné T'a Dene Hadonelton$119Kvalue2018start2019end

Aboriginal Peoples' Program

Luwechok Tuwe Denesuliné Language Revitalization Project$116Kvalue2020start2021end

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
Agreement$100Kvalue2023start–end

Cold Lake First Nations Guardians

Agreement$100Kvalue2024start–end

Conservation of the Woodland Caribou, Boreal Population with Cold Lake First Nations

Youth - Skills Link - Project$89.0Kvalue2006start–end

The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

Agreement$86.4Kvalue2022start–end

Operationalizing Indigenous Knowledge for Caribou Population Monitoring in the Cold Lake First Nations Territory

Ane Denesuliné Yatie chu Ch'anie Honelten$75.0Kvalue2019start2020end

Aboriginal Peoples' Program

Cold Lake First Nations Museum, Archives, and Cultural Centre$66.2Kvalue2024start2025end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Establishing an Archives Program$50.0Kvalue2022start2023end

Cold Lake First Nations (CLFN) has approximately 200 metres of archival materials that require management. The materials include textual and audiovisual records from the CLFN Band Administration. The information in those records pertains to land claims and environmental monitoring, and includes interviews with community members and CLFN elders and a wide variety of content that a First Nations government produces. The archives has not had an archivist to manage this information.

Lue Chok Tue Archives: Increasing Awareness of and Access to Cold Lake First Nations Documentary Heritage$50.0Kvalue2023start2024end

This project will launch Cold Lake First Nations' (CLFN) Lue Chok Tue Archives Program ("the Program") which centralizes, preserves, and provides access to records and cultural properties, regardless of media or format, that are of enduring value to understanding the history, culture and community of the Denesuline people of Lue Chok Tue. As a result of 2022/23 work, CLFN centralized and inventoried 369 document boxes of records generated through governance and administration of CLFN Indian Band No. 464, developed an Acquisitions Policy, and prepared a Facilities Plan.

Cold Lake First Nations Well Site Reactivation Project$50.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The objective of this project is to enhance Indigenous participation in the natural resource economy, and support governance, and First Nation, government, and/or industry engagement.

PC0011910$50.0Kvalue2026start2026end

Support a pre-feasibility study for salt cavern hydrogen storage

Review of Cold Lake First Nations' Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR)$40.5Kvalue2023start2024end

Funding will contribute to DND's engagement with the Cold Lake First Nations' community and help the CAF/DND to be an active partner in reconciliation. The funding will support discussions between the two parties.

Agreement$40.0Kvalue2019start–end

Boreal Caribou Recovery First Nations Engagement - Cold Lake First Nations

Agreement$38.4Kvalue2017start–end
Review of Cold Lake First Nations' Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range First Quarter$36.5Kvalue2024start2025end

To support the Review of Cold Lake First Nations’ Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.

Review of Cold Lake First Nations' Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range Fourth Quarter$35.5Kvalue2024start2025end

To support the Review of Cold Lake First Nations’ Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.

Cold Lake First Nations - Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations - Participant Funding Program$35.0Kvalue2025start2025end

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Lue Chok Tue Archives: Increasing Awareness of and Access to Cold Lake First Nations Documentary Heritage$33.3Kvalue2025start2026end

This project is to extend the Cold Lake First Nations' (CLFN) Lue Chok Tue Archives Program ("the Program") which centralizes, preserves, and provides access to records and cultural properties, regardless of media or format, that are of enduring value to understanding the history, culture and community of the Denesuline people of Lue Chok Tue.

Review of Cold Lake First Nations' Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range Second Quarter$33.0Kvalue2024start2025end

To support the Review of Cold Lake First Nations’ Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.

Review of Cold Lake First Nations' Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range Third Quarter$29.0Kvalue2024start2025end

To support the Review of Cold Lake First Nations’ Access Agreements to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.

Cold Lake First Nations$28.7Kvalue2020start2020end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Cold Lake First Nations - Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations - Participant Funding Program$25.0Kvalue2026start2026end

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on the proposed Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Digitizing the Documentary Heritage of Cold Lake First Nations 2024-25$25.0Kvalue2024start2025end

In 2022–2023, Cold Lake First Nations (CLFN) initiated foundational efforts to preserve the Nation's documentary heritage by creating an Archives Policy, an Archives Committee, and a Facility Plan. This led to CLFN's 2023–2024 Listen, Hear Our Voices project "Digitizing the Documentary Heritage of Cold Lake First Nations." This project focuses on digitizing at-risk items needing urgent intervention, such as oral history maps and media (cassettes, videos and floppy disks), expanding the Nation's digital storage capacity, and researching into accessibility models. As a result of the 2022–2023

Digitizing the Documentary Heritage of Cold Lake First Nations$24.7Kvalue2023start2024end

The purpose of this project is to digitize high value, at risk documentary heritage and build capacity for archival digitization. The high-value, at-risk records include: (a) records contained on audio cassettes, VHS tapes and 3.5” floppy disks, which are classified at-risk due to the age of the technology and possibility of degradation and data loss; and (b) an assemblage of maps and diagrams that document that Nation’s relationship with its traditional territory and tell the story of its socioeconomic collapse and envisioned future as created by community Elders, leaders and members over 20

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$24.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Departments

Canadian Heritage11agreements$3.9Mvalue6programs
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
  • Indigenous Languages & Cultures Program
  • Aboriginal Peoples' Program
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Celebrate Canada!

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Environment and Climate Change Canada8agreements$2.7Mvalue0programs
Prairies Economic Development Canada4agreements$1.4Mvalue2programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Strategic Partnerships Initiative

All grants from Prairies Economic Development Canada

Natural Resources Canada6agreements$399Kvalue5programs
  • Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program
  • Aboriginal Economic Development - Strategic Partnerships Initiative (AANDC)
  • Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
  • Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in Dialogues

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

Women and Gender Equality Canada1agreements$375Kvalue1programs
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada1agreements$202Kvalue1programs
Library and Archives Canada5agreements$183Kvalue2programs
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Listen, Hear Our Voices

All grants from Library and Archives Canada

National Defence5agreements$174Kvalue2programs
  • Indigenous Reconcilation Program
  • Indigenous Reconciliation Program

All grants from National Defence

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Employment and Social Development Canada5agreements$166Kvalue2programs
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

Canada Energy Regulator2agreements$26.0Kvalue1programs
  • Grants and contributions in support of Indigenous Peoples’ and stakeholder participation in CER activities, including adjudication, engagement, and safety and environmental oversight.

All grants from Canada Energy Regulator

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada3agreements$22.0Kvalue2programs
  • Policy Dialogue Program
  • Participant Funding Program

All grants from Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

Years

20264agreements$87.0Kvalue4programs
  • Strategic Partnerships Initiative
  • Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
  • Policy Dialogue Program
20257agreements$5.0Mvalue5programs
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
  • Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
  • Grants and contributions in support of Indigenous Peoples’ and stakeholder participation in CER activities, including adjudication, engagement, and safety and environmental oversight.
202412agreements$634Kvalue8programs
  • Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program
  • Indigenous Reconcilation Program
  • Strategic Partnerships Initiative
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Listen, Hear Our Voices
  • Grants and contributions in support of Indigenous Peoples’ and stakeholder participation in CER activities, including adjudication, engagement, and safety and environmental oversight.
20237agreements$624Kvalue5programs
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Indigenous Reconciliation Program
  • Listen, Hear Our Voices
  • Participant Funding Program
20227agreements$1.6Mvalue5programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Local Food Infrastructure Fund
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Policy Dialogue Program
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in Dialogues
20215agreements$898Kvalue5programs
  • Women's Program
  • Indigenous Languages & Cultures Program
  • Aboriginal Economic Development - Strategic Partnerships Initiative (AANDC)
  • Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20202agreements$144Kvalue2programs
  • Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20192agreements$115Kvalue1programs
  • Aboriginal Peoples' Program
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20183agreements$284Kvalue2programs
  • Aboriginal Peoples' Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20171agreements$38.4Kvalue0programs
    20061agreements$89.0Kvalue1programs
    • Youth - Skills Link - Project

    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.