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Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program

Opportunities Fund - Project

The purpose of the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities (OFPD) is to help persons with disabilities obtain valuable skills, tools, information and work experience to facilitate their transition to the labour market and to strengthen their labour market attachment.

Total value
$693M
Agreements
362
Feb 2015 to Apr 2026
Median agreement
$867K
Typical range
$281K–$1.8M
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 Employment and Social Development Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale4$75M
Inclusion Canada3$52.8M
Neil Squire Society3$45.3M
The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work7$41.6M
Canadian Mental Health Association3$32M
The Sinneave Family Foundation2$21.3M
Canadian Association For Supported Employment1$19.3M
Soutien à la personne handicapée en route vers l'emploi3$14.5M
Open Door Social Services Society7$13.3M
The Career Foundation2$10.6M
Youth Employment Services YES4$10.5M
British Columbia Centre for Ability Association3$10.1M
Make A Change Canada3$9.2M
Restigouche CBDC Inc.1$9.1M
Soutien à la perssonne handicapée en route vers l'emploi1$8.3M
TEAM Work Cooperative4$8.1M
West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre3$7.8M
The Learning Disabilities Association of Toronto District4$7.5M
Realize2$6.8M
University of Victoria4$6.6M
Saskatchewan Abilities Council Inc.10$6.3M
March of Dimes Canada3$6M
Leads Employment Services London Inc.3$5.9M
Canadian National Institute for the Blind1$5.8M
Mood Disorders Society of Canada2$5.8M
ETHOS Career Management Group Ltd.2$5.7M
YMCA of Southwestern Ontario2$5.4M
Saint Mary's University4$5.3M
Restigouche CBDC3$5.2M
Kopar Administration Ltd.3$4.9M
Food Processing Skills Canada1$4.7M
Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council1$4.7M
MCG Careers Inc.2$4.4M
Kingston Employment and Youth Services Inc.4$3.9M
EmployAbilities Society of Alberta3$3.9M
Challenge - Disability Resource Group5$3.9M
Community Futures Manitoba Inc.2$3.9M
The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation2$3.8M
Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society3$3.7M
Make A Change Canada/Faire un Changement Canada2$3.7M
Easter Seals, Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.2$3.7M
Eastern Ontario Training Board4$3.4M
821747 Alberta Ltd.3$3.3M
Independent Living Resource Centre Thunder Bay4$3.3M
263350 Alberta Ltd.4$3.2M
Pinnguaq Association1$3.2M
Trucking Human Resources Canada3$3.2M
Collège Boréal d'arts appliqués et de technologie1$3.2M
360ºkids Support Services4$3.2M
Abilities to Work Employment Support1$3.1M

Plus 8 agreements ($3.5M) 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
201534$55.1M
201656$20.3M
201751$17.3M
201870$125M
201918$59M
20206$52.7M
20212$3.1M
20224$31.7M
202396$267M
202421$32.1M
20252$28.3M
20262$2.5M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario128$303M
British Columbia38$116M
Quebec9$93.9M
Alberta46$58.9M
Nova Scotia26$43.1M
New Brunswick9$17.9M
Outside Canada or not stated55$17M
Manitoba21$12.9M
Saskatchewan14$10.5M
Nunavut3$6.7M
Newfoundland and Labrador4$5.2M
Prince Edward Island3$3.9M
Yukon4$3.5M
Northwest Territories2$1M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not-for-profit organizations and charities180$477M
Government9$80M
Other organizations77$68.1M
Not stated by the department72$28.1M
For-profit organizations15$24.6M
Academia6$11M
Indigenous recipients3$4.6M

Industries funded

Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.

Industry groupAgreementsTotal
Employment services52$88.2M
Other support services49$148M
Individual and family services22$83.1M
Vocational rehabilitation services16$56.6M
Social advocacy organizations7$17.7M
Other professional, scientific and technical services6$5.5M
Other general-purpose machinery manufacturing4$38.6M
Management, scientific and technical consulting services3$4M
Civic and social organizations2$3.7M
Local messengers and local delivery2$2.7M

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2026Open Door Social Services Society$1,054,710
Jan 2026Canadian Hearing Services$1,416,626
Mar 2025Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale$27,493,746
Mar 2025Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf$820,643
Dec 2024Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation$1,644,382
Nov 2024Alberta Deaf & Hard of Hearing Society$1,049,145
Nov 2024Tropicana Community Services Organization$841,435
Nov 2024Service d'interprétation visuelle et tactile$481,611
Oct 2024Nova Scotia Community College$1,183,901
Oct 2024Toronto Metropolitan University$555,880
Sep 2024Pinnguaq Association$3,197,675
May 2024Abilities Connected Employment Project Inc.$1,278,134
Apr 2024PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs$1,785,431
Apr 2024Progressive Intercultural Community Services$2,397,766
Apr 2024The Learning Enrichment Foundation$1,334,316
Apr 2024Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes$1,888,299
Apr 2024University of Victoria$1,787,170
Apr 2024Project 25-44 (Sudbury) Vocational Resource Centre Inc.$2,000,980
Apr 2024Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society$1,350,000
Mar 2024Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium of Canada$1,784,761
Feb 2024Anishinabek Employment & Training Services$2,249,996
Jan 2024Valley Community Learning Association$820,596
Jan 2024Canucks Autism Network Society$1,652,841
Jan 2024Canucks Autism Network Society$1,050,000
Oct 2023Food Processing Skills Canada$4,735,120