Natural Resources Canada · Grant program
Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals Program
To help the North to realize its full economic and social potential by improving regional geological mapping for responsible resource exploration and development of new mineral deposits or energy reservoirs.
- Total value
- $2.9M
- Agreements
- 34
- Nov 2018 to Feb 2024
- Median agreement
- $99K
- Typical range
- $46K–$113K
- 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.
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Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 2 agreements ($120K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | $160K |
| 2019 | 1 | $40K |
| 2020 | 1 | $20K |
| 2021 | 2 | $199K |
| 2022 | 13 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | 12 | $1.2M |
| 2024 | 1 | $46K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Territories | 8 | $808K |
| Manitoba | 3 | $412K |
| Yukon | 3 | $398K |
| Quebec | 4 | $353K |
| Nunavut | 4 | $314K |
| British Columbia | 5 | $277K |
| Ontario | 3 | $109K |
| Alberta | 1 | $99K |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $91K |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 | $24K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Academia | 19 | $1.6M |
| Indigenous recipients | 7 | $828K |
| Other organizations | 6 | $333K |
| Government | 2 | $115K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2024 | Canadian Permafrost Association | PLANNING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERMAFROST (ICOP2024)Grant | $46,000 |
| Nov 2023 | Yukon University | Yukon Univerity Virtual Geology Project - Phase 3Grant | $199,000 |
| Oct 2023 | Aurora College | Facilitating the development of tools that incorporate geoscience data and support decision making in the Gwich'in communities of the Northwest TerritoriesGrant | $99,500 |
| Oct 2023 | Government of Nunavut | Nunavut Prospector Training InitiativeGrant | $0 |
| Sep 2023 | Northwest Territories Geological Survey [Ntgs] | Northwest Territories permafrost Photographic MapsGrant | $115,000 |
| Aug 2023 | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Geothermal resources for energy transitionGrant | $114,500 |
| Jul 2023 | University of Waterloo | Development and application of Geothermal Energy technologies in remote and isolated northern Canadian communitiesGrant | $22,500 |
| Jul 2023 | University of Winnipeg | Low-cost spectroscopic characterization of kimberlite indicator mineralsGrant | $115,000 |
| Jul 2023 | North Slave Métis Alliance | North Slave Metis Alliance:"Planning for the Future"Grant | $112,800 |
| Jul 2023 | Kivalliq Inuit Association | Incorporation of geoscience data to support decision making related to the management of Inuit Owned Lands in the Kivalliq region, NunavutGrant | $90,000 |
| Jun 2023 | The Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated | Permafrost integrity and remediation potential of drilling waste sumps in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest TerritoriesGrant | $105,000 |
| Feb 2023 | Sayisi Dene First Nation | Building Sayidi Dene First Nation's geological spacial data capacityGrant | $136,500 |
| Feb 2023 | Northwest Territories & Nunavut Chamber Of Mines | PROMOTING GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN NUNAVUTGrant | $136,500 |
| Jul 2022 | Yukon University | Building Educational ResourcesGrant | $99,950 |
| Jul 2022 | Aurora Research Institute | Growing GeoScience Capacity within the Gwich'in Communities of the Northwest TerritoriesGrant | $99,500 |
| Jul 2022 | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Geothermal energy potentialGrant | $99,975 |
| Mar 2022 | Universite Laval Departement De Geologie | Numerical assessment of groundwater resource sustainability within continuous permafrost environments - Laval UniversityGrant | $63,444 |
| Feb 2022 | Cape Breton University | Predictive mapping for base & critical metal exploraion [Cape Breton University]Grant | $91,000 |
| Feb 2022 | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Yukon terrane assemblages - Memorial UniversityGrant | $9,079 |
| Feb 2022 | University of Waterloo | Data integration studye:Effect of proglacial and post-glacial processes on till composition and dispersal patterns - University of WaterlooGrant | $40,000 |
| Feb 2022 | University of British Columbia Okanagan | Use of geochronology to understnad the source of orogenic gold in the Yukon Territory - University of British ColumbiaGrant | $96,500 |
| Feb 2022 | University Of Alberta Dept. Of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences | Expanding diamond target areas in Canada's North - University of AlbertaGrant | $99,475 |
| Feb 2022 | University of British Columbia Okanagan | Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic southwestern Slave margin - University of British ColumbiaGrant | $90,900 |
| Feb 2022 | Northlands Denesuline First Nation | Building Northlands Denesuline First Nation's Geological Spatial Data CapacityGrant | $160,000 |
| Jan 2022 | Kivallik Inuit Association | Update of Kivalliq region Lands Administration infrastructure - Kivalliq Inuit AssociationGrant | $149,500 |