Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Saskatoon, SK · grants and contributions register · Souris-Moose Mountain

Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority: federal grants and contributions: 38 agreements; $11.5M value; 8 departments; 11 programs.

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38agreements
$11.5Mvalue
8departments
11programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$2.5Mvalue2016start–end
Agreement$2.2Mvalue2009start–end
Wanuskewin Interpretive Galleries Hardware Installation$1.0Mvalue2019start2020end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Agreement$1.0Mvalue2006start–end
Agreement$550Kvalue2017start–end
000014396$550Kvalue2017start2021end

Establish exhibit galleries to support the Wanuskewin Heritage Park expansion

000015841$500Kvalue2020start2021end

Reduce the impacts of closure due to COVID-19 pandemic

000022621$495Kvalue2022start2023end

Develop tourist offerings at Wanuskewin in Saskatoon - Budget 2021

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000022479$490Kvalue2022start2023end

Upgrade bison pasture and culinary capacity at Wanuskewin in Saskatoon, SK - Budget 2021

Agreement$425Kvalue2016start–end
PC0009126$393Kvalue2024start2026end

Expand Indigenous Tourism programs and improve accessibility in Saskatoon

Agreement$300Kvalue2024start–end

Enhancing Ecological Education within the Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Wanuskewin Galleries Lighting$224Kvalue2024start2024end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Agreement$147Kvalue2025start–end

Critical habitat development, enhancement, and protection for Loggerhead Shrike and American Badger populations within the Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Wanuskewin Heritage Park Preservation and Restoration Project$139Kvalue2024start2025end

The Wanuskewin Heritage Park project will prevent environmental & infrastructure damage associated with slope erosion and water levels of the Opimihaw Creek. The project entails erosion control, restoration of degraded grassland environments, control and management of invasive species, the installation of pond levelers, planting of riparian vegetation on newly exposed riverbanks and signage to increase environmental education to the patrons of Wanuskewin.

Le Fonds pour la réouverture des organismes du patrimoine / Reopening Fund for Heritage Organizations$100Kvalue2021start2022end

Museum Assistance Program (MAP)

Agreement$100Kvalue2023start–end

Wanuskewin Natural Rejuvenation Initiative

Agreement$75.0Kvalue2018start–end
Digitizing Wanuskewin's Archives$34.5Kvalue2022start2023end

Wanuskewin Heritage Park (WHP), a non-profit organization and proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site, plans to catalogue, digitize and preserve the visual material collection that began with the first archeological digs, in the early 1980s, and spans to the present day. The collection comprises various media formats, including approximately 1,000 35mm slides, 1,000 photographs, 50 VHS tapes, and 30 posters. The funding will contribute in two main ways. First, it will serve to catalogue and digitize the visual material collection, along with the accompanying metadata, and add it to the WHP's estab

Agreement$31.1Kvalue2006start–end
Agreement$30.6Kvalue2011start–end
Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$25.9Kvalue2021start2022end

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 conservation policies and plans for Wanuskewin National Historic Site of Canada$25.0Kvalue2024start2025end

This contribution supports the preparation of policies needed to safely bring artifacts back to Wanuskewin National Historic Site of Canada and ensure their proper stewardship in-house, as well as bringing research and conservation accountability and responsibility back to the Wanuskewin Heriage Park Authority.

Wanuskewin$18.4Kvalue2020start2020end

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.

Wanuskewin Archaeological Collections Return$14.8Kvalue2024start2025end

Museums Assistance Program - Indigenous Heritage

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$13.8Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth 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. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

Collections Management$13.1Kvalue2022start2023end

Museums Assistance Program

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Gathering$10.0Kvalue2023start2023end

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

Wanuskewin$8.4Kvalue2023start2023end

The expected outcomes of CSJ are: .• Youth are employed, in training or education, or in further employment services and interventions..

The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation$8.0Kvalue2024start2024end

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$7.2Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth 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. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (September 30)$7.0Kvalue2026start2026end

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation$6.7Kvalue2025start2025end

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

Wanuskewin - Groundskeeping$3.0Kvalue2018start2018end

N/A

Agreement$2.4Kvalue2018start–end
Agreement$1.5Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$1.5Kvalue2017start–end
Agreement$1.0Kvalue2015start–end

Departments

Canadian Heritage17agreements$6.2Mvalue6programs
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Museum Assistance Program (MAP) - Access to Heritage
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
  • Museums Assistance Program - Indigenous Heritage
  • Museums Assistance Program

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Western Economic Diversification Canada6agreements$3.1Mvalue1programs
Prairies Economic Development Canada3agreements$1.4Mvalue1programs
Environment and Climate Change Canada3agreements$547Kvalue0programs
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities1agreements$139Kvalue1programs
Employment and Social Development Canada6agreements$76.7Kvalue1programs
Library and Archives Canada1agreements$34.5Kvalue1programs
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program

All grants from Library and Archives Canada

Parks Canada1agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program

All grants from Parks Canada

Years

20261agreements$7.0Kvalue1programs
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
20252agreements$154Kvalue1programs
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
20247agreements$1.1Mvalue6programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Natural Infrastructure Fund
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Museums Assistance Program - Indigenous Heritage
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
20233agreements$118Kvalue2programs
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20224agreements$1.0Mvalue3programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Documentary Heritage Communities Program
  • Museums Assistance Program
20212agreements$126Kvalue2programs
  • Museum Assistance Program (MAP) - Access to Heritage
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20202agreements$518Kvalue2programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20193agreements$1.0Mvalue2programs
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
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20183agreements$80.4Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20173agreements$1.1Mvalue1programs
  • Western Diversification Program
20163agreements$3.0Mvalue0programs
    20151agreements$1.0Kvalue0programs
      20111agreements$30.6Kvalue0programs
        20091agreements$2.2Mvalue0programs
          20062agreements$1.0Mvalue0programs

            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.