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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Grant program

Migration Policy Development Program

To provide funding to organizations that are active in the areas of international migration policy development and research and whose independent work as a third party offers a valuable contribution for consideration in Canadian international migration and citizenship policy development and implementation.

Total value
$2.2M
Agreements
31
Sep 2017 to Apr 2019
Median agreement
$60K
Typical range
$32K–$100K
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 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
International Organization for Migration (IOM)8$714K
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)2$181K
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)2$162K
World University Service of Canada (WUSC)/Expanding Educational Pathways for Refugees: Modeling WUSC’s Student Refugee Program1$115K
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)1$100K
International Organization for Migration / Regional Conference on Migration / Puebla Process (RCM)/Membership1$100K
International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Recruitment Regulators Workshop: Sharing Global Best Practices1$95K
Gut.org gAG / Social Trust Project of the Boldness Collaboratory for Social Inclusion1$90K
International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Leveraging visa operations best practices for enhanced policymaking: 2 part project1$80K
International Organization for Migration (IOM) / Strengthen regional coordination between migration authorities in South America1$70K
Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFFE)/ Building bridges for LGBTI refugees in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region1$55K
The Americas chapter of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ)1$55K
United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) / Country of Origin Information (COI) Manual1$50K
International Organization for Migration (IOM)/ Communicating risks of irregular migration in Central America1$50K
International Organization for Migration /Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) / Membership1$33K
Vathsala Illesinghe, Researcher, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar / South Asian Women & Migration Pathways to Canada: A Regional Consultation Project1$31K
International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Practical travel document issuance and verification seminar in the Americas1$30K
International Organization for Migration / Regional Conference on Migration - Puebla Process (RCM)/Promoting Hemispheric Collaboration on Migration1$20K
Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)/Economic Mobility Pathway Project (EMPP) Continuation1$15K
International Organization for Migration (IOM)-Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)-International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)/Civil Society Representation and Coordination1$5,000

Plus 2 agreements ($159K) 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.

YearAgreementsTotal
20171$113K
201816$1.4M
201914$739K

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Outside Canada or not stated29$2.1M
Ontario2$146K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not stated by the department16$1.4M
International (non-government)14$808K
For-profit organizations1$31K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2019Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)/Economic Mobility Pathway Project (EMPP) Continuation$15,000
Mar 2019United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) / Country of Origin Information (COI) Manual$50,000
Mar 2019Gut.org gAG / Social Trust Project of the Boldness Collaboratory for Social Inclusion$90,000
Mar 2019International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Recruitment Regulators Workshop: Sharing Global Best Practices$95,000
Mar 2019International Organization for Migration (IOM)-Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)-International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)/Civil Society Representation and Coordination$5,000
Mar 2019International Organization for Migration (IOM)/ Communicating risks of irregular migration in Central America$50,000
Mar 2019International Organization for Migration (IOM) / Strengthen regional coordination between migration authorities in South America$70,000
Mar 2019International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Leveraging visa operations best practices for enhanced policymaking: 2 part project$80,000
Mar 2019International Organization for Migration / Regional Conference on Migration - Puebla Process (RCM)/Promoting Hemispheric Collaboration on Migration$19,500
Mar 2019Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFFE)/ Building bridges for LGBTI refugees in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region$55,000
Feb 2019Vathsala Illesinghe, Researcher, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar / South Asian Women & Migration Pathways to Canada: A Regional Consultation Project$31,000
Feb 2019International Organization for Migration (IOM)/Practical travel document issuance and verification seminar in the Americas$30,000
Feb 2019World University Service of Canada (WUSC)/Expanding Educational Pathways for Refugees: Modeling WUSC’s Student Refugee Program$115,000
Jan 2019International Organization for Migration /Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) / Membership$33,315
Mar 2018The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)$100,000
Mar 2018Migration Policy Institute (MPI)$100,000
Mar 2018Migration Policy Institute (MPI)$62,134
Mar 2018International Organization for Migration (IOM)$150,000
Mar 2018International Organization for Migration (IOM)$32,000
Mar 2018International Organization for Migration (IOM)$22,000
Mar 2018International Organization for Migration (IOM)$163,000
Mar 2018International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)$5,000
Mar 2018International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)$175,615
Mar 2018The Americas chapter of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ)$54,500
Mar 2018International Organization for Migration (IOM)$32,218