Ontario: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, ON · grants and contributions register · Don Valley North

Ontario: federal grants and contributions: 24 agreements; $8.5B value; 4 departments; 11 programs.

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24agreements
$8.5Bvalue
4departments
11programs

Largest agreements

Hamilton Light Rail Transit Project$1.7Bvalue2026start2037end

The Hamilton Light Rail Transit (Hamilton LRT) project is a 14-kilometre light rail transit line running west-east from McMaster University along Main Street West, King Street West, King Street East, Main Street East, and Queenston Road to Eastgate Square. Project delivery mechanism includes a two-package delivery strategy. Scoping of the first package (Package 1) will include underground utility relocation, and construction of bridges, roads, sidewalks, traffic control signals and streetlights, while scoping of the second package (Package 2) will include construction of Stops, Rail and System

Yonge North Subway Extension$1.4Bvalue2026start2037end

The Yonge North Subway Extension is an 8 kilometre extension of the TTC’s Line 1 from Finch Station in Toronto to the Richmond Hill/Langstaff Gateway Urban Growth Centre at Highway 7 in Richmond Hill. The project is required to relieve crowding and delays on bus services on Yonge Street; improve connections with TTC bus services; and to support growth in North York and York Region.

Scarborough Subway Extension$1.4Bvalue2026start2036end

A three-stop subway that would connect to Line 2 at Kennedy Station and follow Eglinton Avenue East, Danforth Road and McCowan Avenue to Sheppard Avenue East, with proposed stations at Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough Centre and Sheppard Avenue East. The project is required to improve transit connections between Scarborough and other rapid transit systems, and to replace the current Scarborough RT system, which will reach the end of its useful life in 2023.

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension$1.1Bvalue2026start2034end

The project will provide a rapid transit connection from the western terminus of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (ECLRT) to the Mississauga’s MiWay Bus Rapid Transit service at Renforth Gateway in Mississauga. The project will create a single rapid transit connection from Kennedy Station in Scarborough through to Mississauga and will address the following issues: i) increased coverage, access and network resilience; and ii) community growth and development. The project scope includes new construction of a 9 kilometre, double-track, transit alignment with approximately 7 kilometres o

Scarborough Subway Extension$835Mvalue2026start2036end

A three-stop subway that would connect to Line 2 at Kennedy Station and follow Eglinton Avenue East, Danforth Road and McCowan Avenue to Sheppard Avenue East, with proposed stations at Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough Centre and Sheppard Avenue East. The project is required to improve transit connections between Scarborough and other rapid transit systems, and to replace the current Scarborough RT system, which will reach the end of its useful life in 2023.

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension$799Mvalue2026start2034end

The project will provide a rapid transit connection from the western terminus of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (ECLRT) to the Mississauga’s MiWay Bus Rapid Transit service at Renforth Gateway in Mississauga. The project will create a single rapid transit connection from Kennedy Station in Scarborough through to Mississauga and will address the following issues: i) increased coverage, access and network resilience; and ii) community growth and development. The project scope includes new construction of a 9 kilometre, double-track, transit alignment with approximately 7 kilometres o

Yonge North Subway Extension$797Mvalue2026start2037end

The Yonge North Subway Extension is an 8 kilometre extension of the TTC’s Line 1 from Finch Station in Toronto to the Richmond Hill/Langstaff Gateway Urban Growth Centre at Highway 7 in Richmond Hill. The project is required to relieve crowding and delays on bus services on Yonge Street; improve connections with TTC bus services; and to support growth in North York and York Region.

Canada-Ontario Bilateral agreement implementing the sustainable Canadian agricultural partnership: a federal-provincial-territorial framework agreement on agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products policy$341Mvalue2023start2028end

The objective of this project is to support the Sector to: Improve Sector environmental performance, adaptation to climate change and reduction of GHG emissions; Increase Sector capacity and growth across the entire agri-food value chain; and, Enhance Sector resiliency, diversity, equity and inclusion, and public trust.

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Supporting the readiness of the Canadian Red Cross for urgent relief efforts related to COVID-19.$40.7Mvalue2020start2020end

This contribution to the CRC will ensure that they can support Canadians’ needs stemming from the COVID-19 crisis. This is an horizontal approach between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PS that will enable the CRC to conduct urgent relief activities in line with both federal organizations’ priorities.

  • Public Safety Canada
  • (COV19) Supporting the Readiness of the Canadian Red Cross for Urgent Relief Efforts Related to Covid-19 and Upcoming Flood and Fire Seasons
  • Ottawa Centre
BCACP - ON - 2022-23 to 2026-27$36.5Mvalue2022start2027end

The program provides financial contributions to Ontario, which established independent forensic laboratories for the purpose of conducting biology casework analysis, including DNA identification analysis, in support of criminal investigations and prosecutions.

Driving Risk Awareness to Action and Building Resiliency for Vulnerable Canadians in High-Risk Areas$4.0Mvalue2020start2024end

The project will promote risk awareness to action toward individual and community resiliency by continuing to promote their existing body of preparedness to action messaging with vulnerable groups and their supporting organizations nationally.

Contribution Agreement under the Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program$3.5Mvalue2020start2021end

The Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program (BCACP) provides financial contributions to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, which have established independent forensic laboratories for the purpose of conducting biology casework analysis, including DNA identification analysis, in support of criminal investigations and prosecutions. The purpose of these contributions is to encourage provincial contribution of DNA profiles to the Crime Scene Index (CSI) of the National DNA Data Bank (NDDB).

Biology Casework Analysis Agreement$3.5Mvalue2021start2022end

The program provides financial contributions to Ontario, which established independent forensic laboratories for the purpose of conducting biology casework analysis, including DNA identification analysis, in support of criminal investigations and prosecutions.

Epidemic Prevention and Control Service To Federal Correctional Services$2.1Mvalue2020start2021end

This project will build on the work piloted by the CRC at the Centre de Formation Federal, a federal penitentiary located in Laval, QC. At this location the team met with the management team, and subsequently each of the different auxiliary service, to review the infection prevention and control measures currently in place, coach teams on best practices, support the implementation of prevention measures, and assisted with guidance on safe and secure reopening of services.

  • Public Safety Canada
  • (COV19) Supporting the Readiness of the Canadian Red Cross for Urgent Relief Efforts Related to Covid-19 and Upcoming Flood and Fire Seasons
  • Ottawa Centre
Boating Safety Speaks / Research That Floats$1.6Mvalue2020start2023end

Boating Safety Speaks (BoSS) is a national initiative to deliver boating safety messages like they have never been delivered before. Over its 3 years, 6 individual campaigns using Augmented Reality, an immersive interactive learning experience for boaters, will be created on subjects to reduce the frequency, duration, and severity of SAR missions. CSBC's relationships with boating safety stakeholders, marine industry, and media will be leveraged to get maximum exposure for a small media budget.

NFS GP 2022/23 to 2026/27 - Government of Ontario$1.2Mvalue2022start2027end

The National Flagging system (NFS) identifies and tracks high-risk offenders and facilitates appropriate sentences for these individuals should they re-offend. This grant will support the provincial government by providing them with increased capacity to effectively track high risk offenders.

Coding For Veterans Cyber Security Career Certification Program$1.2Mvalue2020start2024end

The Coding for Veterans Cyber Security Certification Program is an innovative, accelerated on-line learning program aimed to increase the number of cyber security professionals employed in the Canadian Information Technology sector.

Weather To Boat (WTB)$999Kvalue2020start2023end

WeatherToBoat (WTB) is a 3-year initiative to create, launch and promote a free, powerful boating App that offers everything a Canadian boater will want to better enjoy their boating. First, attracting boater/users with marine weather forecasts and other ‘must have’ boating information, WTB’s main goal will be to use the platform to deliver comprehensive safety messaging to better inform and educate boaters in an effort to reduce their chances of being subject of a Search and Rescue call out.

SARSmart$997Kvalue2020start2023end

The nucleus of SARSmart is an experiential survival/self-rescue video course, based on a Bootcamp incorporating elements of cold-water survival, ice safety, self-rescue, hypothermia awareness & care of a hypothermic subject. For relevancy, volunteer representatives from northern regions will participate & learn what it takes to be SARSmart. It will be recorded, incorporating the education & interviews of participants sharing their experiences, new knowledge & relatability to their lives. Once completed, community outreach will occur on many platforms.

Operation Life Preserver$860Kvalue2017start2021end

The purpose of this project is to expand the “wear your lifejacket” message campaign to bring critical information and resources direct to the residents in 20 communities across northern Ontario. I will do this by developing and delivering, while working with the Canadian Rangers, a comprehensive, culturally sensitive educational program. The program will include components such as: cold water awareness, re-boarding, lifejacket availability, Lifejacket Owner program and a Pleasure Craft Operator Card program.

1415-HQ-000867$810Kvalue2014start2024end

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Northern Youth Ambassador - SAR Smart$643Kvalue2018start2021end

This two-part project will increase SAR Awareness levels and sustainable lifejacket wear by Indigenous people in Northern communities. Part one will educate Junior Canadian Rangers (JCRs) about SAR Awareness and equip them with personal lifejackets at their annual Basic and Advanced Enhanced Training Session (ETS) Camps. These are girls and boys, aged 12 to 18, who are involved in outdoor pursuits like boating, hunting and fishing, and who live in remote and isolated areas of Canada served by the Canadian Rangers

OVERSEE – Optical Vision Enhancement and Refinement of Sensor Exploitation Effectiveness$390Kvalue2020start2021end

The purpose of OVERSEE is to address the unique challenges of SAR in remote areas (such as indigenous communities in the Arctic and their immediate surrounding area) with UAS platforms. In order to do so, we must create SOP’s to facilitate UAS BVLOS usage for SAR, including SOP’s for Computer Vision (CV) techniques for SAR operations. To create the SOP’s, OVERSEE needs remote/isolated community SAR statistics from organizations who respond to SAR events. We seek the “where”, “when” and “what” details (i.e. lost hunter, capsized boat, spotted from CAF aircraft at 2000ft after 3 hours). This is

Municipal Cybersecurity Best Practices Initiative$242Kvalue2020start2022end

The project aims to strengthen knowledge of the prevention, mitigation and response to cybersecurity incidents, as well as the understanding of how to foster collaboration to enable greater efficiency and effectiveness in cybersecurity solutions across municipalities .

Departments

Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities7agreements$8.1Bvalue2programs
  • Canada Public Transit Fund
  • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

All grants from Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada1agreements$341Mvalue1programs
  • Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP)

All grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Public Safety Canada15agreements$98.3Mvalue7programs
  • (COV19) Supporting the Readiness of the Canadian Red Cross for Urgent Relief Efforts Related to Covid-19 and Upcoming Flood and Fire Seasons
  • (BCACP) Biological Casework Analysis Contribution Program
  • (SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
  • (EM PACP) Emergency Management Public Awareness Contribution Program
  • (BCACP) Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program
  • (CSCP) Cyber Security Cooperation Program

All grants from Public Safety Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada1agreements$810Kvalue1programs
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

All grants from Public Health Agency of Canada

Years

20267agreements$8.1Bvalue2programs
  • Canada Public Transit Fund
  • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
20231agreements$341Mvalue1programs
  • Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP)
20222agreements$37.7Mvalue2programs
  • (BCACP) Biological Casework Analysis Contribution Program
  • (NFS) National Flagging System Class Grant Program
20211agreements$3.5Mvalue1programs
  • (BCACP) Biological Casework Analysis Contribution Program
202010agreements$55.7Mvalue5programs
  • (COV19) Supporting the Readiness of the Canadian Red Cross for Urgent Relief Efforts Related to Covid-19 and Upcoming Flood and Fire Seasons
  • (SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
  • (EM PACP) Emergency Management Public Awareness Contribution Program
  • (BCACP) Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program
  • (CSCP) Cyber Security Cooperation Program
20181agreements$643Kvalue1programs
  • (SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
20171agreements$860Kvalue1programs
  • (SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
20141agreements$810Kvalue1programs
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

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.