Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program
SDPP - Disability Issues - Contrib.
The Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP) works in partnership with not-for-profit and other organizations to help improve life outcomes for people with disabilities, children and families and other vulnerable populations.
- Total value
- $73.5M
- Agreements
- 79
- Apr 2013 to Jan 2024
- Median agreement
- $551K
- Typical range
- $265K–$848K
- 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.
Plus 2 agreements ($763K) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 17 | $10.6M |
| 2014 | 1 | $454K |
| 2015 | 1 | $2.2M |
| 2016 | 11 | $3.6M |
| 2017 | 3 | $2.5M |
| 2018 | 1 | $299K |
| 2019 | 10 | $17.7M |
| 2020 | 15 | $6.4M |
| 2021 | 3 | $13.9M |
| 2022 | 8 | $8M |
| 2023 | 5 | $3.9M |
| 2024 | 4 | $4M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 37 | $41M |
| British Columbia | 11 | $15.5M |
| Manitoba | 8 | $6.8M |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 13 | $5.1M |
| Quebec | 8 | $4.2M |
| Nova Scotia | 2 | $945K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 42 | $51.5M |
| Other organizations | 20 | $14.3M |
| Not stated by the department | 13 | $5.1M |
| Government | 2 | $1.6M |
| Indigenous recipients | 1 | $664K |
| Academia | 1 | $382K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2024 | Disabled Women's Network of Canada | Contribution | $262,250 |
| Jan 2024 | LIFT Impact Partners Society | Empowering Abilities: Fueling the Growth of Disability OrganizationsContribution | $3,199,938 |
| Jan 2024 | Centre for ADD/ADHD Awareness, Canada | Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada - National Operating Funding 2023-2026Contribution | $245,440 |
| Jan 2024 | Canadian Association For Supported Employment | Employment for AllContribution | $281,220 |
| May 2023 | Partners For Planning | Partners for Planning National Operating Funding 2023-2026Contribution | $838,000 |
| Apr 2023 | Environmental Health Association of Canada - L'Association pour la santé environnementale du Canada | Environmental Health Association of Canada - National Operating Funding 2023-2026Contribution | $850,997 |
| Apr 2023 | Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, inc./La Societe Culturelle Canadienne des Sourds, inc. | Contribution | $844,499 |
| Apr 2023 | Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians / L'alliance pour l'égalité des personnes aveugles du Canada | AEBC- National Operating Funding 2023-2026Contribution | $691,633 |
| Feb 2023 | Mawita’mk Society | Wabanaki Accessible Canada Partnerships Project 2022Contribution | $663,500 |
| Nov 2022 | DEEN Support Services | Accessibility for All - A Project of Race and Disability CanadaContribution | $1,637,718 |
| Nov 2022 | New Society Institute | Disability and Deaf Communities & Federally Regulated Sector CollaborationContribution | $1,587,259 |
| Nov 2022 | Physical and Health Education Canada | Game ChangersContribution | $1,242,446 |
| Nov 2022 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Partnership for Financial InclusionContribution | $1,343,696 |
| Nov 2022 | Association pour la santé environnementale du Québec - Environmental Health Association of Quebec | Empowering Community and Removal of BarriersContribution | $1,580,562 |
| Sep 2022 | Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society | Policy Making for Inclusion Series: Strengthening Disability Policy Dialogue in CanadaContribution | $64,000 |
| Sep 2022 | Inclusion Canada | Activating Supports for Decision MakingContribution | $275,000 |
| Dec 2021 | Independent Living Canada | Bridging The Gap Between Lived Experiences and Policy:A Community-Led,Capacity-Building and KnowledgContribution | $650,000 |
| Nov 2021 | Centre for Equitable Library Access | Production of alternate format materials for CanadiansContribution | $9,960,000 |
| Nov 2021 | BC Libraries Cooperative 2009 | Accessibility in Publishing: Improving Access through Inclusion and EducationContribution | $3,320,000 |
| Sep 2020 | DisAbled Women's Network Canada | Promoting Leadership of Young Racialized Women with DisabilitiesContribution | $140,104 |
| Sep 2020 | Congress of Aboriginal Peoples | Report on the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilitiesContribution | $128,960 |
| Sep 2020 | Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network | Supporting Siblings: A New Path to Financial SecurityContribution | $430,766 |
| Sep 2020 | Finautonome | Augmenter l'adhésion au CIPH et au REEI au Québec et pour les francophones hors QuébecContribution | $449,751 |
| Aug 2020 | Native Women's Association of Canada | Perspectives of Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender diverse persons with disabilitiesContribution | $147,152 |
| Aug 2020 | The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work | Social Development Partnerships ProgramContribution | $1,196,744 |