GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT-DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVEL: federal grants and contributions

Updated 11 October 2026 · Iqaluit, NU · grants and contributions register · Nunavut

GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT-DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVEL: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $6.5M value; 2 departments; 4 programs.

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10agreements
$6.5Mvalue
2departments
4programs

Largest agreements

Fisheries, Sealing and Marine Sector Growth$1.5Mvalue2024start2027end

The Government of Nunavut Department of Economic Development and Transportation (GN-ED&T), Fisheries and Sealing division will deliver a three year project focusing on research, capacity building and marketing for fisheries and sealing in the Territory.

Destination Marketing and Tourism Promotion$1.2Mvalue2024start2029end

The Government of Nunavut, Department of Economic and Transportation(GN-ED&T), Destination Nunavut (DN) division will carry out a five-year project to deliver tourism growth initiatives in Nunavut.

Advancing Nunavut Fishery and Sealing Economies$1.1Mvalue2021start2024end

To conduct fisheries research and training, and increase market access to sealing products and overall awareness for the sealing sector.

Nunavut Regional Air Transportation Initiative$1.1Mvalue2021start2022end

The Government of Nunavut will complete projects in accordance with Regional Air Transportation Initiative (RATI) terms and conditions to provide support that will help stabilize communities impacted by the decision of national carriers over the immediate term.

Geoscience for Economic Development$480Kvalue2020start2023end

A project to improve the accessibility and availability of online geoscience information. This project will provide stakeholders with up to date and accessible information in order to support economic development of the territory. It will achieve this through three objectives: improve the existing information on the mineral resource inventory; create a new, updated and complete geological map of Nunavut (which currently only exists in parts); and update and restructure the NunavutGeoscience.ca website and database so that searchable and discoverable geoscience and exploration information is re

Advancing Nunavut’s Fisheries and Sealing Economies$380Kvalue2020start2021end

Conduct fisheries research and training and also increase market access to sealing products and overall education on the sector. Includes sub-projects comprising of data collection to make sound management decisions and to fill knowledge gaps on Nunavut fisheries, specifically Greenland Halibut and Arctic Char, increase training and marketing opportunities for current and potential fishers and promote and encourage additional market access for purchasing seal products and increase education on Nunavut's sealing economy.

Destination Nunavut$200Kvalue2020start2021end

A marketing plan to undertake series of marketing related initiatives to increase the capacity of tourism offerings in Nunavut.

Business Skills and Career Knowledge for Artists$200Kvalue2024start2027end

The Government of Nunavut, Department of Economic and Transportation(GN-ED&T), Tourism and Cultural Industry division will carry out  a 3-year project to design a training program for Nunavut artists.

Nunavut Fisheries Symposium 2024$125Kvalue2024start2025end

The Government of Nunavut Economic Development and Transportation (GN-ED&T) will hold a Nunavut wide fisheries symposium in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

2324-HQ-000072$100Kvalue2023start2024end

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Departments

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency9agreements$6.4Mvalue3programs
  • IDEANorth
  • Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth)
  • Regional Air Transportation Initiative

All grants from Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada1agreements$100Kvalue1programs

Years

20244agreements$3.1Mvalue1programs
  • IDEANorth
20231agreements$100Kvalue1programs
  • Northern Affairs
20212agreements$2.3Mvalue2programs
  • Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth)
  • Regional Air Transportation Initiative
20203agreements$1.1Mvalue1programs
  • Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth)

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.