Environment and Climate Change Canada · Contribution program
Taking Action on Clean Growth and Climate Change
To promote change towards sustainable environmental development and policies.
- Total value
- $3.9M
- Agreements
- 30
- Dec 2025 to Apr 2026
- Median agreement
- $76K
- Typical range
- $30K–$150K
- 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 Environment and Climate Change Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
* 2026 so far: agreements starting by Oct 2026. Departments publish each quarter after it ends, so the latest months fill in later.
Show the numbers
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | $391K |
| 2026* | 28 | $3.5M |
By province
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 territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 11 | $1.8M |
| Quebec | 5 | $580K |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 4 | $491K |
| British Columbia | 6 | $391K |
| Manitoba | 1 | $327K |
| Saskatchewan | 1 | $213K |
| Northwest Territories | 1 | $98K |
| Alberta | 1 | $15K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Academia | 16 | $2M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 5 | $1.1M |
| Indigenous recipients | 6 | $502K |
| International (non-government) | 2 | $241K |
| Government | 1 | $98K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Institut de développement durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador | Building the Capacity of First Nations in Quebec Regarding Carbon Markets and Offset Credit ProjectsContribution | $104,000 |
| Mar 2026 | University of Manitoba | Laboratory and In-Situ Assessment of Landfill Methane Generation - Investigation of early decay and influence of landfill temperatureContribution | $327,180 |
| Mar 2026 | The University of British Columbia | CMIP6 Projections of seasonal heatwaves for CanadaContribution | $23,750 |
| Mar 2026 | Université du Québec à Montréal | CRCM5-CMIP6 Projections of Freezing Rain across CanadaContribution | $81,650 |
| Mar 2026 | First Nations Summit | BC First Nations Climate Gathering - Climate Preparedness and AdaptationContribution | $232,530 |
| Mar 2026 | Carleton University | Carleton University’s CAN4 symposiumContribution | $30,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Réseau Environnement | Quebec's Environmental Techonologies ForumContribution | $100,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development | OECD - Research Collaborative on Tracking Funding for Climate ActionContribution | $50,000 |
| Mar 2026 | University of Waterloo | Glacier-Sea-ice Interactions in the Canadian Arctic from synthetic aperture radarContribution | $70,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Carleton University | Development of a Performant Permafrost Climate Services FrameworkContribution | $120,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Squamish Nation | Shoreline Survey - Prince Rupert Region, BC, Gitxaala NationGrant | $665 |
| Mar 2026 | Government of the Northwest Territories | Contribution | $97,573 |
| Mar 2026 | Green Economy Canada | Equipping Small and Medium Enterprises in manufacturing sector(s) for net-zero commitmentsContribution | $31,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Nishnawbe Aski Nation | Winter Roads User Needs Analysis and Climate Change Awareness for Remote Northern Ontario First NationsContribution | $150,000 |
| Feb 2026 | University of Victoria | Support to Authorship of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment ReportContribution | $15,000 |
| Feb 2026 | University of Calgary | Support to Authorship of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and CitiesContribution | $14,590 |
| Feb 2026 | Metis National Council Secretariat | Capacity funding to support participation in the review of Sulphur in Diesel Fuel RegulationsContribution | $10,000 |
| Feb 2026 | McGill University | Beyond peatlands: the role of Canada's tidal and prairie wetlands in climate change mitigation and adaptationContribution | $144,000 |
| Feb 2026 | University of Saskatchewan | Prairie Soil Carbon Benchmark ProjectContribution | $212,999 |
| Feb 2026 | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Climate Negotiator WorkshopsContribution | $50,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Carleton University | Enhancing Estimates of Activity Data and Emission Factors for Microtidal Salt Marshes in Maritime CanadaContribution | $606,584 |
| Feb 2026 | Université du Québec à Montréal | Carbon Cycling in Quebec's WetlandsContribution | $150,000 |
| Feb 2026 | The University of British Columbia | Coal Mining - GHG Emissions Measurement ResearchContribution | $57,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Simon Fraser University | Support to Authorship of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment ReportContribution | $61,672 |
| Feb 2026 | Wahkohtowin NFP Incorporated | Supporting Nation-to-Nation collaboration on sustainable forestry through the Indigenous Lands Symposium.Grant | $5,000 |