Disclosure of transfer payment programs under $5 million

Eligible recipients include:

• Canadian and international, for profit and non-profit organizations;
• Canadian and international universities and academic institutions;
• Indigenous groups (individual or a collective representing more than one Indigenous group); and,
• Foreign, provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments.

The objective of the Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program is to provide regional geoscience knowledge and data that lower the risk associated with discovery of resources in Canada’s North and enables northern communities to make informed decisions about their future economy and society through land use planning and potential resource development.

The objective of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI), a collaborative federal geoscience program, is to help the mineral exploration industry be more effective in finding deeply buried mineral deposits through the provision of open, public geoscience, thereby reducing business risk, increasing industry competitiveness, creating jobs, sustaining communities, and generating economic growth.

Eligible recipients include:

• Canadian and international not-for profit organizations (including industry and research and professional associations);
• Canadian and international academic institutions;
• Indigenous organizations and groups;
• Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable.

• Improved biodegradability of bio-based plastics derived from agricultural or wood-based biomass suitable for use as replacements for single use plastics (e.g. packaging).
• Support technological innovation in Canadian SME through direct funding to support early stage, pre-commercial research and development, late stage prototypes, and to accelerate commercialization.
• Encourage procurement from companies led by under-represented groups, such as women, Indigenous, youth, disabled individuals, LGBTQ+ and others.
• Foster greater industry-research collaboration through the release of challenges for solutions that address key Government of Canada priorities.
• Provide federal departments and agencies with opportunities to develop new capabilities to meet their research and development needs and thereby advance government priorities.

Eligible recipients include for profit Canadian small to medium businesses which are incorporated in Canada, with R&D activities.

Eligible recipients include:

• Individuals, Canadian and international for profit and non-profit organizations, Canadian and international universities and academic institutions, co-operatives, Indigenous groups (individual or a collective representing more than one Indigenous group); and,
• Foreign, provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable.

GeoConnections is an ongoing program with the mandate and responsibility to lead the evolution of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) with standards-based technologies and operational policies for data sharing and integration to address key economic, social and environmental priorities.

Through regular Calls for Proposals, GeoConnections is co-funding the development of innovative adoption and further development of the CGDI with eligible recipients. GeoConnections fosters innovation in the pre-commercial and de-risking phase, through identification of gaps and targeted projects in the CGDI. The objectives of the program are to:

1. Increase awareness of the benefits of using geospatial data and tools to achieve goals for social, economic and environmental priorities;
2. Keep Canada at the leading edge of accessing, sharing and using geospatial information via the Internet;
3. Support the integration and use of geospatial data to support effective decision-making; and,
4. Coordinate the development of national policies, standards and mechanisms and support their implementation to ensure maintenance and updating of geospatial data and compatibility with global standards.

Eligible recipients include individuals, Canadian or international profit and non-profit organizations, international governments, corporations, industry and their associations, research associations, academic institutions, provincial, territorial, regional, municipal and rural government departments, agencies and some Crown Corporations whose objectives contribute to those of the GeoConnections Program.

To support NRCan’s goal of sustainable natural resource development by harnessing innovation and technology through sectoral public and private partnerships to advance the competitiveness of the forest sector.

Eligible recipients include FP Innovations – a not-for-profit Canadian forest research institute

To facilitate economic development by promoting greater participation by Indigenous communities in all natural resource sectors, especially the forest sector.

Eligible recipients include:

• Indigenous communities, other Indigenous recipients and organizations; and,
• (Indigenous) industry-related and non-profit organizations.

NRCan pays 50% of the operating costs of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board. The province pays the other 50%. This is done pursuant to section 28 of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act. The funds are drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Cost recovery regulations put in place in 2016 allow the Board to cost recover up to 100% of eligible costs from industry, which are remitted to the government of Canada and the province of Nova Scotia on a 50/50 basis.

Eligible recipients include joint federal-provincial board (independent regulator)

Since 1997, NRCan has contributed to the Youth Employment Strategy through the Science and Technology Internship Program. This program supports youth between the ages of 15-30 in gaining work experience in science, technology, engineering and math fields in the natural resources sectors. The program supports the Minister’s mandate to support innovation, job creation and clean technology in the natural resources sectors. The program also promotes diversity in the natural resources labour market by targeting participation by individuals in the designated employment equity groups (women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities).

Through NRCan’s A-base funding, approximately 50 youth internships are created per year. In Budget 2017, NRCan received incremental funding of $16.4M over 2 years ($7.5M in 2017-18 and $8.9M in 2018-19) to create an additional 1100 Green Jobs internships.

Initial recipients (delivery organizations) and Ultimate recipients (employers) can be:

• Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including for-profit-organizations and not-for-profit organizations;
• Indigenous organizations and groups;
• Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable.
• Note: initial recipients are not eligible to be an employer.

Interns must be:

• Between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the internship;
• Legally entitled to work in Canada;
• Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person who has been granted refugee status; and,
• Not in receipt of Employment Insurance during the internship.

The objective of this program is active engagement of Indigenous groups with the Crown or its representatives in dialogues related to the NRCan mandate. Examples of such dialogues include policy dialogues related to modernizing Canada’s energy regulator and dialogues related to achieving wildlife habitat and population recovery.

Dialogues seek to share information with, and gather input from, Indigenous groups who may have an interest in or may be affected by policies and options addressed by the policy dialogue. Results will be measured by:

• the number of contribution agreements signed by eligible groups;
• the percentage of funding disbursed versus offered;
• the number of Indigenous groups who received funding that provided written/oral comments and/or participated in meetings with the Crown or its representatives; and,
• the number of reports, position papers and/or discussion papers generated by Indigenous groups in relation to policy dialogues.

Direct Recipients: those recipients that participate in policy dialogues or produce relevant knowledge, expertise, reports or input for the purpose of a policy dialogue, including:

• Indigenous communities or governments;
• Tribal Councils or entities that fulfill a similar function (e.g., general council);
• National and regional Indigenous councils, and tribal organizations;
• Indigenous (majority owned and controlled by Indigenous people) for-profit and not-for-profit organizations; and,
• Members of Indigenous groups with community knowledge, Indigenous traditional knowledge or input relevant to the policy dialogue, and with interest in the issues discussed through the policy dialogue.

Initial recipients: recipients that will further distribute funding to Ultimate Recipients, including:

• Indigenous communities or governments;
• Tribal Councils or entities that fulfill a similar function (e.g., general council);
• National and regional Indigenous councils, and tribal organizations;
• Indigenous (majority owned and controlled by Indigenous people) for-profit and not-for-profit organizations

Ultimate Recipients: those recipients that receive funding from an Initial Recipient to participate in dialogues or the production of reports or input for the purpose of a dialogue, including:

• Indigenous communities or governments;
• Tribal Councils or entities that fulfill a similar function (e.g., general council);
• National and regional Indigenous councils, and tribal organizations;
• Indigenous (majority owned and controlled by Indigenous people) for-profit and not-for-profit organizations; and,
• Members of Indigenous groups with community knowledge, Indigenous traditional knowledge or input relevant to the dialogue, and interest in the issues discussed through dialogue.

Individuals and legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including:

• For-profit and not-for-profit organizations or companies;
• Industry associations;
• Academic institutions;
• Research associations; and,
• Cyber security and critical infrastructure researchers and professionals

Eligible international recipients will include not-for-profit organizations such as industry associations, agencies, and research associations validly incorporated or registered abroad.

Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable.