Halifax: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Nova Scotia · riding 12005 · all ridings

Halifax: federal grants and contributions: 1,729 agreements; $761M value; 653 recipients; 11 departments.

Assay record ASY-CA-17WGR3K1E8 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Halifax: federal grants and contributions in the riding”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/riding/12005-halifax/

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1,729agreements
$761Mvalue
653recipients
11departments

Years

202657agreements$10.2Mvalue7departments
2025368agreements$14.9Mvalue6departments
2024173agreements$63.9Mvalue9departments
2023164agreements$57.3Mvalue8departments
2022364agreements$86.1Mvalue8departments
2021154agreements$99.9Mvalue9departments
2020227agreements$86.3Mvalue6departments
201997agreements$148Mvalue9departments
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201867agreements$15.2Mvalue5departments
20177agreements$23.4Mvalue2departments
20163agreements$62.2Mvalue2departments
20153agreements$2.4Mvalue1departments
20144agreements$1.8Mvalue1departments
20132agreements$265Kvalue1departments
20122agreements$838Kvalue1departments
20113agreements$1.6Mvalue1departments
20105agreements$3.0Mvalue1departments
20096agreements$59.0Mvalue1departments
20084agreements$1.9Mvalue1departments
200711agreements$20.9Mvalue1departments
20067agreements$1.8Mvalue1departments
20051agreements$506Kvalue1departments
  • Canadian Sailing Expeditions Inc.

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada117agreements$242Mvalue79recipients
Transport Canada232agreements$184Mvalue29recipients
Department of Justice Canada77agreements$160Mvalue24recipients
Employment and Social Development Canada523agreements$84.9Mvalue308recipients
National Research Council Canada694agreements$64.1Mvalue202recipients
Global Affairs Canada46agreements$9.5Mvalue18recipients

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Public Safety Canada8agreements$8.3Mvalue5recipients
Parks Canada27agreements$4.8Mvalue14recipients
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Veterans Affairs Canada1agreements$2.3Mvalue1recipients
National Defence2agreements$1.3Mvalue1recipients
Royal Canadian Mounted Police2agreements$42.1Kvalue2recipients

Largest recipients

Government of Nova Scotia4agreements$160Mvalue2departments
  • Strategic Investment Fund - Funding to Province
  • Knowledge Infrastructure Program - Funding to Province
  • National Trade Corridors Fund

All grants to Government of Nova Scotia

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia1agreements$90.0Mvalue1departments
NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE6agreements$80.8Mvalue1departments
  • Legal Aid
  • Youth Justice Services Funding Program
  • Drug Treatment Court Funding Program
  • Justice Partnership and Innovation Program

All grants to NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COURT SERVICES DIVISION12agreements$40.5Mvalue1departments
  • Contraventions Act Fund
  • Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund
  • Canadian Family Justice Fund
  • Justice Partnership and Innovation Program

All grants to NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COURT SERVICES DIVISION

MEOPAR Incorporated1agreements$38.1Mvalue1departments
Black Business Initiative Society1agreements$36.8Mvalue1departments
Siemens Canada Limited1agreements$35.7Mvalue1departments
Halifax Port Authority4agreements$34.5Mvalue1departments
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Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency1agreements$28.3Mvalue1departments
Dalhousie University50agreements$19.5Mvalue6departments
  • Life Sciences Research Institute
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Peace and Stabilization Operations
  • Program to Address Disturbances from Vessel Traffic / Quiet Vessel Initiative

All grants to Dalhousie University

NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MAINTENANCE ENFORCEMENT AND VICTIM SERVICES DIVISION5agreements$14.8Mvalue1departments
Springboard Atlantic Inc.3agreements$10.7Mvalue2departments
  • ElevateIP
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program

All grants to Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Dept. of Economic & Rural Development & Tourism-Prov. of NS14agreements$10.6Mvalue1departments
Atlantic Council for International Cooperation2agreements$6.6Mvalue2departments
Halifax Regional Municipality49agreements$6.5Mvalue3departments
  • (HUSAR) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Program
  • General Class Grants Contributions Program
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants to Halifax Regional Municipality

Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society2agreements$6.1Mvalue1departments
  • RH-Indigenous Homelessness-Community Entity
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants to Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society

LEGAL INFORMATION SOCIETY OF NOVA SCOTIA13agreements$5.4Mvalue1departments
  • Legal Aid
  • Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
  • Canadian Family Justice Fund
  • Victims Fund
  • Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund

All grants to LEGAL INFORMATION SOCIETY OF NOVA SCOTIA

HALIFAX REFUGEE CLINIC3agreements$4.3Mvalue1departments
Neptune Seismic AS (Seismic)1agreements$3.8Mvalue1departments
PSA Halifax Limited1agreements$3.7Mvalue1departments
ASSOCIATION DES JURISTES D'EXPRESSION FRANÇAISE DE LA NOUVELLE-ÉCOSSE7agreements$3.4Mvalue1departments
NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, JUSTICE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES DIVISION, VICTIM SERVICES1agreements$3.4Mvalue1departments
BLUENODE INC.7agreements$3.3Mvalue2departments
  • National Trade Corridors Fund
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program

All grants to BLUENODE INC.

Nova Scotia Education Common Services Bureau10agreements$3.0Mvalue1departments
Halifax Young Women's Christian Association10agreements$3.0Mvalue1departments
  • CSC - Opportunities - Regional and Local
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants
  • Enabling Accessibility Funds - Youth

All grants to Halifax Young Women's Christian Association

Nova Scotia Community College13agreements$2.4Mvalue3departments
  • Opportunities Fund - Project
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • International Development Assistance Program

All grants to Nova Scotia Community College

Organization For Nova Scotia Innovation Driven Enterprise1agreements$2.4Mvalue1departments
Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia1agreements$2.3Mvalue1departments
Province Of Nova Scotia - Communities, Culture and Heritage3agreements$2.3Mvalue1departments
Milk Moovement Inc.7agreements$2.2Mvalue2departments
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • AI Compute Access Fund
  • CanExport SME
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants to Milk Moovement Inc.

2 agreements worth $1.2M went to individuals, who are not named.

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.