Rainbow Railroad: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, ON · grants and contributions register · Spadina–Fort York

Rainbow Railroad: federal grants and contributions: 4 agreements; $6.9M value; 3 departments; 3 programs.

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4agreements
$6.9Mvalue
3departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Referrals of vulnerable LGBTQI+ persons under Canada's Government-Assisted Refugees Program$3.9Mvalue2024start2029end

Assessments Immediate and Essential Services

Referrals of vulnerable LGBTQI+ persons under Canada's Government-Assisted Refugees Program$1.7Mvalue2024start2026end

Assessments; Immediate and Essential Services; Knowledge Development

International Network on LGBTQI+ Forced Displacement$700Kvalue2023start2026end

This project aims to improve the protection of forcibly displaced LGBTQI+ people around the world. Project activities include: (1) conducting a meta-analysis on the state of research on LGBTQI+ persons in forced displacement globally, with a particular focus on the situation of transgender and non-binary persons, lesbian and bisexual women, and intersex persons; (2) convening roundtables on refugee protection issues with civil society organizations, forcibly displaced people, and goverment representatives in 5 transit countries for forcibly displaced people; (3) convening a 3-day conference on

Building the internal capacity, cybersecurity and engagement of Rainbow Railroad$589Kvalue2023start2025end

Through this 25-month project, Rainbow Railroad will build a stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will strengthen its organizational capacity and its security infrastructure to optimize its community engagement and the security of 2SLGBTQI+ individuals seeking safety in Canada. To do so, the organization will first work with IT consultants to review and assess their infrastructure and cyber security needs. They will then develop risk management strategies, starting with a framework and action plan, and then develop risk policies,

Departments

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada2agreements$5.6Mvalue1programs
  • Resettlement

All grants from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Global Affairs Canada1agreements$700Kvalue1programs
  • International Development Assistance Program

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Women and Gender Equality Canada1agreements$589Kvalue1programs
  • Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

Years

20242agreements$5.6Mvalue1programs
  • Resettlement
20232agreements$1.3Mvalue2programs
  • International Development Assistance Program
  • Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

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.