Supplementary information tables
Up-front multi-year funding
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- The Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon
- Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society
- Grant to the Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Society
- Contribution to the Qikiqtani Inuit Association for the Nauttiqsuqtiit Conservation Centre Project – Qikiqtani Regional Conservation Model
The Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon
Recipient information
The Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic SalmonFootnote1
Start date
January 2007
End date
Not applicable
Link to departmental result(s)
- Canadian fisheries are sustainably managed
- scientific information on fisheries resources is available to inform management decisions
Link to department's program inventory
Fisheries Management
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program
The Atlantic Salmon Endowment Fund is a one time grant that will be invested to provide long term funding for the operation of the Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon (FCAS). The FCAS will invest the funds and use the income to assist community groups in the restoration, protection, and improved conservation of the Atlantic salmon resource in Atlantic Canada and Québec. This will promote projects in research, conservation, habitat restoration, and enhancement for the attainment of healthy and sustainable wild Atlantic salmon stocks.
Total funding approved (dollars)
$30,000,000
Total funding received (dollars)
$30,000,000
Planned funding in 2025-26 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2026-27 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2027-28 (dollars)
$0
Summary of recipient's annual plans
Invest funds and use the income to assist community groups in the restoration, protection, and improved conservation of the Atlantic salmon resource in Atlantic Canada and Québec
Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society
Recipient information
Please see the Pacific Salmon Foundation website for more information on the Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society.
Start date
February 2001
End date
Not applicable
Link to departmental result(s)
- Canadian fisheries are sustainably managed
- scientific information on fisheries resources is available to inform management decisions
Link to department's program inventory
Fisheries Management
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program
The Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society was established by a $30 million federal grant made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in February 2001. Annual investment revenues generated by endowment fund assets are provided to the Pacific Salmon Foundation, a not for profit charitable organization, to undertake activities that support salmon and their habitat. In the 2018 Fall Fiscal Update, an additional contribution of $5 million to the Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund was announced and subsequently, a one time federal grant was made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to the Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund in 2018-19. This was announced in conjunction with the plan to create the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund jointly with the province of British Columbia.
Total funding approved (dollars)
$35,000,000
Total funding received (dollars)
$35,000,000
Planned funding in 2025-26 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2026-27 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2027-28 (dollars)
$0
Summary of recipient's annual plans
- manage Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund assets while using a prudent investment and financial strategy
- maintain and build over time the value of assets held in the Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund
- ensure that funds are available on an ongoing annual basis to support the work of the Pacific Salmon Foundation
Grant to the Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Society
Recipient information
The website for the Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Society is currently under development. Please see DFO’s news release from April 2024, “Establishment of the $50M Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Fund”, for more information.
Start date
March 27, 2024
End date
This funding agreement expired on March 31, 2025; however, funds are to be invested and disbursed over a minimum 10 year period.
Link to departmental result(s)
This grant aligns with DFO’s core responsibility to conserve and protect Canada’s oceans and other aquatic ecosystems and species from human impact and invasive species. Specific departmental results are:
- negative impacts on Canada’s oceans and other aquatic ecosystems are minimized or avoided
- enhanced relationships with, involvement of, and outcomes for Indigenous People
Link to department's program inventory
Aboriginal Program and Treaties
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program
The Salish Sea Initiative (SSI) was developed to address concerns raised by Indigenous groups related to their capacity to contribute to addressing cumulative effects of human impacts on the valued ecosystem components within the Salish Sea marine environment, resulting from the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project. From 2019 to 2025, $141 million was budgeted. This included $91 million in contribution funding to support SSI Components 1 and 2, and $50 million to establish SSI’s Component 3, an “arm’s length fund” (now known as the Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Fund), to support longer-term cumulative effects projects beyond 2025.
The establishment of the arm’s length Indigenous-led investment fund is intended to ensure First Nations have access to longer-term capacity funding to continue to monitor and address cumulative effects of human activities from TMX in the Salish Sea. The Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Society administers the fund at arm’s length from the Government of Canada to 33 eligible First Nations.
Total funding approved (dollars)
$50,000,000
Total funding received (dollars)
$50,000,000
Planned funding in 2025-26 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2026-27 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2027-28 (dollars)
$0
Summary of recipient's annual plans
A total of $50 million was released in March 2024. $33 million was disbursed to eligible Indigenous recipients. $17 million was invested according to the fund’s investment policy, which ensures prudent investment and financial management strategies, and cannot be accessed for a minimum of 10 years.
Contribution to the Qikiqtani Inuit Association for the Nauttiqsuqtiit Conservation Centre Project – Qikiqtani Regional Conservation Model
Recipient information
SINAA / Qikiqtani Project Finance for Permanence - Canada.ca
Start date
April 1, 2025 (subject to the contribution agreement being listed in the 2025-26 Main Estimates, negotiated, and then signed by all parties).
End date
June 30, 2030 (subject to the contribution agreement being listed in the 2025-26 Main Estimates, negotiated, and then signed by all parties).
Link to departmental result(s)
- enhanced relationships with, involvement of, and outcomes for Indigenous People
- negative impacts on Canada's oceans and other aquatic ecosystems are minimized or avoided
Link to department's program inventory
Marine Planning and Conservation
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program
The purpose of this transfer payment program is to support the establishment of the Nauttiqsuqtiit Conservation Centres Project – Qikiqtani Regional Conservation Model. The expected results are the construction of Nauttiqsuqtiit conservation centres, which will enable Inuit led stewardship activities, including the Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s Nauttiqsuqtiit programs, in the communities where Nauttiqsuqtiit conservation centres are constructed.
Total funding approved (dollars)
$20,000,000
Total funding received (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2025-26 (dollars)
$20,000,000
Planned funding in 2026-27 (dollars)
$0
Planned funding in 2027-28 (dollars)
$0
Summary of recipient's annual plans
The objectives for this funding are the planning and construction of 2 or more Nauttiqsuqtiit conservation centres in selected communities, including, but not limited to, any needs assessments, feasibility studies, consultations, design, and procurement activities. The total amount of the contribution is $20 million, to be paid as an up front multi year payment in one lump sum in 2025-26.
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