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Canadian Coast Guard Marine Operations and Response Transfer Payment Program

The purpose of this program is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of codevelopment and sustainable economic development. The objectives are to enhance the capacity and facilitate the participation of partners and stakeholders in support of marine safety and marine environmental protection.

Total value
$16M
Agreements
52
Jan 2024 to Mar 2026
Median agreement
$184K
Typical range
$129K–$333K
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 National Defence’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Makivik Corporation1$2.4M
Musqueam Indian Band1$1.5M
Nunatsiavut Government2$1.2M
Innu Nation1$887K
Iqaluit Marine Search and Rescue1$747K
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated1$614K
Hamlet of Baker Lake1$612K
The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq1$402K
North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council Incorporated1$398K
Conseil des Innus d’Unamen Shipu1$342K
Walpole Island First Nation1$341K
Beausoleil First Nation1$339K
Mi'kmaq Alsumk Mowimsikik Koqoey Association1$330K
Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources1$327K
NunatuKavut Community Council1$325K
Arqivik Landholding Corporation1$300K
Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government1$298K
Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Band1$286K
La Première Nation des Innus de Nutashkuan1$286K
Cambridge Bay Coast Guard Auxiliary Society1$246K
Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point1$230K
Conseil des Innus de Ekuanitshit1$229K
Quatsino First Nation2$202K
Cree Nation Government1$201K
Whitefish River First Nation1$191K
Epekwitk Assembly of Councils Inc.1$182K
Halalt First Nation1$182K
Nipissing First Nation1$171K
Nisga'a Nation1$171K
Kátł’odeeche First Nation1$167K
Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam1$155K
Makkovimiut Trust Inc.1$153K
Saugeen First Nation #291$153K
Scianew First Nation1$149K
Hay River Marine Rescue Society1$146K
Wasauksing First Nation1$132K
Comité Zone d’Intervention Prioritaire (ZIP) Côte-Nord du Golfe1$131K
Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan1$130K
W8banaki1$124K
Penelakut Tribe1$83K
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory1$80K
Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke1$75K
Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h' First Nations1$72K
Kwikwetlem First Nation1$72K
Kugluktuk Marine Rescue1$38K
Wolastoqey Tribal Council Inc.1$29K
Wuikinuxv Nation1$19K
Heiltsuk Tribal Council1$17K
Nuxalk Nation1$17K
Ahousaht First Nation1$14K

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

$0$4M$8M202420252026*

* 2026 so far: agreements starting by Oct 2026. Departments publish each quarter after it ends, so the latest months fill in later.

Show the numbers
YearAgreementsTotal
20248$5.2M
202511$4.5M
2026*33$6.3M

By province

AB: none hereBritish Columbia: $2.5M in 13 agreements, $0 per residentMB: none hereNew Brunswick: $427K in 2 agreements, $0 per residentNewfoundland and Labrador: $2.9M in 6 agreements, $5 per residentNova Scotia: $729K in 2 agreements, $1 per residentNorthwest Territories: $313K in 2 agreements, $7 per residentNunavut: $2.3M in 5 agreements, $52 per residentOntario: $1.6M in 8 agreements, $0 per residentPrince Edward Island: $182K in 1 agreements, $1 per residentQuebec: $5M in 13 agreements, $1 per residentSK: none hereYT: none hereABBCMBNBNLNSNTNUONPEQCSKYT
$0$0–$1$5–$7$52

Per resident: the total over the whole window divided by the population on 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01). Agreements are placed by the recipient’s address, so a national organization’s funding counts where its office is.

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Quebec13$5M
Newfoundland and Labrador6$2.9M
British Columbia13$2.5M
Nunavut5$2.3M
Ontario8$1.6M
Nova Scotia2$729K
New Brunswick2$427K
Northwest Territories2$313K
Prince Edward Island1$182K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Indigenous recipients51$15.4M
Government1$612K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Mar 2026Nuxalk Nation$17,422
Mar 2026Makkovimiut Trust Inc.$153,312
Mar 2026Halalt First Nation$181,500
Mar 2026Ahousaht First Nation$14,374
Mar 2026Wuikinuxv Nation$19,445
Mar 2026Quatsino First Nation$17,115
Mar 2026Heiltsuk Tribal Council$17,433
Mar 2026Arqivik Landholding Corporation$299,763
Mar 2026Kugluktuk Marine Rescue$37,783
Mar 2026Hamlet of Baker Lake$612,175
Mar 2026Cambridge Bay Coast Guard Auxiliary Society$246,134
Mar 2026Kátł’odeeche First Nation$167,000
Mar 2026Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources$327,037
Mar 2026Scianew First Nation$148,500
Mar 2026Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h' First Nations$71,956
Feb 2026Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke$74,800
Feb 2026Hay River Marine Rescue Society$145,647
Feb 2026Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory$79,908
Feb 2026Innu Nation$886,511
Feb 2026Cree Nation Government$201,000
Feb 2026Wolastoqey Tribal Council Inc.$28,500
Feb 2026Wasauksing First Nation$132,495
Feb 2026Penelakut Tribe$82,500
Feb 2026Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan$130,378
Feb 2026Mi'kmaq Alsumk Mowimsikik Koqoey Association$330,464