Shelter Movers: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, ON · grants and contributions register · Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe

Shelter Movers: federal grants and contributions: 24 agreements; $6.2M value; 5 departments; 7 programs.

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24agreements
$6.2Mvalue
5departments
7programs

Largest agreements

Prairies Scale up$3.0Mvalue2022start2026end

This 42-month project will allow for the scaling-up of Shelter Movers’ promising practice, a free moving and storage service to help survivors to leave abusive households, in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. As part of the model, survivors will have access to free survivor-centred assistance to safely move them, their children, pets and belongings, along with free protection by security personnel, storage, language interpretation and pet fostering when needed. This work will be carried out by Shelter Movers staff and volunteer movers and drivers who are specially trained and vetted to wor

A free moving service for survivors fleeing abuse$994Kvalue2021start2024end

This 36-month project will provide immediate financial relief to support growing COVID-19 related costs and ensure additional protection for volunteers and survivors during moves out of abusive households. Specific activities will include securing a national supply chain to ensure personal protective equipment reaches all chapters more efficiently and at lower cost. To avoid staff burnout in Greater Toronto and Nova Scotia, immediate hiring of part-time movers and drivers is needed to meet a notable increase in demand for frontline service. The project will prevent the closing of chapters by p

Evaluating the Outcomes and Impact of a Free Moving Service for Women and Children Fleeing Abuse$780Kvalue2019start2022end

This 36-month project will assess the impact and effectiveness of a no-cost moving and storage service for women and children fleeing abuse. A trauma-informed approach will be used, focusing on safety and empowerment at every stage of service delivery.

Creating a National Fund Development team and strategy to secure long term sustainable funding$612Kvalue2024start2026end

Through this 22-month project, Shelter Movers will build its capacity to advance gender equality. This will be achieved by addressing fundraising skills gaps so the organization can secure sustainable funding to continue providing moving and storage services to women and children fleeing domestic abuse. Project activities will include restructuring and growing the national fund development team, creating and overseeing new volunteer roles, completing a SWOT analysis of current policies and procedures to identify risks and gaps, updating fundraising tools and database, and developing a 5-year s

Improving the separation process for survivors fleeing abuse in Canada$469Kvalue2022start2024end

This 24-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Shelter Movers will achieve this by researching the processes and treatment that survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) experience in judicial systems and in accessing social support services, developing recommendations to end practices and policies that discriminate and retraumatize, and creating a coalition to share information and advocate for changes to legislation, judicial practices and support services. The project will also focus on identifying additional

CSJCovid19-Shelter Movers (Beaches – East York)$53.2Kvalue2020start2020end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Development of a Standardized Victim Services Protocol & Framework$50.0Kvalue2024start2024end

Shelter Movers will collaborate with Victim Services agencies and other referral agencies to review current practices and develop an updated protocol for the organization. They will collect feedback on processes and interactions with agencies and remove barriers to connecting clients to Shelter Movers' services. The organization will compile recommendations and update internal documentation for use with partner agencies, including police, victim services, and shelters. The updated protocols will be in place ahead of the opening of new Shelter Movers chapters in Saskatchewan and Manitoba in fal

CSJ2021 - Shelter Movers (Toronto-St. Paul’s)$45.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

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Shelter Movers Vancouver$40.9Kvalue2020start2020end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

CSJ 2022 - Shelter Movers Ottawa (Ottawa Centre)$29.0Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Family Violence Initiative Fund$25.0Kvalue2023start2024end

The goal of this program is to focus on repairing the harm caused by inter-generational trauma within the family unit by using traditional healing techniques.

CSJ 2023 - Shelter Movers (Ottawa Centre)$20.0Kvalue2023start2023end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

CSJ 2022- Shelter Movers (Toronto-St.Pauls)$19.4Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Shelter Movers$12.8Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

CSJ 2024 - Shelter Movers (Ottawa Centre)$10.7Kvalue2024start2024end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Shelter Movers$9.7Kvalue2024start2024end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

CSJ 2022 - Shelter Movers (Cambridge)$9.7Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Shelter Movers$9.3Kvalue2023start2023end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Team Member Handbook Translation$5.0Kvalue2021start2021end

Enhancement of Official Languages Program

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality
Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$4.8Kvalue2023start2023end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

EEC 53 - Transit Secours Region Montreal$4.6Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Shelter Movers$4.6Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Shelter Movers (Moncton - Riverview - Dieppe)$4.5Kvalue2023start2023end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Shelter Movers-Vancouver$4.3Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Departments

Women and Gender Equality Canada5agreements$5.9Mvalue3programs
  • Gender-Based Violence Program
  • Women's Program
  • Department for Women and Gender Equality

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada16agreements$282Kvalue1programs
Department of Justice Canada1agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
Royal Canadian Mounted Police1agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • Grant to Promote Law Enforcement through Crime Prevention, Training and Public Relations

All grants from Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Canadian Heritage1agreements$5.0Kvalue1programs
  • Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Years

20244agreements$683Kvalue3programs
  • Women's Program
  • Victims Fund
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20235agreements$63.6Kvalue2programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Grant to Promote Law Enforcement through Crime Prevention, Training and Public Relations
20229agreements$3.6Mvalue3programs
  • Gender-Based Violence Program
  • Women's Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20213agreements$1.0Mvalue3programs
  • Women's Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality
20202agreements$94.0Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20191agreements$780Kvalue1programs
  • Department for Women and Gender Equality

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.