2025-26 Details on transfer payment programs

(S) Contributions related to the Canada Community-Building Fund (Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act)

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-18

Link to departmental result: Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Community Infrastructure

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF), administer by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada, provides permanent, long-term infrastructure funding to communities across Canada. A portion of the CCBF is allocated to on-reserve First Nations to support implementation of Other Community Infrastructure projects, ultimately contributing to sustainable, reliable community-led infrastructure and land management on reserve.

Expected results:

• On-reserve First Nations (excluding those in the Territories) are able to implement other community infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges, connectivity, cultural and recreational facilities, fire protection, energy systems, planning and skills, band administrative buildings and structural mitigation, as well as solid waste management projects.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2023-24 Evaluation of the Other Community Infrastructure and Activities Program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: 2027-2029 cluster evaluation of OCI, Education Facilities and Housing On-Reserve Programs

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations on reserve recipients (excluding those in the Territories)
• Government
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The program maintains ongoing collaboration on climate change-related initiatives, including adaptation and mitigation, with the Assembly of First Nations through the Joint Committee on Climate Action.

Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reserves

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental result: Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Emergency Management Assistance

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of the Emergency Management Assistance Program (EMAP) is to protect lives and maintain resilient, sustainable on-reserve First Nations communities and infrastructure through emergency management. Through the EMAP, ISC supports First Nations partners to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to and recover from emergency events that threaten the health, safety, and holistic well-being of on-reserve First Nations and other eligible communities, the most common being floods, fires, loss of essential services, severe weather, or failure of community infrastructure (i.e., winter roads, bridges, water sources, housing, etc.) due to natural disaster or accident.

The department also provides financial assistance to First Nations for search and recovery activities based on compassionate grounds. In addition, the 2017–18 the Building Back Better Strategy Guide was approved to increase the access and availability to culturally competent response and recovery supports for on-reserve and other eligible First Nations partners.

Expected results:

• Local emergency response capabilities are enhanced, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a better and more sustainable future.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2016-17 Evaluation of the Emergency Management Assistance Program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Emergency Management Assistance Program

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations
• Indigenous Organizations
• Government
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The Emergency Management Directorate is actively engaged in several collaborative efforts to advance progress towards the creation of multilateral agreements, fostering greater cooperation and coordination in emergency management through a dedicated team that works closely with provinces, territories, and First Nation partners.

Additionally, a First Nations Advisory committee has been stood up to continue the work of the previous Office of the Auditor General steering committee. This committee, comprised of First Nations emergency management practitioners and co-led by ISC and the Assembly of First Nations, will provide insight on the continued progress in meeting the recommendations from the Office of the Auditor General as well as other initiatives that ISC is developing. This inclusive approach ensures that various partners have a voice in shaping our emergency management practices.

Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure Support

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2024-25

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous Peoples are physically well
• Indigenous Peoples are mentally well
• Indigenous Peoples have access to quality federally funded health services
• Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Health Systems Support
• Community Infrastructure
• Primary Health Care

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of this transfer payment program is to support First Nations and Inuit capacity-enhancing initiatives to assume greater control over the design, delivery and management of health services and health infrastructure in their communities. This includes continuing to provide resources and supports for First Nations and Inuit to develop and implement their own health services plans and move into more flexible funding arrangements to address community needs and priorities.

Health Systems Support Program elements include Community Health Planning, the Health Services Integration Fund, the Health Transformation initiative, British Columbia Tripartite Health Governance, Accreditation, Health Human Resources, and funding for Indigenous-led health surveys. It also includes targeted initiatives, such as the work for distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation and policy approaches and distinctions-based collaboration with Indigenous Peoples to address anti-Indigenous racism in Canada's health systems.

Expected results:

• First Nations and Inuit capacity-enhancing initiatives such as the six First Nations organizations innovative Health Transformation projects, are supported;
• First Nations and Inuit communities have assumed greater control over the design, delivery and management of health services and health infrastructure in their communities;
• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities have greater access to quality and culturally safe health services; and,
• First Nations, Inuit and Métis representation in the health profession has increased.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2017-18 Evaluation of Health Canada's Role in Supporting British Columbia First Nations Health Authority as a Governance Partner
• 2023-24 Cluster Evaluation of Health Infrastructure Support for First Nations

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the ISC-British Columbia Tripartite and Health Transformation Role in Supporting New First Nations Health Governance Structures
• 2028-29 Cluster Evaluation of Health Infrastructure Support for First Nations

General beneficiary recipient groups:

• First Nations and Inuit recipients
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Government
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: In relation to health infrastructure, ISC engages with representatives of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) through the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch's Senior Management Committee, of which the AFN and ITK are members. ISC also engages with ITK on issues related to primary care through the National Inuit Committee on Health and with the AFN through the Chiefs Committee on Health. Collaboration and joint planning also take place at ISC's regional partnership tables, which guide joint decision making on key issues including primary care and health infrastructure.

The successful implementation of services and related projects, as well as policy development to improve the health and the health systems of First Nations and Inuit populations, depends on very close collaboration between the regional offices and Indigenous partners and organizations in communities. In general, engagement with recipients is led by ISC's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch through individual and/or multi-community regular bilateral planning sessions and calls for proposals are discussed and agreed upon.

Further, ISC's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Management Operation Plan for Health is an important mechanism and a shared decision-making tool to outline the health-related priorities identified by Indigenous partners through such regular engagement sessions.

ISC also remains committed to continuing to advance the full implementation of Joyce's Principle and ensuring it guides the work to co-develop First Nation, Inuit, and Métis-specific policy and/or legislative approaches. In this regard, ISC will continue to be an active governance partner to the First Nations Health Authority, who controls health programs and service delivery in British Columbia.

ISC will continue to support six Health Transformation projects by working collaboratively with Battleford Agency Tribal Council in Saskatchewan, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc. and Southern Chiefs Organization in Manitoba, Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Ontario, La Commission de la santé et des services sociaux des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador in Quebec and Tajikeimɨk in Nova Scotia. Other engagement initiatives include working on a Framework Agreement with the Southern Chiefs Organization that will outline how the transfer of responsibility for federally funded health services will occur. In addition, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc., Tajikeimɨk, and Nishnawbe Aski Nation are working towards concluding Agreements in Principle in 2025, followed by Framework Agreements.

Consultations with the First Nations Health Managers Association has contributed to the continued evolution of health planning tools and capacity supports with the delivery of training sessions, development of guidance pieces and partnership building with community health leaders. ISC will continue the collaboration with the First Nations Health Managers Association in the development of health planning tools and training that support Indigenous-led design and delivery of federally funded health services.

ISC will continue to work with the First Nations organizations responsible for delivery of digital health/virtual care services within the regions such as the Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Digital Health Advisory and the National Indigenous Information Technology Alliance.

Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2021-22

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous Peoples are physically well
• Indigenous Peoples are mentally well
• Indigenous Peoples have access to quality federally funded health services

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Public Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Jordan's Principle and the Inuit Child First Initiative
• Primary Health Care
• Home and Long-Term Care

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Primary Health Care activity is a coordinated system of health services required to maintain health and treat illness and is the first point of individual contact by First Nations and Inuit with the health system at the reserve/community level. The Primary Health Care Authority funds a suite of programs, services and strategies provided primarily to First Nations and Inuit individuals, families, and communities living on reserve or in Inuit communities and encompasses health promotion and disease prevention programs to improve health outcomes and reduce health risks; public health protection, including surveillance, to prevent and/or mitigate human health risks associated with communicable diseases and exposure to environmental hazards; and primary care where individuals are provided diagnostic, curative, rehabilitative, supportive, palliative or end-of-life care, and referral services.

Expected results:

• Improved health of Indigenous Peoples of all ages through the provision of accessible health service;
• Community-based health programs respond to the needs and priorities of Indigenous partners and are delivered efficiently, effectively and safer; and,
• Healthcare providers in Indigenous communities have the training, tools and support they need to provide health services.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2022-23 Evaluation of Healthy Living
• 2019-20 Evaluation of Home and Community Care
• 2018-19 Case Studies on Jordan's Principle - A Child First Initiative
• 2018-19 Evaluation of Clinical and Client Care
• 2016-17 Evaluation of Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Environmental Public Health Program (2010-2011 to 2014-2015)
• 2016-17 Evaluation of the First Nations and Inuit Mental Wellness Programs (2010-2011 to 2014-2015)
• 2014-15 Evaluation of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Communicable Disease Control and Management Programs (2008-2009 to 2013-2014)
• 2023-24 Evaluation of the Healthy Child Development Program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2024-25 Evaluation of the Environmental Public Health Program
• 2024-25 Evaluation of the Mental Wellness Program
• 2025-26 Evaluation of Jordan's Principle
• 2024-25 Evaluation of the Inuit Child First Initiative
• 2025-26 Cluster Evaluation of the Home and Long-Term Care Program
• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Communicable Disease Control and Management Program
• 2025-26 Cluster Evaluation of Primary Health Care
• 2027-28 Cluster Evaluation of Public Health Promotion and disease Prevention (Healthy Living and Healthy Child Development)

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations and Inuit recipients
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Government
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC engages with representatives of the AFN and ITK through the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch-Senior Management Committee, of which the AFN and ITK are members. ISC also engages with ITK on issues related to primary care through the National Inuit Committee on Health and with the AFN through the Chiefs Committee on Health; and with the AFN on environmental public health-related issues in other fora, such as the Strategic Water Management On-Reserve Committee and the Joint Committee on Climate Action. Collaboration and joint planning also take place at regional partnership tables, which guide joint decision making on key issues including primary care.

Engagement relating to tuberculosis, sexually-transmitted and blood borne infections, and immunizations also take place through ad hoc network meetings or in working group meetings which may be composed of various regional and Indigenous partners to discuss various topics.

ISC's First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care (FNIHCC) Program is coordinating activities related to chronic disease management that facilitate continuing education for healthcare professionals, and is supporting community-led distinctions-based approaches to palliative and end-of-life care. The FNIHCC Program, in conjunction with the Assisted Living Program, is co-developing distinctions based Long-Term and Continuing Care Frameworks with Indigenous partners. ISC's regional offices have ongoing engagement with recipients to increase the number of block and New Fiscal Relationship funding types. These engagements bolster the First Nations and Inuit design, delivery and evaluation of the Program.

The department works closely with Indigenous partners at national, regional and community levels in the area of Mental Wellness. ISC's efforts are guided by key documents developed with, and by, Indigenous partners, namely the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework, Honouring Our Strengths and the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy.

ISC also engages with ITK on issues related to primary care through the National Inuit Committee on Health and on issues related to the Child First Initiative through the Co-Development Steering Committee, and with the AFN through the Chiefs Committee on Health. Collaboration and joint planning also take place at regional partnership tables, which guide joint decision making on key issues including primary care.

ISC continues to work with national and regional First Nations, Inuit, and Métis partners on the design and implementation of the Indigenous Health Equity Fund, which is providing $2 billion over ten years to support distinctions-based, Indigenous-led approaches to increasing access to quality and culturally safe health services. The department will continue to work with these partners to report on progress.

Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health Benefits

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous Peoples are physically well
• Indigenous Peoples are mentally well
• Indigenous Peoples have access to quality federally funded health services

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Supplementary Health Benefits

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: ISC's Supplementary Health Benefits (also known as Non-Insured Health Benefits) Program provides registered First Nations and recognized Inuit residents in Canada with coverage for a range of medically necessary health-related goods and services which are not otherwise available to them through other private plans or provincial or territorial health or social programs. Program benefits include prescription and over-the-counter medications, dental and vision care, medical supplies and equipment, mental health counselling, and transportation to access medically required health services that are not available locally. Some benefits are delivered through contribution agreements with First Nations and Inuit organizations or with the territorial governments in Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

Expected results:

• Clients have improved access to the Supplementary Health Benefits Program.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2017-18 Evaluation of Supplementary Health Benefits Program (2009-10 to 2014-15)

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: 2024-25 Evaluation of the Supplementary Health Benefits Program (Non-Insured Health Benefits)

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations and Inuit recipients
• Government
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC engages with representatives from the Assembly of First Nations and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami through the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch's Senior Management Committee. Since 2014, the Program has been working closely with the Assembly of First Nations on a comprehensive joint review of the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program to enhance client access to health benefits and streamline service delivery to be more responsive to First Nation client needs. ISC will continue the joint review this year with the review of the medical transportation benefit. ISC also engages with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami representatives and through the National Inuit Committee on Health to identify shared priorities for the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program.

Contributions for Pathways to Safe Indigenous Communities Initiative

Start date: 2021-22

End date: 2025-26; Amended to 2026-27 for the Community Development Wrap-Around Initiative (CDWAI)

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2021-22; Amended in 2022-23 to include CDWAI under this authority

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well
• Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Safety and Prevention Services
• Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This transfer payment program, a five-year initiative starting in 2021-22, funds services for Indigenous communities, women, children, and families across Canada – including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban, and Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual + (2SLGBTQI+) people.

The intention of the program is to assist Indigenous individuals and communities to:

• support the development and delivery of culturally relevant and community and organization identity specific safety and well-being initiatives;
• address community safety and well-being needs that support reconciliation, resiliency, and capacity of Indigenous communities and organizations and their members, contribute to and promote a sense of belonging of community members, address intergenerational trauma, address systemic barriers and biases within existing systems, recognize the impact of lived experiences; and,
• support Indigenous designed interventions and Indigenous definitions of safe, secure and resilient communities.

Expected results:

• The safety and well-being of Indigenous communities, including women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people, is improved.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable, new program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable, new program

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Cluster Evaluation of the Family Violence Prevention Program and the Pathways to Safe Indigenous Communities Initiative (underway in 2024-25; results available in 2025-26)

General beneficiary groups: First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and organizations

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The Pathways Initiative plans to engage with funding recipients to understand project impacts and future needs. This feedback and assessment prior to project completion will support ongoing program improvement and future program development. Given the diversity of projects funded, it is anticipated that engagement would be on an individual project basis.

Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy development

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2014-15

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination
• Indigenous communities are progressing in their business and economic growth
• Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports
• Community Economic Development
• Child and Family Services

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The program is intended to be a vehicle for a wide range of engagements between the department and Indigenous Peoples for the development and implementation of departmental policy and programming.

Expected results:

• Indigenous Peoples, communities and organizations are actively engaged in the development of the government's legislative and policy agendas;
• Research report(s) received from expert Indigenous Organizations inform the development of ISC policies, program-design and funding formulas for the Indigenous Governance and Capacity Program; and,
• Increased co-development efforts between ISC and expert Indigenous organizations on the design and structure of the Indigenous Governance and Capacity program.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2016-17 Evaluation of Governance and Institutions of Government

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Indigenous Governance and Capacity Program
• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Surveys on Indigenous Peoples

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations communities and organizations
• Inuit communities
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: No planned initiatives to engage applicants and recipients in 2025-26.

Contributions to First Nations for the management of contaminated sites

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2022-23

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Communities and The Environment

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The objective of this contribution program is to ensure the removal of known contamination from National Contaminated Sites Classification System Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 contaminated sites for which a Crown liability has been established and documented.

The transfer payment plan also includes funding for the First Nations Solid Waste Management Initiative to develop sustainable solid waste management solutions on reserve

Expected results:

• Remediation activities are undertaken for the removal of known contaminants on reserves, for all contaminated sites including Class 1, 2, and 3; and,
• Sustainable solid waste management solutions on reserves are developed.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2023-24 Evaluation of the Contaminated Sites On-Reserve (South of the 60th Parallel) Program
• 2018-19 Evaluation of Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (horizontal evaluation, led by Environment and Climate Change Canada)
• 2020-21 Evaluation of Solid Waste Management Initiative

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2028-29 Evaluation of the Contaminated Sites On-Reserve (South of the 60th Parallel) Program
• 2024-25 Evaluation of Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (horizontal evaluation, led by Environment and Climate Change Canada)

General beneficiary groups:

• Indigenous recipients
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Regional officials work directly with First Nation communities to identify, assess and remediate contaminated sites on reserve lands. Additionally, in order to address the absence of an effective regulatory regime for waste management and unauthorized dumping, in November 2025, ISC in partnership with First Nations organizations established a Joint Table on Waste Management and Unauthorized Dumping. The purpose of the Joint Table is to identify legislative/regulatory and policy options to address these issues. Findings are anticipated by 2025 and will inform planned community engagement.

Contributions to improve the safety and security of Indigenous women, children, families and 2SLGBTQI+ People

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental results: Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Safety and Prevention Services

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Family Violence Prevention aims to fund protection and prevention services for Indigenous women, children and families across Canada. This includes: First Nations (on and off reserve); Inuit; Métis; urban; two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual + (2SLGBTQQIA+) people. The primary objective is to support Indigenous women, children, families, and 2SLGBTQI+ people living across Canada with family violence shelter services and transition homes through funding to core operations. The secondary objective is to support family violence prevention activities through funding to Indigenous communities and organizations, as directed within the program's Terms and Conditions. Third, the program supports Métis engagement on assessing shelter needs and community violence prevention activities focused on Métis women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

Expected results:

• Increased shelter space for Indigenous peoples across Canada;
• Increased transitional, second-stage housing for Indigenous Peoples across Canada; and,
• Culturally-appropriate supports and violence prevention activities are defined and led by Indigenous organizations and communities, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2017-18 Evaluation of Family Violence Prevention

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Family Violence Prevention Program (includes Pathways to Safe Indigenous Communities Initiative)

General beneficiary groups:

• Indigenous recipients
• Government
• Academia and public institutions
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC is actively engaging with a variety of applicants, recipients and Indigenous partners to support ongoing improvements to the program's delivery.

Contributions to Indian bands for registration administration

Start date: 1994

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2022-23

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This transfer payment program enables Indian Bands or their Tribal Councils to facilitate the administration of the Indian Registration System and maintenance of Band Lists and increase the adoption of the Secure Certificate of Indian Status at the community level. The transfer payments will provide for in-person application support resulting in entitled persons gaining access to benefits, and an up to date and accurate Indian Register for the department.

Expected results:

• Life events (e.g. births, marriages, deaths, divorces) are appropriately recorded in the Indian Registration System and Secure Certificates of Indian Status are issued for the band(s) they represent.
• Entitled individuals are guided and supported when completing the necessary forms to request a registration or an amendment to their personal information or to obtain a Secure Certificate of Indian Status.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2021-22 Evaluation of Individual Affairs

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2026-27 Evaluation of Individual Affairs

General beneficiary groups: Indigenous recipients

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC is expected to engage Registration Administrators on their level of contribution funding based on the design and delivery of Individual Affairs Programs.

Contributions to provide children, youth, young adults, families and communities with prevention and protection services

Start date: 1991

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2022-23

Link to departmental results: Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Child and Family Services

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The transfer payment program aims to improve the safety and wellbeing of First Nations children and families by providing funding to support the delivery of holistic and culturally appropriate prevention and protection services. Eligible recipients deliver prevention and protection services for children and families ordinarily resident on reserve or in the Yukon.

The program provides funding for post-majority support services for youth and young adults aging out of the child welfare system. Services account for First Nations' unique cultural, historical and geographical strengths, needs and circumstances, and are provided in a manner that accounts for the best interest of the child, as defined by First Nations.

Expected results:

• First Nations families have greater access to culturally appropriate prevention and early intervention services; and,
• First Nations service providers have adequate and predictable resources that allow for the development and delivery of culturally based child welfare standards and services including prevention services; and
• Federal child welfare policies, procedures, agreements and legislation are improved.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2014-15 Enhanced Prevention Approach for the First Nations Child and Family Services Program in Manitoba

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of First Nations Child and Family Services (Reform)

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations and First Nation authorized service providers
• Provincial and Yukon governments
• First Nations Child and Family Services Agencies (including delegated and partially delegated)

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients:

• Ongoing engagement and relationship building with provincial and Yukon governments, and First Nation partners on the reform of FNCFS programs.

Contributions to support Indigenous governments and institutions, and to build strong governance

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2023-24

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of this transfer payment is to facilitate capacity development in the First Nations and Inuit elected leadership and entities that administer aggregate services and program delivery on behalf of or to First Nations and Inuit governments and communities. The specific objectives are:

• to enable First Nation, Inuit and Innu employers to compete effectively in attracting and retaining the qualified staff required to manage and deliver programs and services;
• to enable Tribal Councils to develop the capacity of their member First Nations, as well as provide aggregated program and service delivery as agreed to by their member First Nations;
• to support First Nations Fiscal Management Act Institutions in providing First Nations with the requisite resources, tools and mechanisms to support good government and to enhance First Nations governance capacity; and,
• to support the strengthening of the First Nations and Inuit communities' public service management and institutional capacity as well as the development of community governance decision-making mechanisms and frameworks at the individual, community and organizational level.

Expected results:

• Qualified administrative and service delivery staff is retained;
• Aggregate service delivery organizations are stable, transparent and accountable;
• First Nation governance is strengthened; and,
• A strong, stable First Nation/Inuit public service and community-lead decision-making process directed towards self-governance is established.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2021-22 Evaluation of Individual Affairs
• 2016-17 Evaluation of Governance and Institutions of Government
• 2013-14 Evaluation of Indian Moneys, Estates and Treaty Annuities

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Indigenous Governance and Capacity Program
• 2026-27 Evaluation of Individual Affairs

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations and Inuit recipients
• For-profit organizations
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Indigenous Governments
• Other
• Individual or sole proprietorships
• Academia and public institutions

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: No planned initiatives to engage applicants and recipients in 2025-2026

Estate management is a mandatory statutory requirement pursuant to the Indian Act. In support of this statutory requirement, funding may be available to First Nations to support transition and capacity initiatives. The department will launch an annual call for proposals for this funding in early spring 2025. An application will be provided along with guidelines on how to apply and what activities are eligible.

Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-18

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure
• Indigenous communities are progressing in their business and economic growth
• Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Communities and the Environment
• Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development
• Community Economic Development
• Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This transfer payment supports increased participation of Indigenous communities in the Canadian economy and enables Indigenous peoples to pursue opportunities for employment, income, and wealth creation. The specific objectives of each program include:

Lands and Economic Development Services Program:

• Enable First Nations and Inuit communities and organizations they mandate to deliver community economic development services;
• Enable First Nations to assume greater control over reserve land, resources and environment including land use planning, environmental management and compliance, on behalf of the Minister and pursuant to the Indian Act;
• Provide tools and support to First Nations who wish to transition from land management under the Indian Act to the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management; and
• Enable the provision of lands, environmental and economic development support services to communities, to assist in achieving the program's objectives.

Community Opportunity Readiness Program: Increase economic development by providing proposal based financial support to First Nations and Inuit communities to assist in their pursuit of, and participation in, economic opportunities. ISC assesses proposals based on their community economic impacts and supports projects with the greatest impacts.

The Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program (AEP):

• Enhance access to capital for Indigenous businesses in Canada;
• Support activities to establish, expand and diversify the network of Indigenous-owned and controlled financial institutions providing developmental capital in Canada, which are functionally complementary to the mainstream financial sector;
• Enhance the capacity of Indigenous financial and business development organizations to provide financial services, business information, and developmental support services.

Expected results:

• Indigenous communities are progressing in their business and economic growth, including an increase in the number of viable businesses;
• Land and environmental management, and economic development are strengthened at the local level;
• Increased Indigenous participation in major resource development initiatives; and,
• First Nation communities continued development of land use plans and increased land management capacity.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2023-24 Evaluation of Lands Management Sub-Programs
• 2020-21 Evaluation of First Nations Solid Waste Management Initiative
• 2015-16 Evaluation of Contaminated Sites (South of the 60th Parallel) Program
• 2015-16 Evaluation of Business Capital and Support Services Program
• 2014-15 Evaluation of the Investment in Economic Opportunities
• 2013-14 Evaluation of Indian Moneys, Estates and Treaty Annuities

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2028-29 Evaluation of Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development Program
• 2026-27 Evaluation of the First Nations Solid Waste Management Initiative
• 2028-29 Evaluation of Lands Management Sub-Programs
• 2028-29 Evaluation of Contaminated Sites (South of the 60th Parallel) Program

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations recipients and Inuit communities south of 60
• For-profit organizations
• Métis entrepreneurs-recipients across Canada
• Not-for-profit organizations and charities
• Government
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC engages with First Nations to discuss options for alternative management of Band trust moneys. This is done through regular communication and outreach. First Nations interested in pursuing a transfer of capital and/or revenue band moneys will be made aware of the options, the process and the funding available to support the process.

In 2025-26, ISC will continue to engage with the National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association and their affiliated regional lands associations on elements of the program design and delivery of the Reserve Land and Environment Management Program, including program improvements to support participating communities.

ISC works closely with the NACCA and the five MCCs, to which the Access to Capital component of the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program has been devolved since 2015. ISC continues to work in partnership with NACCA and MCCs on the enhancement and modernization of the program following the five-year evaluation completed in Fall 2023.

ISC is also regularly engaging with Indigenous partners to continue advancing the department's distinctions-based approach for the delivery of financing with the five MCCs, which recently included an additional $30 million in targeted recapitalization funding for Métis entrepreneurs through Budget 2024. In addition, engagement is planned to work with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to address the priorities of Inuit-led IFIs. This would align with current work being done with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to support Inuit economic development, self-determination and economic reconciliation.

Contributions to support service transfer and transformation

Start date: 2022-23

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2022-23

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination
• Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports
• Child and Family Services
• Health Systems Support

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of the transfer payment program is to: advance broad level engagement, research and policy development with Indigenous partners for a more holistic approach to service delivery and transformation; and, undertake preparatory work, including pilot projects in service design and delivery, to prepare for a subsequent transfer of responsibility for services from Indigenous Services Canada to Indigenous partners.

Through this funding authority, Indigenous governing bodies are supported to participate in the negotiation of coordination agreements to support the exercise of jurisdiction in relation to child and family services. First Nations, Inuit and Métis governments and organizations, including non-status, off-reserve and other Indigenous groups will also be engaged on key program and policy developments to support Indigenous jurisdictional development activities, capacity building or self-determination.

Funding also supports research, evaluation and analysis, including pilot projects that enable Indigenous-centered evidence for decision making and serve as the basis for long-term approaches to service transfer. As an enabling support mechanism, this authority will work in conjunction with funding approved through separate program authorities with pre-determined indicators and performance measurement strategies.

Expected results:

• Indigenous partners are able to engage with the department in a manner consistent with the department's service delivery and transfer mandate, and is respectful of partners' priorities (as measured by the number of agreements in place with First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners and dollar value);
• Indigenous partners are able to facilitate innovative approaches to service design, development and delivery (as measured by the number of pilot projects or start-ups completed through this authority); and
• Indigenous partners have the plans and/or governance required to co-develop service transfer agreements and move forward with an eventual transfer (as measured by the percentage of total First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities who have accessed this authority and have completed plans for proposed service delivery organizations).

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: There are no past evaluations for the implementation of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Implementation of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Grant to Support the New Fiscal Relationship for First Nations
• 2027-28 Evaluation of Transformational Approach to Indigenous Data

General beneficiary groups: Indigenous governing bodies

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC is developing a departmental Policy on External Data Sharing, with implementation targeted for 2025-26. As part of the development, the department will launch a multi-stage engagement approach with Indigenous governments and organizations extending through October 2025.

Collaboration with relevant partners and stakeholders such as other government departments, other sectors within the department, national Indigenous organizations, provincial and territorial governments and community leaders to develop effective policies and programs that address the specific needs of Indigenous communities.

Contributions to support the Aboriginal Economic Development Strategic Partnerships Initiative

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2020-21

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities are progressing in their business and economic growth

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Community Economic Development

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The overall objective of the Strategic Partnerships Initiative (SPI) is to increase economic development opportunities for Indigenous communities and businesses. SPI is a whole-of-government innovative program launched in 2010 to increase Indigenous participation in large, complex, multiyear economic opportunities that span a range of sectors. It promotes partnerships between multiple federal partners (22 federal departments and agencies), provincial and territorial governments, and non-federal groups in key economic areas.

SPI contribution funding includes:

• ongoing support for initiatives in key sectors of the Canadian economy such as tourism, mining, fisheries, forestry, agriculture and energy.
• support for regional initiatives in clean energy and support capacity for local, economically-sustainable clean energy projects in Indigenous communities. This investment plays a complementary and enabling role in the advancement of Canada's Indigenous Climate Leadership and Strengthened Climate Plan.
• support for the federal mandatory 5% Indigenous procurement target. Through the National Indigenous Procurement Initiative, Public Services and Procurement Canada is working with federal partners and Indigenous organizations to invest in capacity development and program specific opportunities.

Expected results:

• A National Indigenous Tourism Strategy is co-developed, and Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada continues to be supported;
• Increased investment in Indigenous Clean Energy initiatives;
• Opportunities to advance socio-economic outcomes for Indigenous Peoples via strategically targeted economic development initiatives in emerging growth sectors of the economy are identified; and,
• A single-window approach to funding Indigenous economic development opportunities by coordinating resources and expertise from across 23 federal departments is implemented.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2014-15 Evaluation of the Investment in Economic Opportunities
• 2014-15 Evaluation of Aboriginal Economic Development Strategic Partnerships Initiative

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Strategic Partnerships Initiative

General beneficiary groups:

• Indigenous communities
• Tribal Councils, self-governing First Nations, and local government of Inuit communities
• Government
• For-profit and Not-for-profit organizations
• Academia and public institutions

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Ongoing engagement and collaboration is planned through the Directors General Investment Committee. This committee provides a horizontal governance function by bringing together Directors General from the 23 federal partner departments to collaboratively review and make decisions regarding all SPI investment proposals. These engagements are ongoing.

Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-18

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Community Infrastructure
• Communities and the Environment

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The provision of community infrastructure funding to First Nations is based on the Government of Canada's spending power as a matter of social policy. The Department of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) allocates funding for the construction and the maintenance of community infrastructure to First Nations at regional level through formula, proposal-based project funding or as a combination of both. Each component of the Contributions to Supply Construction and Maintenance of Community Infrastructure program has a specific objective:

Capital Facilities Maintenance Program (CFMP): to provide financial support to First Nations and other eligible recipients to:

• invest in physical assets or services that mitigate health and safety risks in their communities
• make sure assets meet established codes and standards
• make sure assets are managed in a cost-effective and efficient manner that protects, maintains and maximizes asset life cycle
• make sure the above activities are done in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner

First Nations Infrastructure Funds (FNIF) Program: to improve the quality of life and the environment for First Nations communities by assisting First Nations in the provinces to improve and increase public infrastructure on reserves; Crown Land; land set aside for the use and benefit of a First Nation; and, off reserve in the case of cost-shared project with non-First Nation partners such as neighbouring municipalities

Fire Protection Awareness Program (FPAP): to promote fire protection awareness in band or federally operated schools

Expected results:

• First Nations communities are provided support and funding to build, renovate and maintain community infrastructure that contributes to healthy, safe and prosperous communities and facilitates economic participation;
• Funding for community infrastructure projects and initiatives are delivered directly to First Nations and other eligible recipients in the form of transfer payments at the regional level through formula, proposal-based project funding, or as a combination of both;
• First Nations have reliable, sustainable, and community-led infrastructure; and
• Aiming to reach 52% of First Nation communities with adequate solid waste management systems by March 2026, and 65% by March 2028.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2023-24 Evaluation of Education Facilities
• 2023-24 Evaluation of Lands Management Sub-Programs
• 2020-21 Evaluation of Water and Wastewater
• 2020-21 Evaluation of First Nations Solid Waste Management Initiative
• 2023-24 Evaluation of On-Reserve Housing
• 2023-24 Evaluation of Education Facilities
• 2023-24 Evaluation of Other Community Infrastructure and Activities

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Water and Wastewater Program
• 2027-2029 Cluster evaluation of OCI, Education Facilities and Housing On-Reserve Programs

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations on reserve recipients
• Government
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC will continue to work closely with First Nations to identify infrastructure needs, including in smaller, more remote communities.

Regional offices regularly engage First Nation communities to understand their waste management needs and work collaboratively to implement comprehensive waste management solutions. Regional officials remain engaged on waste management projects through to completion which helps facilitate reporting on results.

The Waste Management Initiative has also established an Indigenous-led National Advisory Committee that provides advice on policy development, implementation, and long-term strategies related to the management of waste. A National Waste Conference is being funded by the Waste Initiative and organized by the National Advisory Committee for May 2025.The conference will provide an opportunity for government, communities and partners to assess the past and future of the Initiative by discussing gaps in service, funding, regulations and capacity as well as sharing success stories.

Contributions to support the Métis Nation Post-Secondary Education Strategy

Start date: 2019-20

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental results: Indigenous students are progressing in their education

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Post-Secondary Education

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Métis Nation Post-Secondary Education Strategy supports Métis Nation students pursuing post-secondary education and foster lifelong learning and skills development. This includes direct financial support for Métis Nation students, complementary programs and services, and governance capacity to support service delivery. Funding for the Métis Nation Post-Secondary Education Strategy is provided through the following three main components:

• Student financial support: funding to students to support their pursuit of post-secondary education.
• Programs and Services: funding for activities that are determined based on local needs assessments with the aim of promoting students' pursuit of post-secondary education and the attainment of a credential.
• Governance capacity: funding to strengthen Métis Nation education governance capacity, including current post-secondary education course offerings and programs now being provided by the Métis Nation and further developing and strengthening post-secondary education partnerships and networks.

Expected results:

• Post-secondary education enrolment is increased and graduation rates for Métis Nation students are improved.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Post-Secondary Education

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Education Program

General beneficiary groups:

• Métis Nation recipients
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC continues to work with Métis Nation partners to implement the new distinctions-based post-secondary education strategy that responds to the priorities of Métis Nation partners. Corresponding amendments to the terms and conditions are underway, which will provide greater flexibility, for example, expanding eligibility to part-time students. Program indicators will be reviewed with Métis Nation partners to ensure they have the opportunity to determine their own narrative.

Grant for Band Support Funding

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-18

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: To assist band councils to meet the costs of local government and administration of departmentally funded services. This support is intended to provide a stable funding base, facilitating effective community governance and the efficient delivery of services. Band Support Funding allows First Nations communities the flexibility to allocate funds according to their individual needs and priorities and be responsive in an environment of growing complexity and as they move toward self-determination.

Expected results:

• First Nations governments are reflective of and responsive to their communities needs and values.
• Local governments are supported for the delivery of services to their population.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2016-17 Evaluation of Governance and Institutions of Government

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Indigenous Governance and Capacity Program

General beneficiary groups: First Nations recipients

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: No planned initiatives to engage applicants and recipients in 2025-2026.

Grant to implement the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2023-24

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Communities and the Environment

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of this transfer payment program is to enable recipient First Nations to carry out and manage the lands and environmental management responsibilities set out in the negotiated Framework Agreement and its ratifying legislation the First Nations Land Management Act. As a form of sectoral self-government, First Nations operating under First Nations Land Management (FNLM) are better able to respond to community priorities related to lands, economic development opportunities, and improved administration of land interests and tenure.

Expected results:

• Improved access to services and tools by First Nations to manage and develop their lands and resource; and
• First Nations communities are operational.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2028-29 Evaluation of Land Management Sub-Programs
• 2023-24 Evaluation of Contaminated Sites On-Reserve (South of the 60th Parallel) Program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2023-24 Evaluation of Contaminated Sites On-Reserve (South of the 60th Parallel) Program

General beneficiary groups: Indigenous recipients

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: In general, engagement with First Nations participating in First Nations Land Management is led by the Lands Advisory Board and the First Nations Land Management Resource Centre, who represent the interests of 214 First Nations (as of January 1, 2025) to Canada. The Board engages with First Nations who are signatories to the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management on strategic policy issues, particularly through their Annual General Meeting, during which time resolutions are considered and passed. The Board also engages with First Nations communities who are interested in becoming signatories through community presentations on the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management. The First Nations Land Management Resource Centre engages with participating First Nations on an ongoing basis to provide technical and operational support for the development and implementation of lands, natural resources and environmental laws, policies and practices.

Grant to support new fiscal relationship for First Nations
[Previously titled "'Grant to support the new fiscal relationship for First Nations under the Indian Act"]

Start date: April 1, 2019

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Home and Long-Term Care
• Income Assistance
• Elementary and Secondary Education
• Post-Secondary Education
• Health Systems Support
• Primary Health Care
• Public Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Community Infrastructure
• Communities and the Environment
• Community Economic Development
• Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Grant is a funding mechanism, typically with 10-year agreements, intended to provide increased predictability and facilitate greater flexibility for recipients to address local needs. The intention is to move away from contribution funding and program-based reporting for recipients that have demonstrated sound governance and financial management. Under this model, First Nations members — not the department — will assess adequacy of services and hold their leadership accountable for management of services.

Expected results:

• First Nations' control over the design, delivery and management of services is increased.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable, new program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable, new program

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Grant to Support the New Fiscal Relationship for First Nations

General beneficiary groups: Eligible First Nations and First Nations-led service delivery entities

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC will engage partners and recipients on possible improvements to the Grant, reflecting the findings and recommendations of the evaluation.

Grant to the Miawpukek Indian Band to support designated programs

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2013-14

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This 10-year grant agreement provides the Miawpukek First Nation with a high degree of control over the management, administration, and operational functions of the community. The grant agreement allows the Miawpukek First Nation to identify and allocate funds to community priorities and enables it to manage its programs effectively while promoting creativity to seize opportunities and maximize efficiency. It covers a range of programming including: land management and registration, membership management, education, social services, infrastructure, Indigenous government and band support funding, band employee benefits, and community economic development.

Expected results:

• Miawpukek First Nation have a modernized grant agreement.

In 2025-26, ISC will work with the Miawpukek First Nation to modernize its grant agreement, including the possibility of adding funding streams to the grant and improving the responsiveness of funding escalation to key cost drivers.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2022-23 Evaluation of the Miawpukek First Nation Grant Agreement

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2028-29 Evaluation of the Miawpukek First Nation Grant Agreement

General beneficiary groups: Miawpukek Mi'kamawey Mawi 'Omi (Miawpukek First Nation)

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The New Fiscal Relationship Grant Secretariat and Regional leads have met regularly with Miawpukek leadership in 2024-25 and will continue to do so over the 2025-26 fiscal year in the spirit of continued self-determination efforts to modernize Miawpukek's unique grant. The goal is for community leadership to drive this grant renewal process and have a new agreement in place effective April 1, 2026.

Grants and Contributions to increase First Nations and Inuit Youth Participation in Education and Labour Market Opportunities

Start date: 1997

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2021-22

Link to departmental results: Indigenous students are progressing in their education

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Elementary and Secondary Education
• Post-Secondary Education

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: ISC provides a number of special incentives to address the significantly lower rate of educational attainment within the Indigenous population and First Nations and Inuit under-representation in the Canadian workforce. These incentives serve to integrate culturally appropriate content within elementary and secondary education, facilitate student transitions from secondary to post-secondary education and/or from school to the workplace and, ultimately, increase the number of skilled Indigenous youth in the workforce.

Expected results:

• Enhanced employability skills of First Nations and Inuit youth;
• First Nations and Inuit youth participate in the labour market, and barriers to employment for First Nations and Inuit youth are reduced; and,
• An increased awareness of the benefits of education.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Elementary/Secondary Education
• 2020-21 Evaluation of Post-Secondary Education

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Program
• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Education Program

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nation recipients
• Inuit recipients
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy is a component of the Employment and Skills Development Canada-led Youth Employment and Skills Strategy horizontal initiative. It is expected that the updated Terms and Conditions for the First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy (Summer Work and Skills Link streams) will be approved in 2025-26 and take effect 2026-27. Further, the First Nations Adult Education in Yukon and Northwest Territories initiative under this transfer payment's authorities is implementing its performance measurement framework in partnership with program recipients in the North.

Grants and Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents and Status Indians in the Yukon Territory

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2018-19

Link to departmental results:

• Indigenous Peoples are physically well
• Indigenous Peoples are mentally well
• Indigenous Peoples have access to quality federally funded health services
• Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory:

• Income Assistance
• Home and Long-Term Care

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: ISC provides funding for the following social services:

• Grant and contribution funding for Income Assistance and Assisted Living is targeted to clients or beneficiaries who are ordinarily resident on reserve or who, for the purposes of these programs, are deemed to be ordinarily resident on reserve.
• Grants and contributions to eligible recipients under the Income Assistance program are intended to provide financial assistance to low-income on-reserve residents and Status First Nations in Yukon to support their basic and special needs and to help them become more self-reliant, in alignment with the rate schedule and eligibility criteria of the reference province or territory.
• Grants and contributions under the Assisted Living program (AL) are intended to provide funding for non-medical, social support services to seniors, adults with chronic illness, and children and adults with disabilities (mental and physical) on reserve or Status First Nations in Yukon to help them maintain their independence. There are three major components:
  • in-home care
  • adult foster care
  • institutional care (for those needing personal non-medical 24-hour supervision and up to 2.5 hours of nursing care per day).

Expected results:

• Eligible clients and dependents have access to the on-reserve Income Assistance program as well as pre-employment supports and services;
• Eligible Assisted Living clients on reserve have access to home and long-term care services, social supports and services, and that programming meets the needs of First Nations and Inuit people; and,
• A data strategy with First Nations and Inuit partners is implemented, in line with the implementation of the Long-Term and Continuing Care Framework.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2018-19 Evaluation of On-Reserve Income Assistance
• 2019-20 Evaluation of Assisted Living Program

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2024-25 Evaluation of the Income Assistance Program
• 2025-26 Cluster Evaluation of Home and Long-Term Care Program

General beneficiary groups:

• Indigenous recipients
• Government
• Academia and public institutions
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients:

Income Assistance

• Since 2018, ISC has been working with First Nations partners to improve the Income Assistance program.
• Budget 2018 provided the department with $8.5 million over two years for a regionally-specific First Nations-led engagement process to understand how to make the Income Assistance program more responsive to the needs of individuals and families on reserve, and to identify the supports required to help individuals transition from Income Assistance to employment and education.
• Following this engagement, ISC worked with the Assembly of First Nations and other First Nation partners to co-develop policy recommendations for program reform. ISC will continue to work with First Nations to address the most pressing needs of Income Assistance clients and First Nation communities and advance reform.
• The department will also continue to work with First Nations on service transfer (devolution) of the program through New Fiscal Relationship and Self-Government agreements. For example, in the Maritimes, a review of existing program policies and discussions are underway on the transfer of responsibility for social programming to communities via a sectoral self-government agreement.

Assisted Living:

• To better address the long-term continuing care (LTCC) needs in First Nations and Inuit communities, Budget 2019 provided $8.5 million for ISC to work with First Nations and Inuit communities on developing a new and more holistic LTCC framework that could cover the full spectrum of services from supports for persons with disabilities, aging in place approaches, improvements to facility-based care.
• Despite delays and challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, First Nation and Inuit engagement activities were finalized in Spring 2023. Co-development on policy options for a new and more holistic LTCC framework is currently ongoing with First Nations and Inuit partners.
• As part of the 2022 Fall Economic Statement, an additional $10.1M was announced to continue the efforts of co-developing distinctions-based policy options for the new LTCC framework. $2.8M was set aside to expand the scope to include Métis partners and support participation in LTCC engagement activities. Engagement activities have been completed. It is anticipated that the next phase, which is leveraging the reports from the engagement activities to form the Metis portion of the LTCC framework, will be completed in 2025-2026. The Program will continue to work with First Nation, Inuit and Métis partners to ensure the project is responsive to the needs of Indigenous populations on-reserve and to advance service transfer.

Grants and Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2021-22

Link to departmental results: Indigenous students are progressing in their education

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Elementary and Secondary Education

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of this transfer payment program is to support First Nations elementary and secondary educational advancement is to provide funding supporting First Nations control of First Nations Education and the delivery of kindergarten to grade 12 educational services for all eligible students ordinarily living on reserve.

The program's objective is to provide predictable and flexible funding based on the respective provincial funding model with adaptations for funded First Nations students to receive a quality, linguistically and culturally relevant education that support their needs. It also aims to support models for First Nations to have control of First Nations education through regional education models with an ultimate goal to improve educational outcomes for First Nations students.

Expected results:

• Provincially comparable funding through interim regional funding formulas is provided to First Nations;
• Regional and First Nations partners are supported in the development and implementation of regional education agreements (REAs);
• Initiatives such as Adult Education, First Nations and Inuit Cultural Education Centres, Innovation in Education, and the Research and Learning Programs are developed and implemented;
• Ongoing implementation of before- and after-school programming and implementation of the funding allocated to ISC for First Nations students on reserve for the National School Food Program.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Summative Evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Program on Reserve

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Program

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations recipients (including First Nations education organizations designated by a First Nation)
• Academia and public institutions
• Not-for-profit and for-profit organizations
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC continues to work directly with First Nations across the country to advance the implementation of this transformed approach and identify and address First Nations' education needs. In support of First Nations control of First Nations education, ongoing refinements to the interim regional funding formulas and the development and implementation of regional education agreements to address the specific needs and priorities of First Nations communities, schools and students continues through regional technical tables and, joint implementation tables with self-governing and modern treaty First Nations.

Grants and Contributions to support the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy

Start date: 2019−20

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental results: Indigenous students are progressing in their education

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Post-Secondary Education

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: Funding provided through the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy supports access to and participation in post-secondary education. The suite of programming under the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy consists of four components:

• The Post-Secondary Student Support Program provides non-repayable financial support for First Nations students to advance towards a recognized post-secondary education credential, as prioritized and directed by First Nations;
• The University and College Entrance Preparation Program provides non-repayable financial support for First Nations students who are enrolled in accepted university and college entrance preparation programs to enable them to attain the academic level required for entrance into degree and diploma credit programs, as prioritized and directed by First Nations;
• The Post-Secondary Partnerships Program provides funding to support First Nations to define their own partnerships with institutions to increase the availability of post-secondary education programs tailored to First Nations cultural and educational needs. It is proposal-driven and provides funding to First Nations established post-secondary education institutions and First Nations-directed community-based programming; and
• The First Nations Adult Secondary Education mechanism provides funding for First Nations learners to access resources and services to complete eligible adult education programs for secondary education, equivalency or upgrading of existing secondary-level education.

Expected results:

• First Nations students are achieving levels of post-secondary education comparable to non-Indigenous students in Canada.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Post-Secondary Education

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Education Program

General beneficiary groups:

• First Nations recipients
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC will continue to collaborate with First Nations partners on the development and implementation of regional post-secondary education models. Updates to the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy Terms and Conditions include content from reports received before Fall 2024 supporting regional post-secondary education models. Since some partners have been granted until March 31, 2025, to submit reports, another review of additional reports received will be completed to further update the Terms and Conditions, as needed.

Grants and Contributions to support the Inuit Post-Secondary Education Strategy

Start date: 2019−20

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2019-20

Link to departmental results: Indigenous students are progressing in their education

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Post-Secondary Education

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Inuit Post-Secondary Education Strategy will help close the post-secondary education attainment gap between Inuit and non-Indigenous Canadians through distinctions-based and regionally delivered strategic support. This includes providing direct financial support for Inuit students, complementary programs and services, and governance capacity to support service delivery. Funding for the Inuit Post-Secondary Education Strategy is provided through the following four eligible components:

• Student financial support: funding to students to support their pursuit of post-secondary education;
• Programs and Services: funding for activities that are determined based on local needs assessments with the aim of promoting students' pursuit of post-secondary education and the attainment of a credential;
• Community Engagement: funding for community-level activities on the benefits of post-secondary accreditation and for preparing students leaving for post-secondary education for their experience; and,
• Governance/National Coordination: funding for the human, information and physical infrastructure necessary to meet local and regional needs.

Expected results:

• Increased enrolment in post-secondary education and improved graduation rates for Inuit students.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Post-Secondary Education

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Education Program

General beneficiary groups:

• Inuit recipients
• Academia and public institutions
• Other

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: ISC continues to work with Inuit partners to implement the new distinctions-based post-secondary education strategy that responds to the various post-secondary education priorities of Inuit partners. Corresponding amendments to the Terms and Conditions are underway to expand eligibility to include part-time students. In 2025-26, the program will continue to implement the Inuit Post-Secondary Education Strategy in collaboration with Inuit partner organizations.

The Terms and Conditions will be updated to more accurately reflect Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's governance role in the strategy.

Grants and Contributions to support Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples

Start date: 2017-18

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2020-21

Link to departmental results: Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This program contributes towards reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples through improved coordination, supporting coalitions, and the broadening and strengthening of programming by identifying and addressing local needs of all Indigenous Peoples in urban centres.

Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples (UPIP) funds and supports activities and infrastructure projects for Indigenous organizations to serve clients, and to deliver effective culturally appropriate programs or services to Indigenous Peoples in urban centres as well as invest in local stakeholder coalitions across Canada. It also provides opportunities for greater federal coordination of programming and supports research and pilot projects to better understand the urban Indigenous context.

Expected results:

• Increased capacity of urban Indigenous organizations to provide services such as: financial literacy training, employment supports, job training and skills development, entrepreneur programs, before and after school programming, mental health supports, housing supports, mentorship and leadership, culture and language, as well as programs for children, youth and adults;
• Culturally appropriate services are provided to support Indigenous Peoples in urban centres who face difficulties accessing spaces or encounter systemic racism;
• Youth programming offered by partners guide young individuals towards completing high school and pursuing post-secondary education;
• Gaps in services to Indigenous Peoples are addressed, particularly those in vulnerable situations such as poverty, to overcome systemic and personal barriers to their economic prosperity within what are often harsh and complex urban realities; and
• Infrastructure projects that increase the physical capacity and improve the safety, security, and accessibility of urban and rural Indigenous service delivery organization's facilities are in place to deliver new programming or to respond to increased demand for existing programs.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2016-17 Evaluation of the Urban Aboriginal Strategy

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2024-25 Evaluation of Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples

General beneficiary groups:

• Not-for-profit organizations
• Urban Indigenous recipients
• Other
• Academia and public institutions
• Government

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: UPIP has engaged in extensive performance-related discussions with partners over the period of November 2022 to present, including recurring monthly meetings, circulating a UPIP 'Data and Results Questionnaire', to its current and past recipients, with the objective of obtaining as much feedback as possible, and engaging in working discussions towards an Indigenous-led and co-developed UPIP performance framework.

In tandem, the ISC-led UPIP Evaluation is in its final stages and includes a Technical Advisory Committee to ensure the evaluation remains grounded in Indigenous perspectives. The program is leveraging the expertise and knowledge of the diverse TAC to inform the process and draft UPIP's Indigenous-led and co-developed performance framework.

The program will continue to plan and facilitate regular working meetings in 2024 with UPIP recipients to finalize the program's Indigenous-led and co-developed performance framework and data collection instrument, to be implemented for fiscal year 2025-26.

In February 2024, Program representatives met with partners in Vancouver, British Columbia to further advance this work by drafting potential performance indicators for the program. The Department is now at the stage of seeking approvals of the new performance framework.

Starting in 2024-25, as part of the Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy, representatives will work with First Nations on their distinctions-based housing strategies to support members of their communities living in urban, rural and northern areas.

Grants for the Operation Return Home claims settlements

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2021-22

Link to departmental results: Indigenous communities have sustainable land management and infrastructure

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Community Infrastructure

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This program allows for the payment of settlements to address claims related to flooding of the Dauphin River, Little Saskatchewan, Lake St. Martin, ensuring that these are resolved with finality through faster and more transparent processes.

Expected results:

• Comprehensive Settlement Agreements executed by the First Nations, the Province of Manitoba, and the Minister of Indigenous Services are in place; and,
• Legal liability for the Crown and grant payments to eligible First Nations is released.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Water Wastewater
• 2023-24 Evaluation of On-Reserve Housing
• 2023-24 Evaluation of Education Facilities
• 2023-24 Evaluation of Other Community Infrastructure and Activities

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2028-29 Cluster Evaluation of the Community Infrastructure including:
  • Housing On-Reserve Program
  • Education Facilities
  • Health Facilities
  • Other Community Infrastructure and Activities
• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Water and Wastewater Program

General beneficiary groups:

• Lake St. Martin First Nation
• Dauphin River First Nation
• Little Saskatchewan First Nation

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Manitoba is actively engaging with Dauphin River, Little Saskatchewan, and Lake St Martin First Nations to finalize their CSA during the 2025-26. Note that Pinaymootang First Nation's settlement has been finalized.

Grants to support child and family services coordination agreements and related fiscal arrangements

Start date: 2022-23

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2022-23

Link to departmental results: Indigenous Peoples are culturally safe and socially well

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Child and Family Services

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The purpose of this grant program is to fund and support the implementation of Indigenous laws under the framework of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the Act). This is, in part, accomplished through coordination agreements and supporting fiscal arrangements.

The grant provides funding to Indigenous governing bodies for sectoral self-government, specifically in the domain of child and family services. The Indigenous group, community or people will define indicators and report on results that it deems valuable.

Expected results:

• Transfer of funding in accordance with fiscal arrangements, is timely;
• Indigenous communities are supported in a timely manner in the operationalization of their child and family services laws, and the safety and well-being of Indigenous children;
• Improved continuity of family care, preservation of community and cultural connections;
• Decrease in the number of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children from coming into care for the first time;
• Indigenous governing bodies are exercising jurisdiction under An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: There are no past evaluations for the implementation of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

• 2025-26 Evaluation of the Implementation of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families

General beneficiary groups: Indigenous Governing Bodies

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Indigenous communities determine their own interest, willingness and desire to exercise jurisdiction over child and family services in the pace and manner that reflect their own unique realities and circumstances.

Collaboration will also occur with relevant stakeholders such as other government departments, other sectors within the department, national Indigenous organizations, provincial and territorial governments and community leaders to develop effective policies and programs that address the specific needs of Indigenous communities' children and families.

(S) Indian Annuities Treaty payments (Indian Act)

Start date: Ongoing

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-18

Link to departmental result: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: Refer to section 72 of the Indian Act.

Expected results:

• Treaty annuities pursuant to the Historic Treaties (eleven Numbered Treaties and the Robinson Treaties) are paid.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Individual Affairs
• 2017-18 Evaluation of 1.1.2 - Implementation and Enforcement Supports for the Family Homes On Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act
• 2013-14 Evaluation of Indian Moneys, Estates and Treaty Annuities

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: N/A

General beneficiary groups: First Nations bands in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Northwest Territories that signed one of the Historic Treaties (Numbered Treaties (1-11), Robinson-Huron Treaty or Robinson-Superior Treaty) with the Crown

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: No planned initiatives to engage applicants and recipients in 2025-26. Payments of annuities are a legal and Constitutional obligation stemming from Treaty Agreements signed between 1850 and 1921. Payments are made through in-person treaty payment events and through applications sent to the department via mail or electronically.

Grants to British Columbia Indian bands in lieu of a per capita annuity

Start date: 1927 – Practice that had commenced to pay non-treaty bands in British Columbia in lieu of treaty annuity payments.

1965 – A grant was created to regularize the practice established in 1927, entitled: Grants to British Columbia Indian bands in lieu of a per capita annuity

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grants

Type of appropriation: Estimates

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2013-14

Link to departmental result: Indigenous communities have governance capacity and support for self-determination

Link to the department's Program Inventory: Indigenous Governance and Capacity Supports

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The grant to First Nations bands in British Columbia in lieu of a per capita annuity provides $300,000 to be split on a per capita basis among the First Nations bands in British Columbia that did not sign one of the Numbered Treaties with the Crown based on a per capita basis.

The grant is paid into the First Nations Band Funds held in trust by Canada on a per-capita basis to provide additional services in lieu of treaties or annuities.

Expected results:

• Each entitled First Nation based on a per capita basis in a timely manner (within first quarter of the Fiscal Year) is allocated the grant.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation:

• 2020-21 Evaluation of Individual Affairs

Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: N/A

General beneficiary groups: First Nations recipients (First Nations bands in British Columbia that did not sign one of the Numbered Treaties with the Crown)

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: No planned initiatives to engage applicants and recipients in 2025-26. A calculation is applied to the total grant amount of $300,000 based on registered population to the First Nations bands in British Columbia that did not sign one of the Numbered Treaties.