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Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program

Opportunities fund (Regional) SE Org. Agreement

To assist persons with disabilities to prepare for and obtain employment or self-employment as well as to develop the skills necessary to maintain that new employment.

Total value
$2.2M
Agreements
25
Jun 2006 to Jan 2015
Median agreement
$79K
Typical range
$33K–$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 Employment and Social Development Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Lutherwood5$559K
Opportunity Works Calgary Incorporated2$375K
Job Skills - Employment and Business Programs and Supports3$230K
Calgary Alternative Support Services1$207K
London Community Small Business Centre2$189K
Causeway Work Centre2$144K
L. Tara Hooper and Associates Inc.3$136K
Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes1$116K
Project Work1$99K
Essential Communications Ltd.1$26K

Plus 4 agreements ($121K) 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.

$0$500K$1M’06’07’08’09’10’11’12’13’14’15
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YearAgreementsTotal
20061$27K
20079$913K
20085$404K
20091$100K
20103$261K
20110$0
20120$0
20132$153K
20143$276K
20151$69K

By province

Alberta: $582K in 3 agreements, $0 per residentBC: none hereMB: none hereNB: none hereNL: none hereNS: none hereNT: none hereNU: none hereOntario: $1.6M in 22 agreements, $0 per residentPE: none hereQC: none hereSK: none hereYT: none hereABBCMBNBNLNSNTNUONPEQCSKYT
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Per resident: the total over the whole window divided by the population on 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01). Agreements are placed by the recipient’s address, so a national organization’s funding counts where its office is.

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario22$1.6M
Alberta3$582K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Other organizations25$2.2M

Latest agreements

RecipientValue
Causeway Work CentreContribution · Jan 2015$69,183
Job Skills - Employment and Business Programs and SupportsContribution · Sep 2014$99,056
Job Skills - Employment and Business Programs and SupportsContribution · Sep 2014$98,748
LutherwoodContribution · Sep 2014$77,770
Causeway Work CentreContribution · Aug 2013$74,649
LutherwoodContribution · May 2013$78,740
Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great LakesContribution · May 2010$116,426
LutherwoodContribution · Apr 2010$110,925
L. Tara Hooper and Associates Inc.Contribution · Apr 2010$33,491
LutherwoodContribution · Jan 2009$99,914
London Community Small Business CentreContribution · Aug 2008$93,695
Opportunity Works Calgary IncorporatedContribution · Apr 2008$205,741
L. Tara Hooper and Associates Inc.Contribution · Apr 2008$46,092
Job Skills - Employment and Business Programs and SupportsContribution · Apr 2008$32,603
Essential Communications Ltd.Contribution · Jan 2008$26,366
Project WorkContribution · Nov 2007$98,559
LutherwoodContribution · Sep 2007$192,149
London Community Small Business CentreContribution · Aug 2007$95,516
Opportunity Works Calgary IncorporatedContribution · Mar 2007$169,053
L. Tara Hooper and Associates Inc.Contribution · Mar 2007$55,945
Calgary Alternative Support ServicesContribution · Mar 2007$206,931