Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada: federal grants and contributions

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

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada: federal grants and contributions: 27 agreements; $5.9M value; 7 departments; 10 programs.

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27agreements
$5.9Mvalue
7departments
10programs

Largest agreements

Support to ICC$3.3Mvalue2024start2029end

The project aims to contribute to strengthened self-determination by Inuit by strengthening ICC positions on issues relevant to Inuit; increasing ICC’s ability to engage in international decision-making by Inuit; and increasing Arctic forum participants’ understanding of issues facing Inuit. To do so, the project conducts research on issues relevant to Inuit priorities, promotes engagement opportunities at all levels of government to Inuit and Inuit rights holding organizations, and launches Arctic advocacy campaigns on issues such as human rights and environment and climate change.

Agreement$510Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$299Kvalue2008start–end
CCG Marine Operation & Response TPP-Contributions$260Kvalue2024start2028end

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of codevelopment and sustainable economic development. The objectives are to enhance the capacity and facilitate the participation of partners and stakeholders in support of marine safety and marine environmental protection.

Support to ICC 2024-2025$249Kvalue2024start2025end

This project aids ICC in providing access to Inuit documentary heritage in an Inuit language for Inuit across the Arctic. The initiative has a second component that allows ICC Canada to send an Inuk leader to participate in discussions on the Central Arctic Oceans Fishery Agreement.

ICC Participation in the Arctic Council$175Kvalue2018start2019end

Funding to support the participation of the Inuit Circumpolar Council in the Arctic Council

ICC Participation Arctic Council 2020-21$175Kvalue2020start2021end

The project supports one of the three Canadian-based Indigenous Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada (ICC), in its engagement in the Arctic Council, through participation and consultation within Arctic Council working groups and related activities that work to protect and enhance the lives of Inuit people across the Arctic. Project activities include participation in the Sustainable Development Working Group, the Marine Mechanism and the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic.

Support to Inuit Circumpolar Council Participation in the Arctic Council 2019-2020$175Kvalue2019start2020end

The project supports one of the three Canadian-based Indigenous Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, in its engagement in the Arctic Council, through participation and consultation within Arctic Council working groups and related activities that work to protect and enhance the lives of Inuit people across the Arctic. Project activities include: (1) participation in the Sustainable Development Working Group, the Marine Mechanism and the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic.

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Planning the 5th International Marine Protected Ar$105Kvalue2020start2023end

To support the development and implementation of oceans conservation and management activities in Canada.

  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Oceans Management Contribution Program To Support Development And Implementation Of Oceans Conservation And Management Activities
Agreement$65.7Kvalue2021start–end

Supporting Capacity of National Indigenous Representatives to Engage in Conservation

Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)$55.5Kvalue2023start2023end

Support Indigenous groups as they develop, grow and maintain aquatic resource and oceans management departments that can provide fisheries, habitat, science, and oceans related services along a watershed.

Tumetalik: Inuit trails and place names across Inuit Nunaat—the Claudio Aporta fonds$50.4Kvalue2023start2024end

Claudio Aporta, Ph.D., has spent over 20 years of his academic career documenting Inuit traditional knowledge across Inuit Nunangat. Aporta's most significant work is focused on the geographic representation of Inuit environmental knowledge. Through hundreds of interviews, mapping sessions, and trips onto the land/sea/ice, Aporta has recorded Inuit travel routes - trails - across the Arctic. Inuit trails leave little to no permanent marks, yet the same trails have been used for hundreds of years. The Claudio Aporta fonds consists of approximately 1 metre of textual records, 10-15 maps, 10 phot

International Inuit protocols on the equitable and ethical utilization of Indigenous Knowledge and engagement of Inuit communities$50.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Ensure full and effective Inuit representation and participation in international Arctic science and research forums, policy-making, and discussions around data, communications, research activities, and monitoring. Advocate for Inuit driven research and monitoring, creation of equitable partnerships in all aspects of research, information sovereignty, and increase intellectual and political space for Inuit across scales.

Translation and outreach for the ICC Canada Archives$49.9Kvalue2024start2025end

This project will increase access to a part of Inuit and Canadian documentary heritage and raise awareness of ICC Canada’s innovation and capacity for archival management and outreach. The key activities of ‘Translation and outreach’ are: translation of approx. 39,000 words of archival descriptions from English to Inuktitut (syllabics, South Baffin); conversion of approx. 39,000 words of archival descriptions from English/Inuktitut to Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait and translation of a 930-word video script from English to Inuktitut (South Baffin) and narration of said video;

Describing and Discovery: Creating archival descriptions and an archives management system with a public search interface for ICC Canada Archives$49.6Kvalue2023start2024end

This project (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024) will enable access to a part of Inuit and Canadian documentary heritage and increase ICC Canada’s capacity for collection management and information sharing. The key activities of ‘Describing and Discovery’ are: arrangement and description of all archival records, with multi-level, Rules for Archival Description (RAD)-compliant descriptions to the fonds/series/sub-series level (file- and item-level for some); and the installation and customization of software to manage and search archival descriptions and digital objects in English and Inuktitut (sy

Community Participation And Co-Development Contribution Program$49.5Kvalue2024start2028end

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.

Agreement$40.0Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$40.0Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$36.7Kvalue2020start–end

Climate Action Incentive Fund SME Project stream provides support to small and medium sized enterprises for retrofit projects in sectors such as building, transportation, industry, waste, agriculture and more

Agreement$35.0Kvalue2018start–end

Contribution to support establishment and management of conservation measures

Agreement$30.0Kvalue2006start–end
Agreement$26.3Kvalue2019start–end

Supporting Capacity of National Indigenous Organizations to Engage in Conservation

Support to Russian Indigenous Participation in the 2018 ICC General Assembly$25.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Support to Russian Indigenous Participation in the 2018 ICC General Assembly

Agreement$15.0Kvalue2022start–end

Indigenous Engagement and Participation in IPCC

NF CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 2019-NF-CA-017$11.5Kvalue2020start2020end

The purpose of the Canada Nature Fund Contribution Program is to carry out the Government of Canada's 2018 Nature Legacy for Canada, which includes supporting and leveraging efforts to protect and recover aquatic species at risk; building Indigenous cap

Agreement$9.0Kvalue2023start–end

Indigenous Engagement and Participation in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Policy Dialogue Program$3.7Kvalue2023start–end

Contribution as part of the Policy Dialogue Program to Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) to assist in preparing for and engaging in participation activities associated with the ongoing Review of Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Development Processes.

Departments

Global Affairs Canada7agreements$4.6Mvalue1programs
  • Canadian International Arctic Fund

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada6agreements$517Kvalue5programs
  • CCG Marine Operation & Response TPP-Contributions
  • Oceans Management Contribution Program To Support Development And Implementation Of Oceans Conservation And Management Activities
  • Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)
  • Community Participation And Co-Development Contribution Program
  • Canada Nature Fund Contribution Program

All grants from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Canadian Heritage2agreements$329Kvalue0programs
Environment and Climate Change Canada7agreements$233Kvalue0programs
Library and Archives Canada3agreements$150Kvalue2programs
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Listen, Hear Our Voices

All grants from Library and Archives Canada

Polar Knowledge Canada1agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • Polar Knowledge Application Program

All grants from Polar Knowledge Canada

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada1agreements$3.7Kvalue1programs

Years

20245agreements$3.9Mvalue4programs
  • Canadian International Arctic Fund
  • CCG Marine Operation & Response TPP-Contributions
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Community Participation And Co-Development Contribution Program
20235agreements$168Kvalue4programs
  • Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)
  • Listen, Hear Our Voices
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Policy Dialogue Program
20221agreements$15.0Kvalue0programs
    20212agreements$116Kvalue1programs
    • Polar Knowledge Application Program
    20204agreements$328Kvalue3programs
    • Canadian International Arctic Fund
    • Oceans Management Contribution Program To Support Development And Implementation Of Oceans Conservation And Management Activities
    • Canada Nature Fund Contribution Program
    20192agreements$201Kvalue1programs
    • Canadian International Arctic Fund
    20183agreements$235Kvalue1programs
    • Canadian International Arctic Fund
    20162agreements$550Kvalue0programs
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      20131agreements$40.0Kvalue0programs
        20081agreements$299Kvalue0programs
          20061agreements$30.0Kvalue0programs

            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.