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Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Contribution program

Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management Program (AAROM)

Support Indigenous groups as they develop, grow and maintain aquatic resource and oceans management departments that can provide fisheries, habitat, science, and oceans related services along a watershed.

Total value
$202M
Agreements
212
May 2017 to Apr 2026
Median agreement
$103K
Typical range
$30K–$1.3M
the middle half of agreements

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.

See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Scw'Exmx Tribal Council (Formerly N)2$12.7M
Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq3$11.4M
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council3$11.1M
Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation1$10.3M
Skeena Fisheries Commission2$10.2M
First Nations Fisheries Society1$7.5M
National Indigenous Fisheries Insti2$6.5M
Mi'kmaq Alsumk Mowimsikik Koqoey A3$6.1M
Assembly of First Nations2$5.6M
Atlantic Policy Congress Of First2$5.5M
Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht2$4.8M
North Shore Micmac District Council1$4.8M
Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance Soc2$4.7M
A-Tlegay Fisheries Society3$4.6M
Dehcho First Nations5$4.4M
Unama'ki Institute of Natural1$4.2M
Council of Yukon First Nations4$4.1M
Q'ul-Lhanumutsun Aquatic Resources3$4M
Maliseet Nation Conservation Counci2$4M
Central Coast Indigenous Resource1$3.7M
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council1$3.6M
Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance1$3.5M
Okanagan Nation Alliance1$3.5M
Secretariat of the Haida Nation2$3.4M
Central Coast Indigenous Resource A1$3.2M
North Coast-Skeena First Nations St1$3.1M
Association De Gestion Halieutique1$3.1M
Akaitcho Territory Government4$3M
Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance1$2.9M
The Maritimes Aboriginal Peoples1$2.5M
Gespe’Gewa’Gi Institute Of Natural1$2.4M
North Coast-Skeena First Nations1$2.4M
Island Marine Aquatic Working Group1$2.4M
Gespe'gew'Ag Mi'gmag Resource Counc1$2.2M
Aghamm1$2.1M
Council of the Haida Nation1$2M
Kativik Regional Governmemt1$2M
Epekwitk Assembly of Councils Inc.1$2M
National Indigenous Fisheries2$1.7M
Unama'ki Institute Of Natural Resou1$1.5M
First Nations Fisheries Council( On1$1.5M
Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI1$1.5M
Kativik Regional Government1$1.4M
Northwest Territory Métis Nation5$1.3M
Ktunaxa Nation Council Society (On1$1.3M
NunatuKavut Community Council Inc.4$1.2M
Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council1$1.1M
Ktunaxa Nation Council Society1$1M
AGENCE MAMU INNU Kakusseht1$713K
Innu Nation4$705K

Plus 2 agreements ($404K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
20171$2.9M
20181$6.8M
20199$31.4M
20202$2.3M
202116$27.3M
202244$47.6M
202343$30.3M
202452$34M
202540$15.2M
20264$4.5M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
British Columbia138$108M
Nova Scotia15$34.8M
Quebec11$18.8M
New Brunswick7$9.8M
Northwest Territories14$8.8M
Newfoundland and Labrador12$8.2M
Ontario8$6.3M
Yukon4$4.1M
Prince Edward Island3$3.4M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Indigenous recipients211$202M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities1$3,800

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2026North Coast-Skeena First Nations$2,394,500
Mar 2026Atlantic Policy Congress Of First$418,494
Mar 2026Innu Nation$215,000
Jan 2026Kativik Regional Government$1,440,000
Dec 2025Gespe’Gewa’Gi Institute Of Natural$2,418,500
Nov 2025Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band$100,000
Sep 2025Dehcho First Nations$2,371,300
Aug 2025Northwest Territory Métis Nation$298,580
Jul 2025NunatuKavut Community Council Inc.$279,000
May 2025AGENCE MAMU INNU Kakusseht$713,232
Apr 2025Williams Lake First Nation$14,420
Apr 2025Union Of B.C. Indian Chiefs$49,950
Apr 2025Tlowitsis Nation$30,000
Apr 2025Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations$16,170
Apr 2025Sto:Lo Tribal Council$25,000
Apr 2025Seabird Island Band$25,000
Apr 2025Quatsino First Nation$26,075
Apr 2025Q'ul-Lhanumutsun Aquatic Resources$1,757,464
Apr 2025Namgis First Nation$25,000
Apr 2025Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation$30,450
Apr 2025Mamalilikulla First Nation$18,125
Apr 2025Malahat First Nation$24,668
Apr 2025Maaqutusiis Hahoulthee Stewardship$25,000
Apr 2025Maa-nulth Treaty Society$112,825
Apr 2025Lyackson First Nation$24,920