Government of British Columbia: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Victoria, BC · grants and contributions register · Victoria

Government of British Columbia: federal grants and contributions: 27 agreements; $4.2B value; 6 departments; 10 programs.

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27agreements
$4.2Bvalue
6departments
10programs

Largest agreements

Not Applicable$3.9Bvalue2018start–end
Highway 91 to Highway 17 and Deltaport Way Corridor Improvement Project$81.7Mvalue2018start2024end

A contribution to support major improvements to three interconnected gateway corridors

Agreement$61.2Mvalue2024start–end

CleanBC Better Homes and Better Buildings in British Columbia

Agreement$50.0Mvalue2023start–end

Old Growth Nature Fund for British Columbia

Contribution agreement between Canada and British Columbia for the 2023 Canada-British Columbia Wildfire and Drought Recovery Initiative$42.6Mvalue2023start2026end

This project aims to provide financial support to help agricultural producers with extraordinary costs  to return to normal production being impacted by drought conditions and wildfires in 2023.

Enhancing Resilience in British Columbia Wildland Fire Management$32.0Mvalue2023start2027end

The objective of this Project is to address needs in British Columbia for the purchase of key wildland fire equipment and training/hiring of personnel.

Enhancing Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation in British Columbia$17.9Mvalue2025start2028end

The objective of this Project is to support a whole-of-society approach to enhance wildfire prevention and mitigation efforts and expand the adoption of FireSmart in British Columbia.

Targeted Initiative for Older Workers$8.2Mvalue2007start–end

Legislation, policy development and program design related to Youth and Labour Market Programming.

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Agreement$7.2Mvalue2022start–end

Implementation of the Canada-British Columbia Conservation Agreement for Southern Mountain Caribou in British Columbia

Agreement$5.5Mvalue2023start–end

Boreal Caribou Recovery in British Columbia

Agreement to support air services to remote communities$4.3Mvalue2020start2022end

To make sure that air transportation to remote communities is maintained

Agreement$1.6Mvalue2022start–end

Supporting Spotted Owl conservation, Species at Risk Pilots, and Nature Agreement development

Agreement$1.4Mvalue2022start–end

Conservation Lands Acquisition - Grasslands, Estuaries and Wetlands

Agreement for B.C. Drug-and Alcohol-Affected Driving Form Digitization$1.3Mvalue2021start2023end

To develop and improve technology to promote a safer road transportation system To support education and training to improve the safety of roadways road users and motor vehicles To support research to improve the safety of roadways road users and motor vehicles To support the enforcement of regulations related to interprovincial trucking activities To undertake research activities to further public policy development revise non-federal safety regulations etc

Agreement$1.0Mvalue2023start–end

British Columbia Nature Agreement - Early Actions to support the Collaborative Indigenous Stewardship Framework

Agreement$750Kvalue2022start–end

Property tax shifting and other fiscal measures to incent private land conservation and ecosystem-based management / old growth conservation

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FOREST FIBRE ATLAS: INTEGRATING GROUND-TRUTH FIELD DATA WITH A PREDICTIVE BIOMASS MAPPING PLATFORM$750Kvalue2025start2028end

The objective of this project is to develop and launch the British Columbia Forest Fibre Atlas, a publicly accessible data platform to inform investment in the British Columbia forest sector.

Agreement for BC Road Safety Revitalization Project$578Kvalue2021start2023end

Collection of uniform complete timely road safety related information and data To support education and training to improve the safety of roadways road users and motor vehicles To undertake outreach activities communication cooperation and collaboration among road safety stakeholders

Amending Agreement for a Grade Crossing Improvement$500Kvalue2020start2023end

To improve rail infrastructure at road/rail grade crossings

Agreement$485Kvalue2021start–end

Wildhorse River Restoration

Agreement$250Kvalue2022start–end

Recovery implementation for Northern Goshawk in British Columbia

Agreement$125Kvalue2022start–end

Inventory and maternity roost description for endangered Myotis bats in British Columbia

Agreement$76.5Kvalue2008start–end
Agreement$61.0Kvalue2022start–end

Enabling provincial tools to protect critical and important habitat to be applied to Western Screech-Owl kennicottii subspecies.

Agreement$55.0Kvalue2020start–end

Habitat Restoration and Stewardship Actions for Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly on Denman and Hornby Islands

Agreement$50.0Kvalue2022start–end

Northern Leopard Frog Recovery in British Columbia: Increasing Re-establishment Success and Population Abundance

Agreement$10.0Kvalue2022start–end

Nature Agreement Data Development, Management and Analysis

Departments

Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities2agreements$4.0Bvalue2programs
  • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
  • New Building Canada Fund-National Infrastructure Component

All grants from Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

Environment and Climate Change Canada15agreements$130Mvalue0programs

    All grants from Environment and Climate Change Canada

    Natural Resources Canada3agreements$50.7Mvalue3programs
    • Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate
    • Contributions in Support of the Resilient Communities Through FireSmart program
    • Small Scale Research

    All grants from Natural Resources Canada

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada1agreements$42.6Mvalue1programs
    • AgriRecovery- Business Risk Management

    All grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Employment and Social Development Canada1agreements$8.2Mvalue1programs
    • Targeted Initiative for Older Workers

    All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

    Transport Canada5agreements$6.8Mvalue3programs
    • Contributions to Ensure Air Services to Remote Communities
    • Road Safety Transfer Payment Program / Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program
    • Rail Safety and Improvement Program / Rail Safety Improvement Program: Infrastructure Technology and Research Component

    All grants from Transport Canada

    Years

    20252agreements$18.7Mvalue2programs
    • Contributions in Support of the Resilient Communities Through FireSmart program
    • Small Scale Research
    20241agreements$61.2Mvalue0programs
      20235agreements$131Mvalue2programs
      • AgriRecovery- Business Risk Management
      • Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate
      20229agreements$11.5Mvalue0programs
        20213agreements$2.3Mvalue1programs
        • Road Safety Transfer Payment Program / Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program
        20203agreements$4.9Mvalue2programs
        • Contributions to Ensure Air Services to Remote Communities
        • Rail Safety and Improvement Program / Rail Safety Improvement Program: Infrastructure Technology and Research Component
        20182agreements$4.0Bvalue2programs
        • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
        • New Building Canada Fund-National Infrastructure Component
        20081agreements$76.5Kvalue0programs
          20071agreements$8.2Mvalue1programs
          • Targeted Initiative for Older Workers

          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.