Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency · Contribution program
Northern Isolated Community Initiatives
Supports food security in Northern and Indigenous communities by helping to strengthen and support Indigenous and northern food systems in Canada’s North, reducing food insecurity, and seeking out creative solutions to food challenges across Canada’s North. This initiative will also support investments in northern small- to medium-enterprises, territorial governments, and community organizations pursuing food security related initiatives.
- Total value
- $12.3M
- Agreements
- 51
- Jun 2020 to Nov 2025
- Median agreement
- $156K
- Typical range
- $83K–$250K
- 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 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 2 agreements ($124K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | $9,356 |
| 2021 | 16 | $3M |
| 2022 | 6 | $349K |
| 2023 | 3 | $2.2M |
| 2024 | 13 | $4M |
| 2025 | 12 | $2.7M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Nunavut | 11 | $4.9M |
| Yukon | 25 | $4.3M |
| Northwest Territories | 11 | $2.4M |
| Alberta | 3 | $489K |
| Ontario | 1 | $250K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 14 | $5.7M |
| Indigenous recipients | 12 | $2.6M |
| For-profit organizations | 17 | $2.4M |
| Other organizations | 5 | $1M |
| Government | 3 | $594K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Promise For The North | Greenhouse Development InitiativeContribution | $184,000 |
| Nov 2025 | Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation | Sustainable Food Security and Infrastructure Enhancement ProjectContribution | $156,000 |
| Aug 2025 | Territorial Agrifood Association | Forging Flavour – a maker’s space for small scale food processorsContribution | $170,000 |
| Jun 2025 | Replic8 Technologies Inc. | Cultivating Resilience: Mobile Lab Scale Up and Capacity DevelopmentContribution | $99,999 |
| Apr 2025 | Cs Environmental | The Channel - The North's First Food HubContribution | $99,999 |
| Apr 2025 | Tum Tum’S Black Gilt Meats Ltd. | Micro-Abattoir Takhini River RoadContribution | $45,272 |
| Apr 2025 | Tum Tum's Black Gilt Meats Ltd. | Micro-Abattoir Takhini River RoadContribution | $54,727 |
| Apr 2025 | Taloyoak Umaruliririgut Assocation | Niqihaqut Cut and Wrap FacilityContribution | $1,464,736 |
| Apr 2025 | Fish on the Bay | Poissonnerie professionnelleContribution | $1 |
| Apr 2025 | Fish on the Bay | Professional fishmonger'sContribution | $99,800 |
| Mar 2025 | Tr'ondek Hwech'in | Livestock Trailer and PanelsContribution | $60,287 |
| Mar 2025 | Municipality of Kimmirut | Supporting Kimmirut Wellness through Country Food Harvesting and Sharing SystemsContribution | $294,000 |
| Dec 2024 | Tr'ondek Hwech'in | Greenhouse and Cold Storage FacilityContribution | $875,000 |
| Dec 2024 | Selkirk First Nation | SFN Food Security/Sovereignty ProjectContribution | $325,545 |
| Dec 2024 | Yukon First Nation Education Directorate Society | Nutrition Program: Meal Delivery Truck ProcurementContribution | $170,646 |
| Dec 2024 | Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated | Nunavut Community FreezersContribution | $418,000 |
| Dec 2024 | Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation | Nourishing Food Hub ConnectionsContribution | $248,258 |
| Dec 2024 | Yukon Literacy Coalition | Planting Seeds: Building Northern GrowersContribution | $77,363 |
| Oct 2024 | Arctic Institute of North America | Ag1054 Off-Grid Hydroponic Agriculture in the NorthContribution | $0 |
| Oct 2024 | Arctic Institute of North America | Ag1054 Off-Grid Hydroponic Agriculture in the NorthContribution | $305,000 |
| Oct 2024 | Territorial Agrifood Association | NWT Agri-food Sector Advancement Information ExchangeContribution | $99,900 |
| Oct 2024 | Issatik Co-Operative Limited | Issatik Co-operative Ltd. Emergency FundingContribution | $71,600 |
| Jun 2024 | 3542 Yukon Limited | Refrigeration Equipment UpgradesContribution | $234,000 |
| Jun 2024 | Knutsford Ventures Inc. | Egg Farm RemodelContribution | $0 |
| Jun 2024 | Knutsford Ventures Inc. | Egg Farm RemodelContribution | $1,200,000 |