Polar Knowledge Canada · Grant program
Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions
To foster and encourage activities and events that promote greater awareness of, and increase knowledge about, polar regions. Attract, inform and inspire new generations to carry on Canada's increasing activities in polar affairs.
- Total value
- $1.7M
- Agreements
- 99
- Nov 2023 to Apr 2026
- Median agreement
- $10K
- Typical range
- $5,000–$30K
- 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 Polar Knowledge Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 34 agreements ($455K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | $80K |
| 2024 | 13 | $390K |
| 2025 | 50 | $648K |
| 2026 | 34 | $615K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Territories | 28 | $540K |
| Ontario | 18 | $325K |
| Quebec | 15 | $220K |
| Nunavut | 8 | $175K |
| Yukon | 11 | $162K |
| Alberta | 5 | $100K |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3 | $90K |
| British Columbia | 8 | $72K |
| Manitoba | 2 | $40K |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $10K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous recipients | 31 | $536K |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 32 | $420K |
| Government | 13 | $325K |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 14 | $240K |
| Academia | 9 | $212K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation | Teechik Guardians Linear Corridors Project: Monitoring the Impacts of Corridors on Wildlife Movement in the North YukonGrant | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Université Laval | Encouraging community involvement and integrated research within three communities in NunavutGrant | $20,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Université de Montréal | Polar ECLIPSE SchoolGrant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government (Hastings) | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Nunatsiavut Government | Seasonal Nunatsiavut Science Camp (Summer)Grant | $30,000 |
| Apr 2026 | North Slave Métis Alliance | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | McGill University | Perennial groundwater springs as local community-relevant indicators of winter cryohydrogeologic regime transition in Nunavut, CanadaGrant | $40,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Kivalliq Inuit Association | Integrating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit with Environmental DNA-based Western Science to Establish Updated Baseline Levels of Valued Ecological ComponentsGrant | $40,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Kitikmeot Heritage Society | Science Communication at KuugalaaqGrant | $40,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Institute for Circumpolar Health Research (Roher) | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Institute for Circumpolar Health Research (Nashalik) | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board | Grant | $20,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Government of Northwest Territories | Tundra Science and Culture CampGrant | $25,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Council of Yukon First Nations | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CNNN) | Exploring Indigenous Nursing Graduates’ Experiences in Nursing Education Programs, Preparing for, Writing, and Passing the NCLEX-RN ExaminationGrant | $20,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Aurora College | UArctic Congress 2026Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2026 | ArctiConnexion | Building capacity to monitor fresh water quality in Qikiqtarjuaq: community needs assessment in a changing climateGrant | $20,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Aqqiumavvik Society | ᑐᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗᒡᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑦᔭᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᓐᒋᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᒋᐃᓐᒡᓂᓐᒋᑦ/ᐊᑦᔨᒋᓐᒋᓂᓐᒋᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᖤᐃᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᐅᑉ ᑭᕙᑕᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦᒥ Understanding changing relationships with polar bears and grizzly bears in the southern Kivalliq region, NunavutGrant | $40,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Aqqiumavvik Society | 3rd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP)Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2025 | WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada | ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2025Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2025 | Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation | ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2025Grant | $5,000 |
| Apr 2025 | The University of British Columbia | ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2025Grant | $1,630 |
| Apr 2025 | Tłı̨chǫ Government | ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2025Grant | $2,500 |
| Apr 2025 | Tłı̨chǫ Government | ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2025Grant | $2,500 |