Victim Services Toronto: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, ON · grants and contributions register · Thunder Bay—Superior North

Victim Services Toronto: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $2.3M value; 3 departments; 3 programs.

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7agreements
$2.3Mvalue
3departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Survivors of Human Trafficking Debt Relief$1.4Mvalue2023start2026end

Through this 31-month project, Victim Services Toronto will scale what is currently known as Project Reclaim, a free debt relief service for human trafficking (HT) survivors in Canada, to include survivors in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia, addressing the pressing gaps in access to debt relief services to strengthen the GBV sector. To do so, the project will include streamlining the documentation retrieval process and developing trauma-informed support mechanisms. Victim Services Toronto will actively share information on this promising practice, enabling others to replica

Human Trafficking Prevention: Building Awareness in School Leaders Project$400Kvalue2021start2024end

This 38-month project with Victim Services Toronto will develop and implement promising prevention practices to advance knowledge of school leaders and to enhance empowerment supports for at-risk youth population and survivors of human trafficking. This will be achieved by engaging key partners and stakeholders in a Human Trafficking Advisory Collaborative Committee, conducting human trafficking professional learning webinars, and developing and distributing a human trafficking tip sheet for school leaders. At the end of the project, the organization will have developed an effective and repl

Reclaim$358Kvalue2022start2026end

Reclaim advocates with creditors on behalf of human trafficking survivors with the explicit goal of eliminating the debt survivors incurred fraudulently. This project will not only serve to move Reclaim (currently run by founder, Richard Dunwoody) into Victim Services Toronto but will also grow to allow all Reclaim clients to work directly with a Survivor Peer Advocates trained in counseling and trauma. Richard Dunwoody will continue to lead the financial advocacy piece and Victim Services Toronto will work directly with the clients, and, together, will build compelling cases with proper docum

Project Recover$158Kvalue2022start2024end

Project Recover advocates with creditors on behalf of human trafficking survivors, with the goal of eliminating their fraudulently incurred debt. One key strategy of traffickers is financial abuse, which results in two forms: coerced debt and identity fraud of victims. Expenses linked to trafficking activity are put in victims’ name and associated with a credit card or bank account. Project Recover will provide a summary report to all creditors and request the removal of the survivor’s debt liability and any references to it on their creditor report. Survivors have the option to work with thei

2024 Victims and Survivors of Crime Week$10.0Kvalue2024start2024end

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from May 12 to May 18, 2024. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.

2025 Victims and Survivors of Crime Week$9.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from May 11 to May 17, 2025. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.

2026 Victims and Survivors of Crime Week$8.5Kvalue2026start2026end

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from May 10 to May 16, 2026. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.

Departments

Women and Gender Equality Canada2agreements$1.8Mvalue1programs
Public Safety Canada2agreements$517Kvalue1programs
  • (CPCSOC) Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

All grants from Public Safety Canada

Department of Justice Canada3agreements$27.5Kvalue1programs

Years

20261agreements$8.5Kvalue1programs
  • Victims Fund
20251agreements$9.0Kvalue1programs
  • Victims Fund
20241agreements$10.0Kvalue1programs
  • Victims Fund
20231agreements$1.4Mvalue1programs
  • Gender-Based Violence Program
20222agreements$517Kvalue1programs
  • (CPCSOC) Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime
20211agreements$400Kvalue1programs
  • Gender-Based Violence 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.