Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · Contribution program
Local Food Infrastructure Fund (LFIF): Large Scale Projects
The Local Food Infrastructure Fund aims to strengthen food systems to be resilient, integrated, and sustainable, and to facilitate access to safe and nutritious food, primarily for the less privileged.
- Total value
- $17M
- Agreements
- 58
- Oct 2024 to Apr 2025
- Median agreement
- $287K
- Typical range
- $204K–$391K
- 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.
Applying? Local Food Infrastructure Fund — Large Scale Projects. Taking applications? No. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 2 agreements ($613K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | $88K |
| 2025 | 57 | $17M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 13 | $4.3M |
| Ontario | 13 | $3.4M |
| Saskatchewan | 7 | $2.4M |
| Manitoba | 6 | $1.9M |
| Quebec | 5 | $1.6M |
| Alberta | 5 | $1.5M |
| Northwest Territories | 2 | $659K |
| New Brunswick | 2 | $477K |
| Yukon | 1 | $210K |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $181K |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | $159K |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 | $138K |
| Nunavut | 1 | $120K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous recipients | 41 | $12.8M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 14 | $3.5M |
| Government | 3 | $734K |
Industries funded
Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Muskeg Lake Cree Nation | Garden Expansion and Creation of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Modular Food Security Facility and Education HubContribution | $412,407 |
| Mar 2025 | Kispiox Band | Kispiox Band Community Kitchen and Container FarmContribution | $287,354 |
| Mar 2025 | Kispiox Band | Kispiox Band Community Kitchen and Container FarmContribution | $287,354 |
| Mar 2025 | Edtech Hive (2020) | Regenerative Agriculture Living Lab and Innovation Hub in York RegionContribution | $196,585 |
| Mar 2025 | Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government | Community Green House ProjectContribution | $338,471 |
| Mar 2025 | Miawpukek First Nation | Increasing Availability and Access to Local Foods in Miawpukek First Nation through Extension and ExpansionContribution | $159,391 |
| Mar 2025 | Lower Similkameen Indian Band | Food production, storage and distribution expansion at Ntamtqen Community Garden & Food HubContribution | $289,759 |
| Mar 2025 | The Key First Nation | The Key First Nation - Growing to Sustainability 2030Contribution | $260,849 |
| Mar 2025 | Community Living North Halton | Ability KitchenContribution | $175,469 |
| Mar 2025 | The Corporation of the City of Mississauga | Malton Youth Hub Community GardenContribution | $155,996 |
| Mar 2025 | Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation | Kakina Nibin Tewin – “Always Summer House”Contribution | $253,583 |
| Mar 2025 | Squamish Nation | Squamish Nation Traditional Food Program PilotContribution | $270,631 |
| Mar 2025 | Woodstock First Nation | Nihkaniyan (our harvest): Wotstak First Nation Community Food ProjectContribution | $275,542 |
| Mar 2025 | Sambaa K'e First Nation | Sambaa K'e First Nation Community Food HubContribution | $320,549 |
| Mar 2025 | Rolling River First Nation | Food is Medicine- Rolling River First Nation (Southquill Health Services)Contribution | $217,882 |
| Mar 2025 | Fort William First Nation | Wiisiniwin Gitigaan (The Food Garden)Contribution | $239,368 |
| Mar 2025 | Eagle Lake First Nation No#27 | Eagle Lake First Nation Community GreenhouseContribution | $247,478 |
| Mar 2025 | Stswecem'c Xget'tem First Nation | SXFN Food Security and Healing Infrastructure Project - Spring Gulch FoodsContribution | $332,870 |
| Mar 2025 | Shoal Lake Cree Nation | Shoal Lake Cree Nation Food Security and Food Production ProjectContribution | $284,731 |
| Mar 2025 | Chisasibi Eeyou Resource and Research Institute | Chisasibi Agriculture Program ExpansionContribution | $438,097 |
| Mar 2025 | Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation | Country Foods Program Equipment UpgradesContribution | $257,198 |
| Mar 2025 | Tzeachten First Nation | Cultivating Connections: Tzeachten Food Sovereignty InitiativeContribution | $496,993 |
| Mar 2025 | Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg | Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg Year-Round Hydroponic Farming ProjectContribution | $390,997 |
| Mar 2025 | Corporation of the Town of Shelburne | Dufferin County Community Harvest InitiativeContribution | $187,453 |
| Mar 2025 | The Boyle Street Service Society | Boyle Street Community Services: Hydroponic ProjectContribution | $326,222 |