Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program

Asets - Crf

These funds are meant to support Aboriginal organizations to design and deliver labour market programs and services, work to build capacity within their organization, and ensure clients are well-served.

Total value: $1.6B
Agreements: 158; Jul 2010 to Mar 2022
Median agreement: $5.4M
Typical range: $2.2M–$13.2M; 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 Employment and Social Development Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

Recipient	Agreements	Total
Saskatchewan Indian Training Assessment Group Inc.	2	$111M
Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle	5	$93.2M
First Peoples Development Inc.	2	$67.8M
Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.	2	$59.9M
Mi'kmaq Employment Training Secretariat	3	$57M
Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Employment & Training Initiatives	3	$56.7M
Grand River Employment and Training Inc	3	$56.3M
Commission de développement des ressources humaines des Premières Nations du Québec	2	$53.8M
Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong	3	$48.6M
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres	1	$42.5M
Rupertsland Institute	1	$41.1M
Manitoba Métis Federation Inc.	2	$39.1M
Akwesasne Area Management Board	3	$35M
Skanehionkwaioteh Incorporated	2	$34.8M
Gabriel Dumont Institute Training and Employment Inc.	1	$32.6M
Community Futures Treaty Seven	2	$32.4M
Wabun Tribal Council	1	$30.6M
Walpole Island First Nation	3	$24.8M
Mawiw Council Corporate	3	$23.7M
Island Lake Tribal Council	1	$22.2M
Kativik Regional Government	1	$21.8M
Metis Provincial Council of BC	1	$21.1M
Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat	1	$21.1M
Kakivak Association	2	$20.5M
Six Independent Alberta First Nations Society of Hobbema	2	$19.7M
Mushkegowuk Council	1	$19.2M
Union of Ontario Indians	2	$18.2M
First Nations Employment Society	2	$18.1M
Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh Employment & Training Society	1	$17.5M
Coast Salish Employment and Training Society	2	$16.1M
Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services	1	$15.4M
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve	1	$14.4M
Southern First Nations Secretariat	1	$14.3M
Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council	1	$14.2M
Native Council of Nova Scotia	2	$14.1M
Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment Training Association	2	$13.8M
Sto:Lo Nation	2	$13M
Southeast Resource Development Council Corporation	1	$12.9M
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Society	2	$12.6M
Anishinabek Employment & Training Services	1	$12.3M
Kivalliq Partners	2	$11.8M
Ogemawahj Tribal Council	3	$11.6M
Tribal Chiefs Employment and Training Services Association	2	$11.5M
North Shore Micmac District Council Inc.	3	$10.8M
Atikamekw Sipi - Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw	1	$10.7M
Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development	1	$10.5M
Qalipu First Nation	1	$10.3M
Wolastoqey Tribal Council Inc.	1	$9.7M
Oneida Nation of the Thames	1	$9.2M
Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	1	$8.9M

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

Year	Agreements	Total
2010	110	$938M
2013	2	$23M
2019	38	$625M
2020	1	$842K
2021	5	$24.3M
2022	2	$160K

By province

Province or territory	Agreements	Total
Ontario	42	$591M
Manitoba	11	$220M
British Columbia	31	$170M
Alberta	21	$158M
Saskatchewan	3	$144M
Quebec	7	$92.5M
Nova Scotia	5	$71.1M
New Brunswick	9	$48.8M
Newfoundland and Labrador	8	$41.4M
Nunavut	5	$35.7M
Northwest Territories	10	$26.1M
Yukon	4	$11.3M
Prince Edward Island	2	$2.5M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient type	Agreements	Total
Other organizations	112	$961M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities	45	$649M
Not stated by the department	1	$2.1M

Latest agreements

Start	Recipient	What for	Value
Mar 2022	Manitoba Métis Federation Inc.	Indigenous Labour Market Information - Skills Inventory InitiativeContribution	$80,000
Mar 2022	Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society	Indigenous Labour Market Information – Skills Inventory InitiativeContribution	$80,000
Dec 2021	Smith's Landing First Nation	ISET 2021-2029 Smith's Landing FN - CRFContribution	$848,224
Oct 2021	Conseil des Atikamekw de Wemotaci	Contribution	$2,832,509
Apr 2021	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	Contribution	$8,897,858
Apr 2021	Sandy Bay First Nation ASETS (SBFN/ASETS)	Contribution	$7,221,691
Apr 2021	Nicola Tribal Association	ISET 2021-2029 STC CRFContribution	$4,518,851
Oct 2020	N'Quatqua Band	Contribution	$841,610
Oct 2019	Southeast Resource Development Council Corporation	Contribution	$12,864,995
Oct 2019	Sioux Valley Dakota Nation	Sioux Valley - ISET 2019-2029 CRFContribution	$560,310
Oct 2019	Atikamekw Sipi - Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw	Contribution	$10,725,188
Aug 2019	Sechelt Indian Band	ISET 2019-29 shíshálh CRFContribution	$725,724
Aug 2019	Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh Employment & Training Society	ISETS 2019-2029 MSTETS CRFContribution	$17,468,118
Jul 2019	Oneida Nation of the Thames	Contribution	$9,239,212
Jul 2019	Mushkegowuk Council	Contribution	$19,230,103
Jul 2019	Moose Cree Training & Employment Unit Inc	Contribution	$8,241,021
Jul 2019	Anishinabek Employment & Training Services	AETS FN ISET 2019-2029 - CRFContribution	$12,298,154
Jun 2019	Island Lake Tribal Council	Contribution	$22,222,963
Jun 2019	Lil'wat Nation	Contribution	$8,307,105
Jun 2019	Saddle Lake Band No 125	Saddle Lake Cree Nation CRF ISET 2019-2022Contribution	$6,456,285
May 2019	Native Women's Association of Canada	Contribution	$2,083,016
May 2019	Montana First Nation	Contribution	$2,090,659
Apr 2019	Wolastoqey Tribal Council Inc.	Contribution	$9,650,456
Apr 2019	Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve	Contribution	$14,400,928
Apr 2019	Walpole Island First Nation	Contribution	$15,808,511