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Privy Council Office · Contribution program

Contribution Program for Commissions of Inquiry

To ensure that the Participant has access to representation services from the Recipient for his or her appropriate participation before the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Total value
$34.6M
Agreements
135
May 2017 to Nov 2023
Median agreement
$227K
Typical range
$132K–$254K
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 Privy Council Office’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
batch report / rapport en lots4$4M
National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nation / Fraternité des indiens du Canada/Assemblée des Primières Nations3$855K
Clifford Shiels Legal on behalf of Eastern Door Indigenous Association3$613K
Burchells LLP on behalf of NunatuKavut Community Council Inc.3$568K
Catherine L. Dunn on behalf of Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. for the MMIWG Coalition - Manitoba2$568K
Law Office of Mary Eberts on behalf of Women's Legal Education and Action Fund / Law Office of Mary Eberts au nom de Fonds d'action et d'éducation juridiques pour les femmes3$533K
Blain Law on behalf of Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society3$528K
Native Women's Association of Canada / L'Association des femmes autochthones du Canada2$517K
Aboriginal Women's Action Network3$511K
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples / Congrès des Peuples Autochtones2$509K
Falconers LLP on behalf of Treaty Alliance Northern Ontario – Nishnawbe Aski Nation/Grand Council Treaty 3 / Falconers LLP au nom de Treaty Alliance Northern Ontario – Nishnawbe Aski Nation/Grand Council Treaty 32$500K
Jacobs Law on behalf of Aboriginal Shelters of Ontario2$478K
Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance1$459K
Brass Law Office and Loretta Pete-Lambert on behalf of Canadian Association of Police Governance and First Nations Police Governance Council / Brass Law Office et Loretta Pete-Lambert au nom de l'Association canadienne de gouvernance de police et le Comité de gouvernance de police des Premières Nations2$459K
Dragon Toner Law Office on behalf of Native Women's Association of the Northwest Territories2$439K
Jerch Law on behalf of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.2$435K
Carly Teillet on behalf of Liard Aboriginal Women's Society / Carly Teillet au nom de Liard Aboriginal Women's Society2$427K
Saskatchewan First Nations Women's Commission - Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations2$412K
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre3$384K
Iskwewuk Ewichiwitochik (Women Walking Together)3$377K
Aboriginal Legal Services2$343K
Chinese Canadian Concern Group on the Chinese Party's Human Rights Violations1$335K
Me Eric Lépine on behalf of Quebec Native Women Association / Me Eric Lépine au nom de l'Association des Femmes autochtones du Québec2$328K
Native Women's Association of Canada / L'Association des femmes autochtones du Canada2$319K
Cain Lamarre LLP on behalf of Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mani-Uteman ("ITUM'')1$280K
Cain Lamarre LLP au nom de Regroupement Mamit Innuat Inc.1$280K
Pape Salter Teillet LLP on behalf of Women of the Metis Nation / Pape Salter Teillet LLP au nom de Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak1$273K
Canadian Constitution Foundation1$261K
Cain Lamarre LLP on behalf of Naskapi Nation of Kawawachi-Kamach1$255K
Larochelle Avocats on behalf of Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador / Larochelle Avocats au nom de l'Assemblé des Premières Nations Québec-Labrador1$244K
Ottawa Coalition of Residents and Businesses1$242K
New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Indigenous/Aboriginal Council- New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council2$235K
Ukrainian Canadian Congress1$233K
Nunatsiavut Government1$232K
Brass Law Office on behalf of Canadian Association of Police Governance and First Nations Police Governance Council / Brass Law Office au nom de l'Association canadienne de gouvernance de police et le Comité de gouvernance de police des Premières Nations1$229K
Major Sobiski Moffatt LLP on behalf of Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation/Grassy Narrows First Nation, Obashkaanda-Gaang Fisrt Nation, Eagle Lake First Nation and Ojibway Nation of Saugeen1$223K
Major Sobiski Moffatt LLP on behalf of Mishkeegogamang First Nation1$222K
Elizabeth Zarpa on behalf of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami / Elizabeth Zarpa au nom de L'Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami1$222K
David W. Fisher on behalf of Atlantic Police Association1$214K
Burchell MacDougall LLP on behalf of Truro Police Services1$214K
Birenbaum Law Office and Perez Bryan Procope LLP on behalf of Canadian Coalition for Gun Control1$206K
Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ontario) and the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers1$205K
Carly Teillet on behalf of Liard Aboriginal Women's Society1$194K
Canadian Civil Libertis Association1$181K
Human Rights Action Group; Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project; Falun Gong Human Rights Group; Canada-Hong Kong Link; Democratic Spaces; Hidmonna-Eritrean Canadian Human Rights Group of Manitoba; Security and Justice for Tigrayans Canada and the Alliance of Genocide VIctim Communities1$178K
Democracy Watch1$176K
Dalhousie Legal Aid Services on behalf of Be the Peace Institute1$163K
Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy1$158K
Sullivan Breen on behalf of Women's Legal Education and Action Fund1$132K
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs1$132K

Plus 41 agreements ($13.3M) 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
20173$1.1M
201884$17.8M
201917$5.1M
202116$5.5M
20226$1.1M
20239$4M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario58$17.4M
Nova Scotia13$5.3M
British Columbia20$3.4M
Saskatchewan9$1.6M
Manitoba6$1.5M
Quebec7$1.4M
Alberta8$1.4M
Newfoundland and Labrador7$1.2M
Yukon3$621K
Northwest Territories2$439K
New Brunswick2$235K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Indigenous recipients101$20.1M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities25$6.4M
Not stated by the department4$4M
Individuals and sole proprietorships4$3.9M
Government1$214K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Nov 2023Ukrainian Canadian Congress$233,345
Nov 2023Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance$459,268
Nov 2023Human Rights Action Group; Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project; Falun Gong Human Rights Group; Canada-Hong Kong Link; Democratic Spaces; Hidmonna-Eritrean Canadian Human Rights Group of Manitoba; Security and Justice for Tigrayans Canada and the Alliance of Genocide VIctim Communities$178,390
Nov 2023Democracy Watch$176,206
Nov 2023Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy$157,887
Nov 2023Chinese Canadian Concern Group on the Chinese Party's Human Rights Violations$334,517
Nov 2023Centre for Free Expression$43,849
Jun 2022Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs$131,569
Jun 2022Ottawa Coalition of Residents and Businesses$241,673
Jun 2022Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ontario) and the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers$204,580
Jun 2022Convoy Organizer Group$123,342
Jun 2022Canadian Constitution Foundation$260,783
Jun 2022Canadian Civil Libertis Association$181,344
Mar 2021Sullivan Breen on behalf of Women's Legal Education and Action Fund$131,684
Mar 2021Meghan McDermott on behalf of British Columbia Civil Liberties Association$63,979
Mar 2021Hicks LeMoine Law on behalf of Transition House Association of Nova Scotia$96,080
Mar 2021Emma Halpern on behalf of Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia$57,315
Mar 2021David W. Fisher on behalf of Atlantic Police Association$214,397
Mar 2021Dalhousie Legal Aid Services on behalf of Be the Peace Institute$162,595
Mar 2021Burchell MacDougall LLP on behalf of Truro Police Services$214,397
Mar 2021Birenbaum Law Office and Perez Bryan Procope LLP on behalf of Canadian Coalition for Gun Control$206,459
Mar 2021Benjamin Perryman Barrister and Solicitor on behalf of East Coast Prison Justice Society$96,310
Jun 2019batch report / rapport en lots$0
May 2019Cain Lamarre LLP on behalf of Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mani-Uteman ("ITUM'')$279,841
May 2019Major Sobiski Moffatt LLP on behalf of Mishkeegogamang First Nation$222,373