Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Contribution program
Oceans Management Contribution Program To Support Development And Implementation Of Oceans Conservation And Management Activities
To support the development and implementation of oceans conservation and management activities in Canada.
- Total value
- $118M
- Agreements
- 244
- Dec 2017 to Dec 2022
- Median agreement
- $107K
- Typical range
- $40K–$383K
- 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 Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 1 agreements ($108K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | $128K |
| 2018 | 4 | $224K |
| 2019 | 69 | $14.4M |
| 2020 | 57 | $17.1M |
| 2021 | 50 | $36.4M |
| 2022 | 63 | $49.9M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 74 | $29.4M |
| Nunavut | 13 | $23.8M |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 26 | $18.1M |
| Nova Scotia | 33 | $13.9M |
| Northwest Territories | 4 | $8.6M |
| Quebec | 30 | $8.4M |
| Ontario | 17 | $7.4M |
| New Brunswick | 29 | $4.6M |
| Prince Edward Island | 11 | $2M |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 3 | $1.3M |
| Manitoba | 4 | $730K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous recipients | 124 | $62.3M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 115 | $54.4M |
| International (non-government) | 3 | $1.3M |
| Academia | 2 | $137K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2022 | Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc | Hybrid vessel InitiativeContribution | $810,000 |
| Dec 2022 | Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq | Contribution | $1,384,803 |
| Dec 2022 | Mushkegowuk Council | Contribution | $429,066 |
| Dec 2022 | Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association | Progressive Protection Pilot Plan for Southwest FuContribution | $494,117 |
| Dec 2022 | Mamalilikulla First Nation | Contribution | $452,867 |
| Dec 2022 | Comité ZIP Gaspésie | Éducation et sensibilisation à l’aire marine protéContribution | $20,485 |
| Dec 2022 | Nova Scotia Museum | Gully Explore Phase 2 PlanningContribution | $2,500 |
| Nov 2022 | Ocean Networks Canada Society | Contribution | $10,543,411 |
| Nov 2022 | Institut de développement durable d | Participation des Premières Nations au Québec au CContribution | $25,000 |
| Nov 2022 | Prince Edward Island Fishermen's As | Contribution | $290,000 |
| Nov 2022 | The Arctic Eider Society | The 2022 Hudson Bay Summit: an Indigenous-led collContribution | $2,407,673 |
| Nov 2022 | Gitxaala Nation | Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge RContribution | $49,018 |
| Nov 2022 | Ocean Wise Conservation Association | Contribution | $430,716 |
| Nov 2022 | Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation | Strengthening Indigenous Led Conservation in MarinContribution | $33,595 |
| Nov 2022 | Canadian Parks and Wilderness Socie | Priority Planning for Tidy Harbours Benthic MarineContribution | $77,755 |
| Nov 2022 | Mi’kmaq Alsumk Mowimsikik Koquey As | Study to establish a marine conservation area forContribution | $80,850 |
| Nov 2022 | Kitselas Band Council | Contribution | $166,232 |
| Oct 2022 | Central Coast Indigenous Resource A | Contribution | $356,604 |
| Oct 2022 | World Wildlife Fund Canada | Contribution | $337,209 |
| Oct 2022 | Huntsman Marine Science Center | Engaging Indigenous youth and public education toContribution | $155,250 |
| Oct 2022 | Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc. | Contribution | $624,892 |
| Oct 2022 | Balaena Institute for Cetacean Cons | Contribution | $85,507 |
| Sep 2022 | Dalhousie University | Benthic ecological mapping of sponge marine refugeContribution | $511,796 |
| Sep 2022 | University of New Brunswick | Additional Analysis of Sediment Samples from the PContribution | $32,296 |
| Sep 2022 | Dalhousie University | INFORM, ENGAGE, EMPOWER: Building marine conservatContribution | $309,230 |