Lyackson First Nation: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Chemainus, BC · grants and contributions register · Cowichan–Malahat–Langford

Lyackson First Nation: federal grants and contributions: 81 agreements; $7.0M value; 9 departments; 26 programs.

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81agreements
$7.0Mvalue
9departments
26programs

Largest agreements

Salish Sea Initiative Contribution Program$2.3Mvalue2021start2025end

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program and the Salish Sea Initiative, is to support the participation of Indigenous peoples in activities relating to the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, including the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) policies, program elements and regulations and the development of their technical capacity to support greater involvement in the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

Aquatic Habitat Restoration Fund$650Kvalue2023start2025end

To support the restoration of valued marine and freshwater aquatic habitats, respond to fish habitat restoration priorities and contribute to the long-term sustainability of fish and fish habitat. In particular the program prioritizes projects proposed by Indigenous groups consulted in relation to the Trans Mountain Expansion project (TMX), in the Salish Sea area as well as along the Fraser river watershed and in-land freshwater area along the length of the TMX pipeline.

Community Participation and Co-Development Contribution Agreement between Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada and Lyackson First Nation 2021-2022$393Kvalue2021start2023end

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.

LYACKSON AFS2025-MLT-2512-0$271Kvalue2025start2027end

This program is an integral component of the AFS and facilitates the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with much-needed employment and income.

Community Participation And Co-Development Grant And Contribution Fund Contribution Agreement With Lyackson First Nation$241Kvalue2025start2027end

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.

Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)$232Kvalue2021start2023end

This program is an integral component of the AFS and facilitates the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with much-needed employment and income.

Consultaions with Lyackson First Nation on the proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in the Southern Strait of Georgia.$210Kvalue2023start2024end

This contribution will provide the Lyackson First Nation with the means to facilitate their participation in the consultation on the feasibility assessment for the proposed national marine conservation area reserve in the southern strait of Georgia, British Columbia.

Agreement$207Kvalue2013start–end
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AFS2023-MLT-2325 Lyackson$204Kvalue2023start2025end

This program is an integral component of the AFS and facilitates the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with much-needed employment and income.

Lyackson Guardians Program$199Kvalue2025start2026end

This contribution supports Lyackson First Nation’s Guardian Program with initiatives such as managing trails, kayak pull out sites, protecting archeological/culturally sensitive sites, and engaging with/educating visitors to their Island. It will also provide opportunities for youth members to work with the Guardian Program, which could become their career path.

Consultations on the proposed national marine conservation area reserve in the Southern Strait of Georgia$193Kvalue2022start2022end

This contribution will provide the Lyackson First Nation with the means to facilitate their participation in the consultation on the feasibility assessment for the proposed national marine conservation area reserve in the southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.

Participant Funding Program$172Kvalue2023start–end

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Lyackson First Nation to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the GCT Deltaport Expansion - Berth Four Project.

Consultations with Lyackson First Nation on the proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in the Southern Strait of Georgia$111Kvalue2025start2025end

This contribution supports Lyackson First Nation to participate in the feasibility assessment for the proposed national marine conservation area reserve in the Southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.

Agreement$110Kvalue2018start–end

Contributions to support increased Aboriginal participation in commercial fisheries, cooperative fisheries management arrangements and consultations respecting Aboriginal fisheries agreements

LYACKSON FIRST NATION Aquatic Habitat Restoration Fund Capacity Funding$100Kvalue2021start2022end

To facilitate Indigenous participation in dialogues, increase cumulative effects knowledge and support improved understanding of impacts of resource development.

Agreement$87.7Kvalue2011start–end
Agreement$85.3Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$85.3Kvalue2018start–end
Agreement for Purchasing of Marine Safety Equipment and Training$78.7Kvalue2022start2023end

Obtain training and skills development Participation in training-related activities Purchase of marine safety equipment and systems

Lyackson AFS2021-MLT-2116-0$77.7Kvalue2021start2023end

This program is an integral component of the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS) to facilitate the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with employment and income.

Participant Funding -Trans Mountain Expansion Project$66.0Kvalue2019start2020end

The purpose of this project is to undertake deeper consultations with potentially impacted Indigenous groups on federally-regulated pipeline projects and to support their participation in consultation activities.

Contribution Agreement to Provide Capacity Funding to Lyackson First Nation$50.0Kvalue2022start2022end

The Recipient will engage in meaningful two-way dialogue regarding economic participation in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, to benefit their communities. The following activities will be undertaken: participation in bilateral and/or multilateral meetings organized by Finance Canada, through methods including virtual and teleconference capacity, in-person, or written submissions. Participation includes, but is not limited to: gathering and representing the views of the Participant’s community members, acquiring external expertise (e.g., legal, financial, economic), preparing verbal and/

Engagement in the proposed Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve process$50.0Kvalue2026start2026end

This contribution supports Lyackson First Nation to participate in and support the Feasibility Assessment for the proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in the Southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.

Building Community Capacity Needs to Advance Indigenous Issues in Emergency Management - Equipment Procurement$50.0Kvalue2022start2023end

The objective of this Project is to advance Indigenous issues and priorities in environment, safety and/or socioeconomic imperatives, consistent with the Terms of Reference of the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

  • Natural Resources Canada
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
Agreement$47.0Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement for Purchasing of Marine Safety Equipment and Training$44.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Purchase of marine safety equipment and systems

Agreement$42.7Kvalue2011start–end
Agreement$42.7Kvalue2012start–end
Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)$37.3Kvalue2024start2025end

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.

Agreement for Purchasing of Marine Safety Equipment and Training$35.5Kvalue2023start2024end

Purchase of marine safety equipment and systems

Lyackson First Nation - Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations - Participant Funding Program$34.8Kvalue2026start2026end

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

Sea Gardens Restoration and Park Management Visioning project$33.0Kvalue2023start2024end

This contribution supports two years of Sea Gardens restoration work on beaches in the Southern Gulf Islands and the participation and attendance of Lyackson First Nation in the Gulf Island Nation Park Reserve’s management planning visioning session.

Agreement$32.0Kvalue2018start–end

The purpose of this agreement is to support Indigenous participation on the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

Agreement for Purchasing of Marine Safety Equipment and Training$31.3Kvalue2024start2024end

Purchase of marine safety equipment and systems

Agreement for Purchasing of Marine Safety Equipment and Training$30.5Kvalue2022start2023end

Purchase of marine safety equipment and systems

Agreement$30.4Kvalue2014start–end
Lyackson SATP2025-SYR-4011-0 AAROM$24.9Kvalue2025start2026end

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.

Sulween (Elder) Circle Program$24.7Kvalue2026start2027end

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

Lyackson Heritage and History Digitization$23.9Kvalue2023start2024end

The proposed program is one component of Phase 3 of Lyackson’s Cultural Records Project. Phase 3 continues the revitalization of language and culture, and will focus on digitization, language, genealogy, GIS mapping, streamlining the referrals process, and gathering knowledge through oral history interviews. Each component of Phase 3 will have their own funding programs, and the project will digitize and upload, and describe pre-identified language and cultural resources across these different sources so that we can meet our goal to facilitate community access to these resources. The digitiza

Indigenous Habitat Participation Program- Grants$20.6Kvalue2025start2025end

The purpose of the Indigenous Habitat Participation Program- Grant Funding is to meet the legal obligations to support the participation of Indigenous communities in consultations on Departmental Crown conduct (i.e., decisions, such as arrangements, approvals, authorizations and permits) under the Fisheries Act and/or Species at Risk Act.

Departments

Fisheries and Oceans Canada20agreements$4.9Mvalue8programs
  • Salish Sea Initiative Contribution Program
  • Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)
  • Aquatic Habitat Restoration Fund
  • Community Participation And Co-Development Contribution Program
  • Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation And Implementation Of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)
  • Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)

All grants from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Parks Canada11agreements$826Kvalue2programs
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • General Class Grants Contributions Program

All grants from Parks Canada

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada15agreements$336Kvalue1programs
Natural Resources Canada6agreements$295Kvalue3programs
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in Dialogues
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
  • Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

Transport Canada24agreements$293Kvalue7programs
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Marine Safety Equipment and Training Program
  • Community Participation Funding Program
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Implementation of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act - Indigenous Participant Funding Program
  • Community Participation Funding Program (CPFP)
  • Participant Funding Program (PFP) / Programme de Fonds d'aide financière aux participants (PFAFP)
  • Community Participation Funding Program (CPFP)/ Programme de financement de la participation communautaire (PFPC)

All grants from Transport Canada

National Defence1agreements$241Kvalue1programs
  • CCG Marine Operation & Response TPP-Contributions

All grants from National Defence

Department of Finance Canada1agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • Indigenous Participant Funding Program

All grants from Department of Finance Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada2agreements$36.4Kvalue2programs
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program
  • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

Library and Archives Canada1agreements$23.9Kvalue1programs

Years

20265agreements$118Kvalue5programs
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program
  • Community Participation Funding Program
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Implementation of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act - Indigenous Participant Funding Program
202513agreements$930Kvalue8programs
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)
  • CCG Marine Operation & Response TPP-Contributions
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Marine Safety Equipment and Training Program
  • Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)
  • Indigenous Habitat Participation Program- Grants
202411agreements$130Kvalue6programs
  • Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Marine Safety Equipment and Training Program
  • Participant Funding Program
  • Indigenous Habitat Protection Program- Grants
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Community Participation Funding Program
202311agreements$1.4Mvalue9programs
  • Aquatic Habitat Restoration Fund
  • General Class Grants Contributions Program
  • Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)
  • Participant Funding Program
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Marine Safety Equipment and Training Program
  • Listen, Hear Our Voices
20229agreements$425Kvalue7programs
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Program to Advance Indigenous Reconciliation (PAIR) / Marine Safety Equipment and Training Program
  • Indigenous Participant Funding Program
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
  • Participant Funding Program
  • Community Participation Funding Program
20219agreements$3.1Mvalue6programs
  • Salish Sea Initiative Contribution Program
  • Community Participation And Co-Development Contribution Program
  • Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in Dialogues
  • Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation And Implementation Of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)
  • Participant Funding Program
20206agreements$32.6Kvalue3programs
  • Participant Funding Program
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
  • Community Participation Funding Program
20194agreements$80.8Kvalue4programs
  • Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in Dialogues
  • Participant Funding Program (PFP) / Programme de Fonds d'aide financière aux participants (PFAFP)
  • Community Participation Funding Program (CPFP)/ Programme de financement de la participation communautaire (PFPC)
  • Community Participation Funding Program (CPFP) / Programme de financement de la participation communautaire (PFPC)
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20186agreements$236Kvalue1programs
  • Community Participation Funding Program (CPFP)
20151agreements$47.0Kvalue0programs
    20141agreements$30.4Kvalue0programs
      20132agreements$292Kvalue0programs
        20121agreements$42.7Kvalue0programs
          20112agreements$130Kvalue0programs

            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.