ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, Ontario · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · University–Rosedale

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: federal grants and contributions: 41 agreements; $14.0M value; 5 departments; 11 programs.

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41agreements
$14.0Mvalue
5departments
11programs

Largest agreements

Global Sikh Art and Culture Gallery and Program$6.0Mvalue2024start2027end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Agreement$1.6Mvalue2016start–end
Canada Strong Pass Initiative - Initiative du Laissez-passer Un Canada Fort$1.0Mvalue2025start2025end

Museums Assistance Program - Access to Heritage

Canada Strong Pass Initiative - Summer 2026 / Initiative du Laissez-passer Un Canada Fort - Été 2026$1.0Mvalue2026start2026end

Museums Assistance Program - Access to Heritage

Digitization and Digital Access of ROM Collections$682Kvalue2022start2024end

Museums Assistance Program

Canada Strong Pass Initiative - Holidays 2025 / Initiative du Laissez-passer Un Canada Fort - Fêtes 2025$500Kvalue2025start2026end

Museums Assistance Program - Access to Heritage

Agreement$304Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$300Kvalue2010start–end
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Export of ROM Exhibit Design Products$263Kvalue2024start2025end

Creative Export Canada - Export Ready Stream

Agreement$250Kvalue2006start–end
Bringing Holocaust Education to Students, Educators and Ontarians.$250Kvalue2024start2025end

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - CAHAP - Projects

Export of ROM Exhibit Design Product$242Kvalue2025start2026end

Creative Export Canada - Export Ready Stream

Agreement$128Kvalue2008start–end
Agreement$120Kvalue2007start–end
Agreement$115Kvalue2007start–end
Agreement$97.5Kvalue2007start–end
Agreement$85.0Kvalue2012start–end
MCP Grant #822 Bond Head Pipe$82.9Kvalue2019start2020end

Cultural Property Export and Import Act

Agreement$80.2Kvalue2008start–end
Agreement$75.0Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$72.8Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$70.0Kvalue2023start–end

Royal Ontario Museum - Lifers Exhibit

Agreement$65.3Kvalue2006start–end
Purchase of Carestream Industrex$62.2Kvalue2019start2020end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Agreement$49.9Kvalue2015start–end
Purchase and installation of storage cabinets for Judaica collections$44.4Kvalue2020start2021end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants$44.2Kvalue2015start–end

The Small Project Component provides grant funding to create or enhance accessibility for people with disabilities within Canada.

ROM Contribution Agreement$42.8Kvalue2022start2023end

The overall purpose of the Aquatic Invasive Species Program is to minimize introduction of aquatic invasive species and minimize risk of consequences from them.

Purchase of storage cabinets for Islamic Art & Culture Collections$41.9Kvalue2019start2020end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Agreement$41.5Kvalue2015start–end
Purchase of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer$35.2Kvalue2018start2019end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Agreement$35.0Kvalue2008start–end
Agreement$35.0Kvalue2018start–end
Agreement$33.0Kvalue2009start–end
Agreement$25.0Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$25.0Kvalue2018start–end

Underwater rainforests: perils of the decline of coral reefs

Agreement$21.7Kvalue2018start–end
Contributions to support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program$16.0Kvalue2025start2026end

The overall purpose of the Aquatic Invasive Species Program is to minimize introduction of aquatic invasive species and minimize risk of consequences from them.

Contributions to support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program$13.7Kvalue2024start2025end

The overall purpose of the Aquatic Invasive Species Program is to minimize introduction of aquatic invasive species and minimize risk of consequences from them.

Burgess Shale Website$10.0Kvalue2022start2023end

This grant supports the Royal Ontario Museum in updating an award-winning educational website about the Burgess Shale launched in 2011. The website (burgess-shale.rom.on.ca) requires technical modernization and content updates for accuracy in 2022. Burgess Shale fossils preserve some of the oldest evidence of complex life on Earth and are protected by Parks Canada.

Departments

Canadian Heritage30agreements$13.6Mvalue7programs
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Museums Assistance Program - Access to Heritage
  • Museums Assistance Program
  • Creative Export Canada - Export Ready Stream
  • Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - CAHAP - Projects
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Environment and Climate Change Canada5agreements$246Kvalue0programs

    All grants from Environment and Climate Change Canada

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada3agreements$72.6Kvalue1programs
    • Contributions to support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program

    All grants from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

    Employment and Social Development Canada2agreements$49.0Kvalue2programs
    • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants
    • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

    All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

    Parks Canada1agreements$10.0Kvalue1programs
    • General Class Grant and Contribution Program

    All grants from Parks Canada

    Years

    20261agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
    • Museums Assistance Program - Access to Heritage
    20254agreements$1.8Mvalue3programs
    • Museums Assistance Program - Access to Heritage
    • Creative Export Canada - Export Ready Stream
    • Contributions to support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program
    20244agreements$6.5Mvalue4programs
    • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
    • Creative Export Canada - Export Ready Stream
    • Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - CAHAP - Projects
    • Contributions to support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program
    20231agreements$70.0Kvalue0programs
      20224agreements$739Kvalue4programs
      • Museums Assistance Program
      • Contributions to support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program
      • General Class Grant and Contribution Program
      • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
      20201agreements$44.4Kvalue1programs
      • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
      20193agreements$187Kvalue2programs
      • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
      • Cultural Property Export and Import Act
      20184agreements$117Kvalue1programs
      • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
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      20162agreements$1.7Mvalue0programs
        20155agreements$465Kvalue1programs
        • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants
        20131agreements$72.8Kvalue0programs
          20121agreements$85.0Kvalue0programs
            20101agreements$300Kvalue0programs
              20091agreements$33.0Kvalue0programs
                20083agreements$244Kvalue0programs
                  20073agreements$333Kvalue0programs
                    20062agreements$315Kvalue0programs

                      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.