Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · Contribution program
Local Food Infrastructure Fund: Small 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
- $3.8M
- Agreements
- 58
- Oct 2024 to Apr 2025
- Median agreement
- $69K
- Typical range
- $39K–$91K
- 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 — Small Scale Projects: Not taking applications. Deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got.
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 ($136K) 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 | 57 | $3.7M |
| 2025 | 1 | $98K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 16 | $1.2M |
| British Columbia | 17 | $1.1M |
| Alberta | 10 | $544K |
| Saskatchewan | 5 | $300K |
| Nova Scotia | 5 | $242K |
| Manitoba | 2 | $177K |
| New Brunswick | 2 | $167K |
| Nunavut | 1 | $100K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 31 | $2M |
| Indigenous recipients | 24 | $1.7M |
| Other organizations | 3 | $116K |
Industries funded
Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.
| Industry group | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services | 30 | $1.8M |
| Indigenous public administration | 10 | $846K |
| Civic and social organizations | 10 | $622K |
| Social advocacy organizations | 5 | $283K |
| Individual and family services | 1 | $62K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Day Star First Nation | Feed Scarborough Greenhouse & Mobile Kitchen: Expanding Access to Fresh, Nutritious MealsContribution | $98,126 |
| Nov 2024 | "The Take Action Society" | "The Take Action Society" Community Garden & Greenhouse Revitalization ProjectGrant | $44,700 |
| Nov 2024 | Driftpile Cree Nation | Greenhouse ProjectGrant | $45,270 |
| Nov 2024 | Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation | Mississaugas of Scugog Island – Food Sovereignty ProgramGrant | $71,418 |
| Nov 2024 | Ginoogaming First Nation | Ginoogaming Holistic Food Security and SovereigntyGrant | $80,832 |
| Nov 2024 | Kahkewistahaw First Nation | Kahkewistahaw OrchardsGrant | $45,475 |
| Nov 2024 | PHA Public Health Association of British Columbia | Fraser Lake Community-School FarmContribution | $72,304 |
| Nov 2024 | Mama K Ethnic Food Processing Centre | Lloydminster-Vermilion Food Equity ProgramContribution | $98,724 |
| Nov 2024 | Friends of the Utopia Mill and Park/Les Amis du Moulin et du Parc d'Utopia | The Utopia Community Food HubGrant | $63,845 |
| Nov 2024 | Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council Secretariat | Mamaweswen GreenhousesGrant | $96,013 |
| Nov 2024 | Sturgeon Lake First Nation | kistikânkamik (Garden Building)Grant | $88,520 |
| Nov 2024 | City of Grande Prairie | GP Grow's Dave Barr Learning GardenGrant | $38,996 |
| Nov 2024 | Qikiqtani Resource Institute | Contribution | $100,000 |
| Nov 2024 | Glace Bay Food Bank Society | Glace Bay Food Bank Community Garden Revitalization and ExpansionGrant | $37,082 |
| Nov 2024 | Campus Food Bank Society | Optimizing community garden food bank donations for student food securityContribution | $32,799 |
| Nov 2024 | Grande Prairie Friendship Centre | Traditional Healing Garden Irrigation and Increased Growing CapacityContribution | $25,879 |
| Nov 2024 | Buffalo Point First Nation | Buffalo Point 'Ozhaawashkwaa' Wellness ProjectContribution | $76,997 |
| Nov 2024 | Nisga'a Village of Gingolx | Greenhouse Development for Sustainable Community Growth in GingolxGrant | $100,000 |
| Nov 2024 | Mamas for Mamas | Mamas for Mamas Sustainable Nourishment EnhancementContribution | $25,484 |
| Nov 2024 | DUDES Club Society | Building Capacity to Feed our MenGrant | $32,548 |
| Nov 2024 | Bluenose Coastal Action | Harvest for a Cause Community Garden Expansion ProjectContribution | $36,130 |
| Nov 2024 | Aroland First Nation | Increasing Food Production and Security for Aroland First NationContribution | $92,024 |
| Nov 2024 | Village of Bawlf | Bawlf Community Garden and GreenhouseGrant | $38,733 |
| Nov 2024 | Village of Bawlf | Bawlf Community Garden and GreenhouseGrant | $38,733 |
| Nov 2024 | Under One Sky-Monoqonuwicik-Neoteetjg Mosigisg Inc. | Contribution | $74,909 |