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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada · Grant program

Research Support Fund

This program provides support to institutions in the form of grants in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health. This program builds institutional capacity by offsetting the central and departmental administrative costs that institutions incur in supporting research, which are not attributable to specific research projects.

Total value
$3.4B
Agreements
1,601
Apr 2017 to Apr 2025
Median agreement
$258K
Typical range
$24K–$1.7M
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 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
University of Toronto19$456M
The University of British Columbia19$273M
McGill University / Université McGill18$222M
University of Alberta19$171M
Université de Montréal19$166M
University of Calgary19$138M
Université Laval19$130M
McMaster University19$129M
University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa17$118M
University of Waterloo19$102M
University of Manitoba19$83.8M
Queen's University19$80.6M
Dalhousie University19$80.3M
University of Saskatchewan19$76.2M
Simon Fraser University19$70.1M
Université de Sherbrooke19$68.9M
The University of Western Ontario8$64.2M
University of Victoria19$56.9M
University of Guelph19$52M
Carleton University19$44.6M
Université du Québec à Montréal19$43.3M
Western University (The University of Western Ontario)11$41M
Memorial University of Newfoundland19$40.1M
Concordia University / Université Concordia18$40M
York University / Université York11$31.4M
McGill University1$30.7M
University of Windsor19$28.8M
University of New Brunswick19$27.2M
Ryerson University8$26.6M
École Polytechnique de Montréal12$23.2M
University of Regina16$22.6M
Wilfrid Laurier University16$22.1M
York University8$21.6M
Polytechnique Montréal7$20.9M
University of Northern British Columbia14$19.8M
Brock University12$18.7M
University of Lethbridge12$18.5M
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières15$18.4M
University of Ottawa2$18.3M
Toronto Metropolitan University11$18.1M
Institut national de la recherche scientifique12$17.9M
École de technologie supérieure12$14.4M
Trent University12$13.5M
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi12$13.4M
University of Winnipeg12$12.5M
Université du Québec à Rimouski12$12.5M
Ontario Tech University (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)9$11.6M
Université du Québec en Outaouais12$10.5M
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne7$10.4M
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue12$10.2M

Plus 12 agreements ($11.1M) 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
2017133$369M
2018173$398M
2019180$408M
2020186$415M
2022190$452M
2023229$451M
2024270$467M
2025240$483M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario462$1.4B
Quebec439$898M
British Columbia212$441M
Alberta161$339M
Nova Scotia97$111M
Manitoba70$102M
Saskatchewan41$98.9M
New Brunswick55$41.9M
Newfoundland and Labrador27$40.2M
Prince Edward Island14$7.5M
Northwest Territories10$4.9M
Yukon9$2.2M
Nunavut4$76K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Academia1,601$3.4B

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Apr 2025Yukon University$731,553
Apr 2025York University$379,418
Apr 2025York University$1,266,347
Apr 2025York University$6,129,214
Apr 2025Wilfrid Laurier University$72,527
Apr 2025Wilfrid Laurier University$31,046
Apr 2025Wilfrid Laurier University$3,008,432
Apr 2025Western University (The University of Western Ontario)$780,152
Apr 2025Western University (The University of Western Ontario)$2,879,380
Apr 2025Western University (The University of Western Ontario)$10,204,272
Apr 2025Vanier College (Cégep Vanier College)$57,936
Apr 2025Vancouver Island University$565,757
Apr 2025University of Winnipeg$33,914
Apr 2025University of Winnipeg$1,976,504
Apr 2025University of Windsor$132,016
Apr 2025University of Windsor$270,504
Apr 2025University of Windsor$3,613,383
Apr 2025University of Waterloo$742,768
Apr 2025University of Waterloo$2,728,903
Apr 2025University of Waterloo$9,824,119
Apr 2025University of Victoria$402,806
Apr 2025University of Victoria$1,360,489
Apr 2025University of Victoria$6,367,049
Apr 2025University of Toronto$4,031,601
Apr 2025University of Toronto$15,967,121