Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program
Skills and Partnership Fund - CRF
The objective of the Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) is to help Aboriginal organizations find innovative solutions through partnerships to create new tools and services for Aboriginal people. SPF will contribute to the creation of a skilled, adaptable labour force in Canada through activities in the following areas: training to employment; job focused essential skills training; or service delivery improvements.
- Total value
- $543M
- Agreements
- 123
- Mar 2011 to Mar 2025
- Median agreement
- $3.2M
- Typical range
- $1.4M–$5.9M
- 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.
Applying? Skills Partnership Fund (SPF) — Skills development and training-to-employment for Indigenous people. Taking applications? No. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.
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 4 agreements ($16.2M) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | $4.4M |
| 2013 | 17 | $71.2M |
| 2014 | 1 | $785K |
| 2015 | 4 | $2.8M |
| 2016 | 1 | $7.1M |
| 2017 | 42 | $148M |
| 2018 | 16 | $57.6M |
| 2019 | 2 | $2.7M |
| 2022 | 1 | $19.5M |
| 2023 | 31 | $218M |
| 2024 | 3 | $10.6M |
| 2025 | 1 | $913K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Outside Canada or not stated | 51 | $183M |
| British Columbia | 14 | $75.7M |
| Ontario | 22 | $63M |
| Quebec | 10 | $51.9M |
| Nunavut | 2 | $30.3M |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3 | $26.5M |
| Northwest Territories | 3 | $25.6M |
| Saskatchewan | 2 | $22.6M |
| Alberta | 4 | $22M |
| Nova Scotia | 5 | $18.1M |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 | $8.8M |
| Yukon | 3 | $6.3M |
| New Brunswick | 2 | $6.1M |
| Manitoba | 1 | $3.3M |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 29 | $184M |
| Not stated by the department | 51 | $183M |
| Other organizations | 26 | $79.1M |
| Indigenous recipients | 12 | $71.1M |
| For-profit organizations | 5 | $26.4M |
Industries funded
Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.
| Industry group | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Employment services | 4 | $7.2M |
| Other schools and instruction | 1 | $4.6M |
| Technical and trade schools | 1 | $913K |
| Other telecommunications | 1 | $4.5M |
| Electric power generation, transmission and distribution | 1 | $6.3M |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Saugeen First Nation #29 | Gzhe-Mnidoo Gi-Ta-Gaan: Saugeen First Nation Creator's GardenContribution | $912,500 |
| Mar 2024 | First Kaska GP Ltd. | Contribution | $3,646,260 |
| Mar 2024 | Lake Babine Nation | Contribution | $708,949 |
| Jan 2024 | Native Council of Nova Scotia | Indigenous Energy ProjectContribution | $6,256,790 |
| Sep 2023 | National Association of Friendship Centres | Friendship Centre Movement Community Workforce Development StrategyContribution | $964,000 |
| Aug 2023 | Montana First Nation | Green Growth for Community SustainabilityContribution | $16,878,031 |
| Jun 2023 | Seabird Island Education Society | Seabird Island Skills Training and Employment InitiativeContribution | $7,827,753 |
| Apr 2023 | Kahnawake Economic Development Commission | Builders for the FutureContribution | $1,403,414 |
| Apr 2023 | Teach For Canada | Investing in Strong Sustainable Communities (2023 - 2028)Contribution | $4,471,807 |
| Apr 2023 | Le Conseil des Atikamekw de Wemotaci | Le projet NISKA (oies sauvages en Atikamekw)Contribution | $1,648,424 |
| Mar 2023 | Oshki-Pimache-O-Win: The Wenjack Education Institute | Level Up: A New Model for Indigenous-Led Trades and Apprenticeship in the Nishnawbe Aski NationContribution | $10,004,807 |
| Mar 2023 | Assemblée des Premières Nations Québec-Labrador | Stratégie globale pour l'employabilité autochtoneContribution | $25,000,000 |
| Mar 2023 | Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw | Contribution | $2,853,400 |
| Feb 2023 | Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle | Career Exploration Training for Indigenous Employment CounsellorsContribution | $678,000 |
| Feb 2023 | Mohawk Council of Kanesatake | Learning to Preserve the FutureContribution | $4,632,035 |
| Feb 2023 | Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation | Northern Tutchone Seed Collection and Reclamation Training InitiativeContribution | $671,090 |
| Feb 2023 | Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI Inc. | Epekwitk Wellugwet Skills Partnership ProjectContribution | $8,791,907 |
| Feb 2023 | Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council | Early Childhood Education Training to Employment ProgramContribution | $1,531,092 |
| Feb 2023 | Qikiqtani Inuit Association | Qikiqtani Skills and Training for Employment Partnership (Q-STEP)Contribution | $25,000,000 |
| Feb 2023 | Centre d'amitié autochtone de Val-d'Or inc. | Contribution | $4,562,007 |
| Jan 2023 | Neeginan Education, Training and Employment Services, Inc. | Community Teacher Service Worker ProgramContribution | $3,300,606 |
| Jan 2023 | Nokiiwin Tribal Council Inc. | Indigenous Employee Development ProgramContribution | $1,988,142 |
| Jan 2023 | KITSELAS FIVE TIER SYSTEM LIMI Kitselas Five Tier System Ltd | Contribution | $12,096,100 |
| Jan 2023 | Gezhtoojig Employment & Training | Driving Your FutureContribution | $1,723,053 |
| Jan 2023 | Gabriel Dumont Institute Training and Employment Inc. | Nurturing our Future - Building Métis Public Health ServicesContribution | $14,633,132 |