Public Safety Canada · Contribution program
Crime Prevention Action Fund
The program purpose is to provide time-limited grant and contribution funding that supports evidence-based crime prevention initiatives in communities.
- Total value
- $84.1M
- Agreements
- 36
- Apr 2014 to Jan 2019
- Median agreement
- $2.5M
- Typical range
- $1.5M–$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 Public Safety Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 4 agreements ($11M) 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.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | $2.8M |
| 2015 | 2 | $5.7M |
| 2016 | 9 | $22.5M |
| 2017 | 9 | $24M |
| 2018 | 13 | $28M |
| 2019 | 1 | $1M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Outside Canada or not stated | 21 | $50.8M |
| Quebec | 5 | $9M |
| New Brunswick | 3 | $8.7M |
| Ontario | 3 | $6.7M |
| British Columbia | 2 | $4.6M |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $3.9M |
| Alberta | 1 | $469K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not stated by the department | 25 | $57M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 6 | $12.1M |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 2 | $6.6M |
| Government | 1 | $5.6M |
| Academia | 1 | $1.8M |
| Other organizations | 1 | $852K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | Pride Toronto | Developing Effective Community Safety Strategies for LGBTQ+ CommunitiesContribution | $1,000,000 |
| Oct 2018 | Ville de Longueuil | Integrated team for the intervention and support of victims in prostitution environmentContribution | $852,103 |
| Aug 2018 | The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay | City of Thunder Bay Youth Inclusion ProgramContribution | $5,635,955 |
| Aug 2018 | Volunteer Canada | Canadian Collaboration on Child Protection - Screening and Education CentreGrant | $100,000 |
| Jul 2018 | John Howard Society of New Brunswick Inc. | Intercultural Youth InitiativeContribution | $2,918,912 |
| Jun 2018 | John Howard Society of New Brunswick Inc. | Intercultural Youth InitiativeContribution | $2,998,096 |
| Apr 2018 | Makivik Corporation | Saqijuq: Social Regulation Reconstruction in NunavikContribution | $2,525,859 |
| Apr 2018 | Cote des Neiges Black Community Association | Expanding community-led Prevention CapacityContribution | $2,637,797 |
| Mar 2018 | Makivik Corporation | Saqijuq: Social Regulation Reconstruction in NunavikContribution | $2,760,849 |
| Mar 2018 | Cote des Neiges Black Community Association | Expanding community-led Prevention CapacityContribution | $2,780,461 |
| Mar 2018 | Catholic Family Services of Prince Albert, Inc. | Contribution | $1,899,999 |
| Mar 2018 | University of Quebec in Montreal | Programme Hypothèse Gaïa : Programme multimodulaire d'interventions auprès d'adolescents auteurs d'abus sexuels et leurs parents - Amendment #1Contribution | -$156,000 |
| Jan 2018 | M2W2 Association, Restorative Christian Ministries | The NOLA Reintegration Project (No One Leaves Alone)Contribution | $1,233,197 |
| Dec 2017 | Justice and Public Safety, Department of Government of New Brunswick | Changing DirectionsContribution | $3,015,080 |
| Nov 2017 | Key Assets Newfoundland and Labrador Inc | Stop Now and Plan (SNAP) Preventing Violence Among Children and YouthContribution | $3,433,882 |
| Oct 2017 | Cape Breton Regional Police Service | RELAYS - Resiliency Education Leadership Adventure and Youth ServicesContribution | $3,923,216 |
| Aug 2017 | Projet d'Intervention Prostitution Québec (PIPQ) | Travail de rue et collaborations intersectorielles : développement de pratiques exemplaires essentielles au processus de sortie des jeunes du milieu de la prostitutionContribution | $1,729,992 |
| Jul 2017 | Canadian Friends of Somalia | RAJO - Somali Youth Empowerment ProjectContribution | $5,132,951 |
| Jul 2017 | International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) | Crime Prevention and Urban Safety: An International ApproachContribution | $893,576 |
| Apr 2017 | RESET Society of Calgary | Community Supports for EXIT ProgramContribution | $468,840 |
| Dec 2016 | Earlscourt-Creche Child Development Institute | SNAP's Venture Philanthropy Approach to Create Massive Social Change in Canada for High Risk Children (and their Families)Contribution | $6,300,486 |
| Dec 2016 | Saskatoon Police Service | Early Intervention ProjectContribution | $2,033,760 |
| Nov 2016 | East Metro Youth Services | Our House Your HouseContribution | $1,888,803 |
| Nov 2016 | Mosaic-Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities | Redirecting Youth Through Empowerment (RYTE) - Wraparound ProgramContribution | $2,885,881 |
| Nov 2016 | Clearwater River Dene Nation | Project VentureContribution | $2,200,000 |