Details on transfer payment programs

Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 million or more

Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program (ACSDCP): FY 2010-11

Aboriginal Community Safety Planning Initiative (ACSPI): FY 2010-11

Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative (ICCI): FY 2017-18

End date

ACSDCP: Ongoing

ACSPI: Ongoing

ICCI: Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

ACSPI: FY 2020-21

ICCI: FY 2023-24

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program (ACSDCP) provides contributions to Indigenous organizations (on and off-reserve), Indigenous governments, and municipalities in collaboration with Indigenous organizations and/or communities to develop tailored approaches to community safety that are responsive to the concerns, priorities and unique circumstances of Indigenous communities. Becoming more responsive requires engaging Indigenous communities in identifying issues and developing solutions; building the capacity of Indigenous communities to develop and deliver projects; addressing funding issues; and ensuring that relevant programs are adaptable to the diverse needs of Indigenous communities.

The ACSDCP includes two initiatives:

• The Aboriginal Community Safety Planning Initiative (ACSPI); and
• The Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative (ICCI).

The objective of the ACSPI is:

• To enhance or improve Indigenous ability to support the development and/or implementation of community safety plans.

The objectives of the ICCI are:

• To support the development of alternatives to incarceration projects; or
• To provide reintegration supports.

The ACSDCP program contributes to the achievement of departmental legislative, policy development, and consultative objectives.

Through transfer payments, the ACSDCP is structured to link community solutions with policy development. The starting points are appropriate community-based projects taking into account:

• Under the ACSPI, the safety needs of Indigenous communities, including Indigenous women and girls' safety; and
• Under the ICCI, the successful community reintegration of Indigenous offenders.

The end points for both initiatives are an increased knowledge within communities and government as well as effective and appropriate government policies.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• Indigenous not-for-profit organizations (on and off-reserve, First Nation, non-status Indian, Métis, Inuit and urban);
• Municipal and other local governments working in collaboration with Indigenous organizations and or communities;
• Indigenous governments including:
  • A "council of the band" within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-5;
  • A government of a First Nation, Métis, or Inuit community established or acknowledged by an act of Parliament or a legislature;
• Canadian universities and colleges.

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Community safety practices are strengthened

Canadian communities are safe

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Corrections

Expected results

The expected results of the ACSPI are:

• Indigenous communities with increased capacity to respond to community safety issues, including alternatives to incarceration and reintegration support;
• Indigenous communities with developed community safety plans; and
• Community Safety Plans, components of Community Safety Plans, community safety and wellbeing projects, and knowledge building and sharing projects are implemented in Indigenous communities.

The expected results of the ICCI are:

• Alternative to incarceration projects developed; and
• Reintegration support projects developed.

The following is a list of performance indicators that will assist in measuring and monitoring the progress of the ACSDCP via its two initiatives:

ACSPI

• Number of communities with trained participants;
• Number of community safety plans developed;
• Number of projects funded;
• Number of tools developed;
• Number of partnerships supported between communities and other organizations;
• Change in community members perceptions of community capacity to address safety priorities; and
• Number and percentage of communities that receive support who successfully implement projects, community safety plans, and/or components of community safety plans.

ICCI

• Number of projects funded;
• Extent to which community members or organizations perceive an increased community capacity to address the needs of Indigenous offenders returning to communities;
• Communities that receive training utilize training to deliver alternative to incarceration projects or reintegration support plans/projects; and
• Improved knowledge of what works in community reintegration.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Aboriginal Community Safety Planning Initiative was conducted in FY 2025-26.

An evaluation of the Funding for the Indigenous Community Corrections Initiatives is scheduled to start FY 2027-28.

Financial Information (dollars)

Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start dates

Phase 1 (initial) - Fall 2024

Phase 1 (reopening) - Winter 2026

Phase 2 (individuals) - Fall 2025/Winter 2025-26

End dates

Phase 1 (initial) - April 2025

Phase 1 (reopening) - Spring/Summer 2026

Phase 2 - October 2026

Fiscal years for terms and conditions

• Phase 1: FY 2024-25 and FY 2026-27
• Phase 2: FY 2026-27

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP)

Types of transfer payment

Grants to Support Compensation for Businesses

Grant to Support Compensation for Individuals

Contribution Agreements to Support ASFCP for Individuals: Provinces, Territories, Municipalities, and Police Services (PTMs/Police Services) collecting firearms

Contribution Agreement for Phase 2: Provinces, Territories, Municipalities, and Police Services (PTMs/Police Services) collecting firearms

Type of appropriation

Vote 5

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The ASFCP complements the prohibition of assault-style firearms (ASFs) and supports the Government's mandate and commitment incentivizing safe and secure removal of these firearms from Canadian communities.

The Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP) is divided in three streams:

• Stream 1: Grants for Businesses
• Stream 2: Grants for Individuals
• Stream 3: Contributions for Provinces, Territories, Municipalities and Police Services

The ASFCP will:

• Compensate businesses that turn in or deactivate their ASFs or devices prohibited on May 1, 2020, December 5, 2024 and March 7, 2025, and turn in their inventories of eligible parts and components; (subject to available funding^{Footnote 1});
• Compensate individuals that turn in or deactivate their ASFs prohibited on May 1, 2020; December 5, 2024 and March 7, 2025, subject to available funding; and
• Provide financial assistance to PTMs/Police Services and/or their governing authority who facilitate the collection and disposal of ASFs prohibited by the Government of Canada on May 1, 2020, December 5, 2025 and March 7, 2025, from individual firearm owners in their jurisdiction.

The objective of the ASFCP is to compensate businesses, and individuals (within the authorized funding envelope), and PTMs/Police Services for their contribution in enhancing public safety.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Stream 1: Grants for Businesses

• Canadian not-for-profit and for-profit organizations who hold a valid firearm business licence and had inventory of ASFs / prohibited devices / parts and components at the time the amendment to the Regulations^{Footnote 2} came into force.

Stream 2: Grants for Individuals

• Individuals who were in legal possession of a prohibited ASF or, alternatively, are the legally appointed Executor for a person who was in legal possession of a prohibited ASF at the time the amendment to the Regulations came into force and who continue to hold a valid firearm licence in accordance with the Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2020)(2024)(2025); and
• Participated in the declaration phase of the Program.

Stream 3: Contributions for PTMs/Police Services

• Provincial, territorial, municipal and regional governments; and
• Provincial or municipal police services, including Indigenous police services, and their governing authorities (including boards or police commissions) excluding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) when acting in their capacity as a municipal, provincial or territorial police service.

Government departments as defined in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act (including the RCMP) and federal Crown corporations are not eligible for funding under the ASFCP.

The following classes of ultimate recipients will be considered eligible for the further distribution of funds by the initial recipient:

1. Municipal and regional governments; and
2. Provincial or municipal police services, including Indigenous police services, and their governing authorities (including boards or police commissions) excluding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) when acting in their capacity as a municipal, provincial or territorial police service.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canadian communities are safe

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Law Enforcement and Policing

Expected results

The ASFCP will contribute the following outcomes:

Immediate Outcomes

Stream 1 Outcomes and Indicators

• Businesses participate in the ASFCP
  • 90 percent of businesses with affected stock.
• Businesses are compensated in a timely fashion
  • Percentage of grant payments issued to businesses within the Government's 45 business day service standard, post validation of firearms received.
• Businesses are compliant with the Criminal Code
  • Number of non-compliant businesses in possession of previously restricted ASFs by expiry of the Amnesty Order.

Stream 2 Outcomes and Indicators

• Individuals participate in the ASFCP
  • Number of licensed firearms owners that complete a declaration.
• Individuals are compensated in a timely fashion
  • Percentage of compensation payments issued to licensed firearms owners that turn in or deactivate their ASFs within 45 business days of ASF validation.
• Individuals are compliant with the Criminal Code
  • Percentage of licensed firearms owners no longer in possession of previously restricted ASFs by expiry of the Amnesty Order.

Stream 3 Outcomes and Indicators

• PTMs/Police Services and/or their governing authority have the resources necessary to facilitate the safe collection of ASFs
  • Number of safety incidents or accidents involving ASFs collected by PTMs/Police Services.
• PTMs/Police Services are financially supported
  • Percentage of payment requests that meet Public Safety Canada's departmental Service Standards for payments; and
  • Percentage of contribution funding available through the ASFCP is disbursed.
• PTMs/Police Services are financially supported in a timely fashion
  • Percentage of contribution payments made to PTMs/Police services within 45 business day service standard.

Intermediate Outcomes

Stream 1 Outcomes and Indicators

• Prohibited ASFs are removed from Canadian communities
  • Number of ASFs destroyed from launch to completion of the Phase 1 of the ASFCP (businesses); and
  • Number of ASFs deactivated from launch to completion of the Phase 1 of the ASFCP (businesses).

Stream 2 Outcomes and Indicators

• Prohibited ASFs are removed from Canadian communities
  • Number of ASFs destroyed from launch of Phase 2 to completion of the ASFCP;
  • Number of ASFs deactivated from launch of Phase 2 to completion of the ASFCP; and
  • Number of ASFs disposed of using other available disposal means (e.g., turn into police for no compensation, export, etc.) from launch of Phase 2 to completion of the ASFCP.

Stream 3 Outcomes and Indicators

• Prohibited ASFs are removed from Canadian communities
  • Number of ASFs collected from launch of Phase 2 to completion of the ASFCP; and
  • Number of ASFs turned into police for no compensation from launch of Phase 2 to completion of the ASFCP.

Ultimate Outcome

All Streams Outcomes and Indicators

• Reduction in firearm related crime
  • Percentage of firearm-related homicides in Canada; and
  • Percentage of mass shootings involving ASFs.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

A Horizontal Evaluation of Canada's Firearms Controls Framework (led by PS) has started and is scheduled to be completed in FY 2026-27.

An evaluation of the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (Phase 1 - Businesses) has started and is scheduled to be completed in FY 2026-27.

A joint audit and evaluation of the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (Phase 2 – Individuals) is scheduled to start in FY 2026-27.

Financial Information (dollars)

Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 2010-11

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2022-23

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions:

Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program (BCACP)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program (BCACP) provides financial contributions to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, which have established independent forensic laboratories for the purpose of conducting biology casework analysis, including DNA identification analysis, in support of criminal investigations and prosecutions. The purpose of these contributions is to encourage provincial contribution of DNA profiles to the Crime Scene Index (CSI) of the National DNA Data Bank (NDDB).

The specific objectives of the BCACP are as follows:

• Increased operational capacity in the Ontario and Québec forensic laboratories;
• Decreased processing turnaround times;
• Decreased case backlog; and
• Increased number of profiles submitted to the Crime Scene Index of the National DNA Data Bank.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• Provincial governments of Ontario and Québec.

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Community safety practices are strengthened

Canadian communities are safe

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Serious and Organized Crime

Expected results

The Outcomes of the BCACP are as follows:

Immediate Outcome

Strategies, tools and funding are developed to increase the capacity of the law enforcement community.

Intermediate Outcome

Departmental strategies, policies and procedures enable the law enforcement community to address their priorities and the priorities and the Government of Canada.

Ultimate Outcome

Canadian communities are safe.

Through achieving these objectives, the BCACP will contribute to broader objectives of a sustainable biology casework regime in Canada and will promote the increased effectiveness and efficiency of the NDDB.

These outcomes will be monitored using the following performance indicators:

• The total number of cases received;
• The total number of cases completed;
• The number of cases received disaggregated by Criminal Code offence and law enforcement agency;
• The number of cases completed;
• The number of cases completed disaggregated by type;
• The average number of exhibits examined per case;
• The number of biological samples (i.e. stains) submitted for DNA analysis;
• Case turnaround times for primary and secondary designated offences;
• Backlog of cases waiting to be processed;
• The number of DNA profiles submitted to the Crime Scene Index of the National DNA Databank; and
• Decrease in Crime Severity Index nationally.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program was conducted in FY 2025-26.

Financial Information (dollars)

Community Resilience Fund

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 2016-17

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2016-17

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions:

Community Resilience Fund (CRF)

Types of transfer payment

Grant and Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The Community Resilience Fund (CRF) grants and contribution program supports the priorities of the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence (the Canada Centre) by providing time-limited financial assistance to enhance and/or support the Countering of Radicalization to Violence (CRV) research and programming across Canada. The CRF includes opportunities for local communities, organizations and academics to obtain funds for new and existing initiatives that seek to counter of radicalization to violence.

The objective of the CRF is to enhance cooperation and innovation in CRV research and programming by:

• Enhancing research capacity to support a CRV Centre of Excellence for policy development, programming, and engagement activities;
• Supporting evidence-based models and promising practices which address known risk and protective factors to prevent radicalization to violence;
• Building capacity to address radicalization to violence through expert knowledge, enhanced cooperation, and knowledge transfer to key stakeholders; and
• Empowering local communities to take steps to prevent all forms of radicalization to violence.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• National, provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, community or professional organizations and associations which have voluntarily associated themselves for a not-for-profit purpose, and which have the mandate to represent their membership or community;
• Not-for-profit organizations, including non-governmental organizations, non-profit corporations, community groups, umbrella organizations, and regulatory bodies and apprenticeship authorities, as well as associations serving the private sector;
• A provincial or local police service, including an Indigenous police service, and/or its governing authority (also known as a board or police commission);
• Provincial, territorial, municipal, regional, and Indigenous governments, and their agencies;
• Universities and educational institutions;
• Individual researchers acting in their personal capacity;
• Research institutions, domestic or international, with established record in relevant field(s), pursuing a domestic focus;
• International non-governmental organizations, including bodies associated/affiliated with organizations of which Canada is a member, which have as their purpose supporting domestic public safety as a priority; and
• For-profit institutions with a record of developing and delivering programming, and performing research or related activities relevant to the goals of the Canada Centre. These for-profit institutions may be eligible provided that the nature and the intent of the activity are non-commercial.

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Canadian communities are safe

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Crime Prevention

Expected results

The expected results and outcomes of the CRF are as follows:

Immediate Outcomes

• Current and emerging CRV issues are identified; and
• CRV research and programming gaps are identified.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Best practices are identified;
• Identified gaps/needs/priorities have applied initiatives;
• CRV policy and program activities are informed/supported by relevant funded initiatives; and
• Partners are prepared to contribute to identified CRV issues.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Canada Centre Community Resilience Fund has started and is scheduled to be completed in FY 2026-27.

Financial Information (dollars)

Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

(Includes the Akwesasne and Kahnawake Organized Crime Initiatives and the National Human Trafficking Hotline)

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

2014

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2019-20

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The objectives of the Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC) are to advance efforts to combat serious and organized crime by:

• supporting projects including, but not limited to, specialized police services that focus on enhancing efforts to combat serious and organized crime;
• supporting projects, initiatives and/or research projects to increase understanding of the (evolving) nature of serious and organized crime, including its structures; activities and impact on communities; and increasing awareness and understanding of related issues;
• creating or reinforcing partnerships and collaboration among recipients;
• facilitating cooperation and collaboration among various levels of government and stakeholders; and
• Informing the development/implementation of policies, procedures and legislation.

Under the CPCSOC, the Department provides funding to support:

• Stream A – Projects and/or initiatives to combat serious and organized crime priorities aligned with CPCSOC objectives; and
• Stream B – Specialized policing services to enhance capacity of Indigenous police to address organized crime and related criminal activities in and around high-risk Indigenous communities. Funding does not apply to Indigenous police structures provided by the RCMP in the context of a police agreement.

This program includes, but is not limited to, the following Public Safety Canada initiatives:

• National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet;
• Implementing Canada's Tobacco Strategy;
• National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking;
• Canada's Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence;
• National Action Plan on Combatting Auto Theft.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• Domestic not-for-profit organizations that support public safety;
• International organizations that support public safety, including non-governmental organizations and organizations;
• Canadian university and educational institutions;
• Provincial, territorial, regional, municipal, local and Indigenous governments;
• Provincial or local police services, including an Indigenous police service, and/or its governing authority (also known as a board, a police board, a designated board of a police commission);
• An Indigenous community or band within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-5, or a First Nation, Métis or Inuit community recognized as a legal entity that has entered into a self-government agreement, which has been approved and has force of law under an act of Parliament or a legislature;
• A First Nation and/or Inuit and/or Metis police service, if it is a legal person; and
• An Indigenous police governing authority (also known as a board, a police board, a designated board, or a police commission), if it is a legal person.

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Canadian communities are safe

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Serious and Organized Crime

Expected results

The ultimate outcome of this program contributes to the Department's mission to build a Safe and Resilient Canada by enhancing efforts to combat serious and organized crime.

Immediate outcomes

Stream A

• Increased public awareness of serious and organized crimes and how to prevent them;
• Increased knowledge of the nature, scope and challenges of serious and organized crimes for the purpose of policy development and decision making; and
• Support the Department's mandate to respond to serious and organized crime activities.

Stream B

• Enhanced capacity for the Kahnawake Mohawk Peacekeepers to investigate crime networks and related criminal activities in and around Kahnawake;
• Enhanced capacity for the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service to investigate crime networks and related criminal activities in and around Akwesasne; and
• Improved information and intelligence sharing on the nature of organized crime activity.

Intermediate outcomes

Stream A

• Increased effectiveness of enforcement approaches and practices and their impacts on fostering the safety of individuals and communities;
• Increased collaboration and partnerships with non-governmental organizations, experts, and stakeholders (e.g. recipient organizations and project partners/contributors);
• Increased law enforcement response to combat serious and organized crime;
• Policy and/or legislative recommendations and/or direction and decisions are informed by an evidence-based understanding of these types of criminogenic behaviors;
• Information and intelligence sharing on the nature of organized crime activity;
• Increased seizures of illegal commodities; and
• Improved availability, completeness and reliability of data on serious and organized crime.

Stream B

• Increased seizures of illegal commodities in and around Kahnawake and Akwesasne;
• Increased disruption of criminal organizations in and around Kahnawake and Akwesasne; and
• Youth awareness with respect to the impact of organized crime.

Ultimate Outcomes

Streams A & B

• A Safe and Resilient Canada by enhancing efforts to combat serious and organized crime; and
• Increased capacity to tackle serious and organized crime and related criminal activities in Canada effectively, including, but not limited to, Indigenous communities; and Canadian communities are safe.

The following performance indicators will be used to measure the progress made towards the desired outcomes:

Stream A

• Number and type of projects funded (by type of crime, type of organization/ institutions, and by community);
• Number and type of serious and organized crimes reported taking into account that increased police services capacities may lead to more reported crimes (see note above);
• Number and/or reach of education and awareness materials and/or campaigns disseminated across Canada;
• Projects funded have increased responsiveness of police services, including, but not limited to more integrated task forces, more resources for analysis, tracking of serious and organized crimes, research, training, and information sharing among law enforcement actors, and government and non-government organizations, and more ability to prevent serious and organized crimes;
• Additional initiatives dedicated to responding to serious and organized crimes are implemented; and
• Degree to which recipients report that the funding under this program has enabled them to better respond or/ and understand the scope and challenges relating to serious and organized crimes.

Stream B

• Number and size of seizures of contraband (disaggregated by type);
• Number of arrests and convictions;
• Number of law enforcement investigations undertaken related to serious and organized crime;
• Number of inter-agency activities undertaken related to serious and organized crime such as:
  • Secondments;
  • Information sharing (MOUs, bi-lateral and multi-lateral meetings, data integration exercises; standardized or regimented electronic communication); and
  • joint enforcement operations;
• Number of organized crime activities investigated and disrupted in and around the Kahnawake and Akwesasne communities; and
• Additional indicators may be developed to enhance performance measurement as contribution agreements are developed and finalized within the CPCSOC.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet is scheduled to start in FY 2026-27.

Financial Information (dollars)

Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

1970

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

Terms and Conditions (Ts&Cs) were last amended in FY 2021-22 and were effective until March 31, 2025.

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions:

Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) provides federal financial assistance to provinces and territories (PTs) affected by large-scale disasters caused by natural hazards, such as floods and fires. When response and recovery costs exceed what individual PTs could reasonably be expected to bear on their own, the DFAA provides the Government of Canada with a fair and equitable means of assisting PTs.

The DFAA guidelines in place includes an established cost-sharing formula. This is not a program with repayable contributions.

The updated DFAA, launched on April 1, 2025, incorporates feedback from provinces, territories, the Advisory Panel and other key partners.

Major improvements include:

• Strategic Investments: Increased funding for disaster mitigation and building back better to minimize impacts and future risks
• Risk Reduction Incentives: Encouraging pre-disaster planning and hazard awareness to proactively reduce disaster impacts
• Expanded Support: More help for people experiencing significant disaster impacts
• Efficient Administration: Streamlined processes to ensure timely payments for disaster costs

The DFAA program has five Funding Streams for greater clarity and flexibility, allowing provinces and territories to adapt to the unique circumstances of disasters in their regions. This objectives-based approach aims to improve recovery outcomes, invest in risk reduction, and promote risk-informed land use and development.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Provinces and territories.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Response/Recovery

Expected results

The expected result of the DFAA is that Provinces and Territories (PTs) are supported in their response and recovery efforts for large-scale disasters caused by natural hazards and beyond what is reasonably expected for the PTs to absorb on their own.

Program outcomes of the modernized program include:

Immediate outcomes

• PTs receive timely and predictable funding to provide supports to reduce the financial impacts of disasters; and
• Increased tracking of recovery outcomes for disaster-impacted PTs and communities.

Intermediate outcomes

• Increased funding for mitigation, resilience, and supports for people and communities affected by disasters;
• Increased consistency in access to recovery supports across Canada; and
• Increased incentives to reduce disaster risk and increase the protection of high-risk areas.

Long-term outcomes

• PTs, communities, and people have sufficient capacity and capability to manage long-term recovery; and
• People and communities are more resilient to disasters.

The following performance indicators will assist in measuring and monitoring the progress of the desired outcomes:

• [Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) for 2008-25] Percentage of events meeting the DFAA cost sharing threshold for which Orders in Council are approved;
• [T&Cs 2008-25] Amount and number of DFAA payments in response to provincial and territorial requests;
• [T&Cs 2008-25] Annual accounting of provincial/territorial response and recovery expenditures for events for which the DFAA have been approved;
• [T&Cs 2008-25] Media coverage on the Government of Canada's financial support to provinces and territories; and
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of DFAA recovery indicators reported on by PTs per eligible disaster.

Intermediate outcomes

• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of available mitigation funding used within the DFAA;
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of mitigation funding used for high-risk areas per disaster (once final claim is closed);
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of disaster resilient funding used per disaster (once final claim is closed);
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of variation across Canada in proportional amount of resilience and mitigation funding used;
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of variation across Canada for how Stream 4 funding is used to support people impacted by the disaster;
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of variation across Canada in the length of time to close a final claim;
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of PTs qualifying for Disaster Risk Reduction Incentive and average value of reduction; and
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of unprotected homes in high-risk areas is reduced.

Long-term outcomes

• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage of eligible disasters for which PTs request extensions; and
• [T&Cs April 1, 2025] Percentage reduction in repair, reconstruction and restoration funding (streams 2 & 3) for recurrent disasters of similar magnitude in the same geographic area.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements Program is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

First Nations and Inuit Policing Facilities

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 2018-19

End date

FY 2027-28

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2018-19

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

First Nations and Inuit Policing Facilities Program (FNIPFP)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The First Nations and Inuit Policing Facilities Program (FNIPFP) supports better policing infrastructure in Indigenous communities. Program investments support First Nations and Inuit communities to ensure their policing infrastructure meets building, policing facility, and health and safety standards. Available federal funding supports the repair, renovation, or replacement of policing facilities owned by First Nations and Inuit communities, with costs shared with provinces and territories in accordance with a 52% federal and 48% provincial/territorial cost-share ratio.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Working closely with provinces and territories in coordinating federal-provincial cost sharing, FNIPFP focuses investments in First Nations and Inuit communities.

Eligible recipients include:

• A "council of the band" within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-5;
• A government of a First Nation or Inuit community established by an act of Parliament or a legislature;
• A First Nation or Inuit police service or police governing authority (also known as a board, a police board, a designated board, or a police commission); and
• Owner of police facility located in a First Nation or Inuit community renting a facility to the RCMP, when the RCMP is providing policing to the First Nation or Inuit community pursuant a Community Tripartite Agreement (CTA) made pursuant the First Nation Policing Program if the First Nation or Inuit community has under the CTA an obligation to provide to the RCMP a police facility.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Indigenous Policing

Expected results

FNIPFP aims to achieve the following expected results:

• Establish a framework to inform funding for First Nations and Inuit policing infrastructure;
• Support First Nations and Inuit policing infrastructure projects which address and attempt to mitigate the highest risks to human life; and
• Support First Nation and Inuit Police service delivery by improving police facilities in Indigenous communities.

These results will be measured through the following performance indicators:

• Percentage of police service providers that identify that their police facility is a safe and healthy workplace;
• Percentage of police facilities professionally assessed; and
• Percentage of funded projects targeting high risk facilities.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the First Nations and Inuit Policing Facilities Program (including the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program) is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

First Nations and Inuit Policing Program

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 1991-92

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2023-24

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP) supports tripartite policing agreements among the federal government, provincial or territorial governments, and First Nations or Inuit communities. Costs under the FNIPP are shared with provinces and territories in accordance with a 52% federal and 48% provincial/territorial cost-share ratio.

The objectives of this funding are to support policing services to First Nation and Inuit communities that are professional, dedicated and culturally responsive to the communities they serve.

The program funds two main types of policing agreements:

• Self-administered Police Service Agreements, where a First Nation or Inuit community manages its own police service under provincial policing legislation and regulations; and
• Community Tripartite Agreements, where a dedicated group of officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or another established police force, provides policing services to a First Nation or Inuit community.

There are three different types of agreements (streams) that can be entered into:

• Stream 1: Contribution Agreement for a Self-Administered Police Service;
• Stream 2: Contribution Agreement for a Contingent of Police Officers from an Existing Police Service other than RCMP; and
• Stream 3: Contribution Agreement for Other Policing Initiatives.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Eligible recipients include:

• A provincial, territorial, regional or local / municipal government or authority, including:
  • A "council of the band" within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-5; and
  • A government of an Indigenous community (First Nation or Inuit) established by an act of Parliament or a legislature.
• A police service or a police governing authority (also known as a board, a police board, a designated board, or a police commission);
• An association or a not-for-profit legal person; and
• A university or another post-secondary educational institution.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Indigenous Policing

Expected results

The FNIPP aims to achieve the following results:

• Indigenous communities have access to this funding;
• Funded policing services are dedicated;
• Funded policing services are responsive to the needs and cultures of the First Nation and Inuit communities they serve; and
• People living in First Nation and Inuit communities feel safe.

These results will be measured through the following performance indicators:

• Percentage of First Nation and Inuit communities that receive funding;
• Percentage of First Nation and Inuit populations that receive funding;
• Percentage of funded officers that report that their workload is dedicated to serving the First Nation and Inuit community/communities;
• Percentage of police officers have received/completed cultural orientation packages and/or training;
• Percentage of communities receiving this funding report that policing services are being delivered in a manner that is respectful to their culture(s); and
• A sustained reduction of police reported crime over time.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (including the First Nations and Inuit Policing Facilities Program) is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

Grants and Contributions Program to Voluntary Organizations

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

1983

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2021-22

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Grants and Contributions Program to Voluntary Organizations (GCP-VOs)

Type of transfer payment

Grant and Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The purpose of this grants and contributions program is to support voluntary organizations (VOs) that work in the area of criminal justice and whose objectives and activities support and promote the mandates and objectives of Public Safety Canada, as it relates to 'building a safe and resilient Canada'.

Grants provide funding for VOs to sustain their operations and activities. Contributions provide funding for VOs to create or expand application support services for individuals with criminal records who wish to apply for record suspension.

The VOs that are funded by the GCP-VO provide services in the area of corrections, conditional release and/or community reintegration, and therefore contribute to public safety. They also fulfill an important role in communities across the country in promoting training and development for criminal justice professionals and public education.

As part of the implementation of the Canada's Black Justice Strategy, additional funds were approved in 2025 to be delivered through the GCP-VO grant and contribution streams to organizations that are Black-led, or that serve primarily Black populations, and who provide support in the areas of corrections, conditional release, and/or community reintegration. This funding is available only for FY 2026-27.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Eligible recipients are Canadian not-for-profit organizations;

Crown Corporations, for profit groups, provinces, territories and individuals are not eligible for funding under the GP to VOs.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)
Community safety practices are strengthened

Link to the department's Program Inventory
Corrections

Expected results and Indicators

The GCP-VOs aims to achieve the following expected results:

Immediate Outcomes

• Increased knowledge and understanding for decision-making in Canada's criminal justice and corrections systems;
• Increased capacity of VOs to fulfill their mandates;
• Increased community capacity to work with victims, offenders, individuals with criminal records, families, and local officials such as police and emergency first responders; and
• Individuals are using services and support provided by VOs in the areas of corrections, conditional release, and/or community reintegration, fostering a safer, secure and more resilient Canadian society.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Shared knowledge including innovative approaches leading to enhanced delivery of services, such as dissemination of information;
• Improved inter-sectoral/interdisciplinary collaboration and delivery of services; and
• Support services for record suspension application are implemented by VOs.

Ultimate Outcomes

• Organizations and communities in Canada experience improved outcomes across social determinants of justice: and
• Increased stakeholder and public trust and confidence in the criminal justice system.

These results will be measured through the following performance indicators for the grant stream:

• Number of publications, success stories, training materials, education tools made available and or provided to stakeholders/general public to educate them on the criminal justice policies and related services;
• Number of individuals, organizations, communities that received knowledge products;
• Percentage of participants reporting increased knowledge and understanding of criminal justice and corrections systems;
• Annual increase of number of individuals (offenders, victims, families of offenders and communities) that used VOs services;
• Number of community assessments, gap analyses and training of participants conducted;
• Number of projects funded that resulted in an increase in community capacity to work with victims, offenders, families and local officials such as police and emergency first responders;
• Number of community plans, interventions, events and communications as a result of funded projects;
• Number of organizations funded;
• Annual increase of number of individuals that used VOs services;
• Satisfaction rate reported by clients on delivered services by VOs;
• Number of knowledge and awareness events conducted on enhanced delivery services (meetings, conferences, summits, workshops, etc.);
• Number of new approaches, tools, lessons learned, publications, research, case studies and best practices on enhancing service delivery disseminated;
• Percentage of participants reporting increased knowledge and awareness of service delivery;
• Number and nature of collaboration opportunities to enhance delivery of services;
• Percentage of Stakeholders/partners reporting improved service delivery due to intersectoral/interdisciplinary collaboration;
• Percentage of individuals reporting a strong sense of belonging to local community; and
• Percentage of individuals reporting being confident that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people;

These results will be measured through the following performance indicators for the contribution stream:

• Annual increase of number of offenders that used VOs services;
• Number of services funded that resulted in an increase in community capacity to work with offenders;
• Number of interventions, events and communications as a result of funded projects.
• Number of organizations funded;
• Annual increase of number of individuals that used VOs services;
• Satisfaction rate reported by clients on delivered services by VOs;
• Number of VOs that implemented or maintained support services for record suspension applications through program funding;
• Number of submitted record suspension applications;
• Approval rate of record suspension applications;
• Percentage of individuals reporting a strong sense of belonging to local community;
• Percentage of individuals reporting being confident that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people;
• Percentage of black individuals reporting a strong sense of belonging to local community; and
• Percentage of black individuals reporting being confident that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

N/A – Not required because the five-year average annual expenditure remains below $5 million.

Financial Information (dollars)

Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

2018

End date

FY 2027-28

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2018-19

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The objective of the Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF) is to support law enforcement and intervention initiatives at the provincial and territorial (PT), municipal and community levels by providing funding to PTs. Funding is provided to PTs with the goals of supporting police services and other organizations in enhancing efforts to prevent, disrupt and combat gun and gang violence, and increasing awareness and understanding of related issues.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• PT governments are the only direct eligible recipients to receive contributions under the GGVAF. However, PT governments may further distribute funds to the following ultimate eligible recipients:
  • Another level of government (regional, municipal, local), including a band within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-5, or an Indigenous (First Nation, Inuit or Metis) community recognized as a legal entity that has entered into a self-government agreement, which has been approved and has force of law under an act of Parliament or a legislature;
  • A provincial or local/regional police service, including an Indigenous police service, and/or its governing authority (also known as a board, a police board, a designated board of a police commission), if it has the legal capacity to enter into a funding agreement;
  • A Canadian university, educational institution/board of education; and
  • A domestic not-for-profit organization, including an Indigenous organization, if:
    • It has the legal capacity to enter into a funding agreement; or
    • It is an association or society of persons, including a professional association, that have voluntarily associated themselves and that have a mandate to represent their membership and has the legal capacity to enter into a funding agreement on behalf of their membership.

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Community safety practices are strengthened

Canadian communities are safe

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Crime Prevention

Expected results

The GGVAF is part of the Public Safety Canada-led horizontal Initiative to Take Action against Gun and Gang Violence (ITAAGGV). Actions were taken in FY 2022-23 to evaluate the overall ITAAGGV program, and on May 8, 2023, the Government of Canada announced renewal of ITAAGGV. This includes an investment of $390 million over five years for the Guns and Gangs Violence Action Fund (GGVAF).

The success of the GGVAF expected results are measured through the following performance indicators:

• Number of additional initiatives dedicated to responding to gun and gang violence which are implemented;
• Number of new resources dedicated to guns and gangs within police services;
• Percentage of recipients and project partners who have integrated knowledge from funded initiatives into their practice or decision making;
• Degree to which P/T stakeholders report that GGVAF funding has enabled them to better respond to gun and gang violence in their jurisdictions;
• Number of firearm-related homicides; and
• Number of gang-related homicides.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence is scheduled to start in FY 2027-28.

Financial Information (dollars)

Memorial Grant Program for First Responders

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 2018-19

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2018-19

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Memorial Grant Program for First Responders (MGP)

Type of transfer payment

Grant

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The objective of the Memorial Grant Program for First Responders (MGP) is to recognize the service and sacrifice of Canada's first responders whose deaths are attributable to their duties, including deaths resulting from occupational illness, fatalities or psychological impairment (i.e., suicide), while keeping Canadians safe.

In recognition of the critical role of first responders in protecting Canadians, the MGP will provide a one-time, lump sum, federal tax-free direct maximum payment of $300 000 to the families of first responders who have died as a result of their duties.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Eligible beneficiaries^{Footnote 3} of fallen First Responders (police, firefighters, paramedics, correctional, probation, and parole officers - including auxiliary members and volunteers).

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Response/Recovery

Expected results

The Memorial Grant Program for First Responders aims to achieve the following outcomes:

• Stakeholders are aware of the Memorial Grant Program for First Responders (i.e., eligibility criteria);
• A well-managed and well established Memorial Grant Program for First Responders which is responsive to stakeholders needs; and
• There is a well-supported community of first responders and their families.

These goals will be measured through the following performance indicators:

• Percentage of stakeholders who indicate program awareness;
• Number of website page views to the Memorial Grant Program for First Responders webpage;
• Percentage of eligible applicants who apply for the Memorial Grant Program;
• Elapsed time from submission of a completed application claim and decision;
• Elapsed time from receipt of a decision at Public Safety Canada to payment and/or notification;
• Percentage of total expenditures directed to the administration of the program;
• Percentage of favorable decisions and/or rejections made without requesting a level of review or appeal;
• Percentage of first responders and/or their families who perceive the Memorial Grant Program positively; and
• Percentage of stakeholder groups who perceive the Memorial Grant Program positively.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Memorial Program for First Responders is scheduled to start in FY 2026-27.

Financial Information (dollars)

National Crime Prevention Strategy

(Includes the Crime Prevention Action Fund, the Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund, the Youth Gang Prevention Fund, and the Canada Community Security Program)

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start dates

Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF): 2005

Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund (NICPF): 2008

Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF): 2007

Canada Community Security Program (CCSP): 2007

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal years for terms and conditions

CPAF: 2013

NICPF: 2013

YGPF: 2011

CCSP: 2024

Funding Details

Names of program terms and conditions

Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF)

Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund (NICPF)

Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF)

Canada Community Security Program (CCSP)

Types of transfer payment

CPAF: Grant and Contribution

NICPF: Grant and Contribution

YGPF: Contribution

CCSP: Grant and Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) is the federal government's primary policy framework for the implementation of crime prevention initiatives in Canada. To support this strategy, Public Safety Canada administers time-limited funding to eligible organizations through four transfer payment programs for the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based interventions, with a view to building knowledge of "what works" in crime prevention.

The NCPS' goal is to reduce offending among those most at risk, such as children and youth who demonstrate various risk factors, and to prevent crimes from being committed. The NCPS provides national leadership in the development and dissemination of evidence-based crime prevention programs and policies, and supports projects that are responsive and appropriate to community and regional needs. The NCPS aims to increase the coordination and integration of effective crime prevention policies and programs at the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal levels, as well as increase the identification of, and response to, emerging priority issues and orientation of funding programs.

Crime Prevention Action Fund

The Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF) supports the implementation and evaluation of crime prevention initiatives that address known risk and protective factors associated with crime and respond to priority crime issues.

The objectives of the CPAF are to:

• Support evidence-based models and promising practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce offending among at-risk children and youth, and high risk offenders in communities;
• Support the dissemination of knowledge and the development of tools and resources related to effective crime prevention practices; and
• Support innovative projects to explore ways in responding to known risk and protective factors related to offending among at-risk children and youth, and high risk offenders in communities.

Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund

The Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund (NICPF) supports the adaptation, development and implementation of innovative and promising culturally sensitive crime prevention practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce offending among children and youth, and high risk offenders in communities; the dissemination of knowledge and the development of tools and resources for Aboriginal and northern populations; capacity building as a means to explore ways to develop or implement culturally sensitive crime prevention practices among Indigenous and northern populations.

The objectives of the NICPF are to:

• Support the adaptation, development, implementation and evaluation of innovative and promising culturally sensitive crime prevention practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce vulnerability to crime among at-risk population, particularly children, youth, and high risk offenders in communities;
• Support the dissemination of knowledge and the development of crime prevention and community safety tools and resources for Indigenous and northern populations; and
• Support capacity building as part of the implementation of culturally sensitive crime prevention practices among Indigenous and northern populations.

Youth Gang Prevention Fund

The Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) supports the implementation and evaluation of local, targeted and tailored youth violence and youth gang prevention initiatives with an objective to develop and share knowledge of "what works".

The objectives of the YGPF are to reduce youth violence and youth gang threats in communities by:

• Supporting targeted initiatives that address specific risk and protective factors associated with youth violence and youth gangs in communities where these issues exist or are emerging trends (including those occurring in rural, remote and Indigenous communities);
• Giving young people alternatives to joining gangs and helping them develop pro-social skills and attitudes; and
• Developing and disseminating knowledge about effective methods to prevent youth violence and youth gangs in Canada.

Canada Community Security Program

The purpose of the Canada Community Security Program (CCSP) is to support the implementation of projects to help communities with a demonstrated risk of experiencing hate-motivated crime through measures to enhance the security of their community gathering spaces. The CCSP replaces and enhances the work undertaken through the Security Infrastructure Program (SIP).

The objectives of the CCSP are:

• A reduction and mitigation of the harm caused by incidents of hate-motivated crime in targeted areas;
• Target communities are equipped to address the risk of hate-motivated crime at their community gathering spaces; and
• An increased awareness of the particular challenges faced by communities at risk of hate-motivated crime.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

Across the 4 funding programs, the targeted recipients groups can include one or more of the following:

• Community-based organizations, other levels of government and academia;
• Canadian private, not-for-profit organizations association and societies, limited to:
  • Provincially/territorially recognized educational institutions;
  • Shelters serving victims of gender-based violence;
  • Places of worship;
  • Community centres;
  • Offices and administrative spaces;
  • Cemeteries; and
  • Child care centres.
• Indigenous governments, organizations and communities^{Footnote 4};
• Canadian universities, educational institution/boards of education, and Centers of excellence; and
• Provincial, territorial, municipal, and Indigenous police services.

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Community safety practices are strengthened

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Crime Prevention

Expected results

The funding programs under the NCPS aim to achieve the following expected results:

• At-risk individuals are reached and supported through direct interventions;
• Positive changes in risk and protective factors associated with criminal behavior;
• Reduced offending among targeted at-risk populations; and
• Increased security of community gathering spaces.^{Footnote 5}

These goals will be measured through the following performance indicators, with regards to the CPAF, NICPF, and YGPF:

• The percentage of evaluated programs where participants experienced positive changes in risk and protective factors related to offending; and
• Percentage of funded programs for direct interventions that include vulnerable populations in their participant group.

CPAF

The CPAF aims to achieve the following expected results:

Short-term Outcomes

• Targeted at-risk individuals and populations are reached through support and interventions provided by projects; and
• Increased knowledge of effective crime prevention resources, tools and best practices.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Positive changes in risk and protective factors among at-risk children and youth;
• Positive changes in risk and protective factors for youth at risk of involvement in crimes such as those related to gangs and drug;
• Positive changes in risk and protective factors for high risk offenders in communities; and
• Utilization of more effective strategies to prevent and reduce crime.

Ultimate Outcome

Reduced offending among targeted populations.

NICPF

The NICPF aims to achieve the following expected results:

Short-term Outcome

• Crime Prevention projects are implemented.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Stakeholders have the knowledge and capacity to take action.

Long-term Outcome

• Positive changes in risk and protective factors.

The outcomes of both the CPAF and the NICPF will be assessed using the following performance indicators:

• Percentage of the project's target at risk population(s) that participate in the projects;
• Percentage of non-impact evaluation projects where participant targets are made;
• Number of downloads of research products from website;
• Percentage of crime prevention knowledge oriented resources that are accessible to stakeholders;
• Percentage of participants that complete the project; and
• Percentage of evaluated projects where participants experienced positive changes in risk and protective factors related to crime and violence.

YGPF

The YGPF aims to achieve the following expected results:

Immediate Outcomes

• Targeted at-risk youth and populations are reached through support and interventions provided by projects;
• Increased protective factors for youth at-risk of violent behaviour and gang involvement;
• Increased awareness of consequences of violence and gang involvement;
• Increased motivation to change, or not engage in, violent behaviour or gangs; and
• Increase in Canadian body of knowledge on gang prevention.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Decrease in risk factors present in the lives of youth at risk of violent behaviour and gang involvement;
• Decrease in anti-social and violent behaviour among targeted youth;
• Increase in youth choosing not to join gangs;
• Increase in the number of youth disengaging from gangs; and
• Utilization of more effective community-based responses to youth violence and gangs.

Ultimate Outcome

• A reduction in propensity to offend and offending behaviour among the targeted at-risk youth.

The outcomes of the YGPF will be evaluated using the following performance indicators:

• Number and characteristics of at-risk individuals who participated in funded projects;
• Length of time of youth are retained; and
• Positive change in post-program test scores measuring awareness of consequences.

CCSP

The CCSP aims to achieve the following expected results:

Immediate Outcome

• Target population is aware of available funding to address hate-motivated incidents/crimes in communities most at risk.

Intermediate Outcome

• Eligible recipients gain capacity and knowledge on how to address security needs prior to/following hate-motivated incidents/crimes at their community gathering spaces.

Ultimate Outcome

• Program recipients feel safer from hate-motivated crime at their gathering spaces.

The outcomes of the CCSP will be evaluated using the following performance indicators:

• 1. Number of applications requesting funding to:
  • 1.1 enhance the security infrastructure at a community facility;
  • 1.2 enhance security measures at community cultural events; and/or
  • 1.3 implement security training and awareness activities.
• 2.1 Percentage of program recipients who report using the security enhancements at a community facility to protect from/address hate-motivated crime;
• 2.2 Percentage of program recipients who have enhanced security measures at cultural events to deter/address hate-motivated crime;
• 2.3 Percentage of program recipients who implement training opportunities and community activities to increase community security awareness;
• 3.1 Percentage of funding recipients that indicate that the population using the facility feels safer from hate-motivated crime since the security enhancements;
• 3.2 Percentage of funding recipients that indicate that there has been a decrease in the number of incidents of hate-motivated crime at their facility since the security enhancements; and
• 3.3 Percentage of funding recipients that indicate that CCSP funding has helped prevent or mitigate hate incidents/crimes during a community cultural event.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the National Crime Prevention Strategy is scheduled to start in FY 2027-28 (CPAF, YGPF and NICPF will be part of the next National Crime Prevention Strategy evaluation).

An evaluation of the Canada Community Security Program is scheduled to start in FY 2027-28.

Financial Information (dollars)

Parliamentary District Policing Program

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

May 1, 2024

End date

March 31, 2029

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2024-25

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Parliamentary District Policing Program (PDPP)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The purpose of the Parliamentary District Policing Program (PDPP) is to establish a contribution program that allows Public Safety Canada to enable the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) to bolster the latter's presence within the Parliamentary District and dedicate resources to respond to emerging safety and security threats.The overall objective of the contribution program is to enhance safety and security of the Parliamentary District through this dedicated police presence. This program enables the City of Ottawa to seek financial assistance from the Government of Canada, through a contribution agreement, for reimbursement for eligible policing costs specific to the Parliamentary District.

The objectives of the program fall within the Department's core responsibility for Community Safety and within the Law Enforcement and Policing Program. The program contributes to the achievement of the Department's policy objectives to promote the safety and security of Canadian communities.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

City of Ottawa for the Ottawa Police Service

Departmental Results Framework

Links to departmental result(s)

Community safety practices are strengthened

Canadian communities are safe

Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Law Enforcement and Policing

Expected results

Three outcomes have been identified to measure performance along with the following performance indicators:

Immediate outcome

The OPS has the financial resources necessary to establish its new Parliamentary District detachment.

• Signature of the agreement with the recipient.

Intermediate outcome

The OPS capacity to respond to safety and security issues within the District is enhanced.

• Number of positions filled as per the 5 year OPS human resources staffing plan; and
• Funding is allocated and spent as per the agreed upon contribution agreement budget.

Ultimate outcome

Dedicated and focused OPS presence contributes to enhancing the safety and security of the Parliamentary District.

• Response times to calls for service remain stable or improve after year 3; and
• OPS engagement with protest groups at earliest possible opportunity remain stable or improve after year 3.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An evaluation of the Parliamentary District Policing Program is scheduled to be completed in FY 2026-27.

Financial Information (dollars)

Policy Development Contribution Program

(Includes the Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries initiative)

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start dates

Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP): 1983

Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries (PTSI): January 11, 2019

End dates

PDCP: Ongoing

PTSI: March 31, 2028

Fiscal years for terms and conditions

PDCP: FY 2019-20

PTSI: FY 2018-19

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Policy Development Contribution Program

Types of transfer payment

PDCP: Contribution

PTSI: Contribution

Types of appropriation

PDCP: Appropriated annually through Estimates

PTSI: Appropriated one time through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

PDCP: Its overall objectives are to forge greater consensus and cooperation among various levels of government and other stakeholders through policy initiatives and activities. Contribution funding has been chosen in order to monitor progress and results of projects and initiatives.

The program contributes to the achievement of departmental legislative, policy development, and consultative objectives by:

• Supporting projects in priority areas to address public policy issues of strategic importance to the Department;
• Supporting information driven projects and participation in cross-sectoral and inter-jurisdictional policy and legislative initiatives;
• Supporting innovative approaches and the acquisition of knowledge and the ability to translate knowledge into action for communities and community-based organizations; and
• Contributing to enhanced public safety and emergency management.

This program supports strategic projects undertaken by Departmental stakeholder organizations that contribute to policy-making.

The Department provides funding to three categories of projects:

• Communication/Information Exchange projects;
• Innovation and Research projects; and
• Training and Skills Development projects.

General targeted recipient groups^{Footnote 6}

PDCP: Contributions may be provided to the following classes of recipients in support of the objectives of the PDCP:

• National, provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous community or professional organizations and associations which have voluntarily associated themselves with a not-for-profit purpose, and which have a mandate to represent their membership or community;
• Canadian universities and educational institutions;
• Provincial, municipal and Indigenous police services;
• Indigenous and non-status governments, organizations and communities;
• Provincial, territorial, municipal and regional governments;
• International non-governmental organizations, including bodies associated/affiliated with organizations of which Canada is a member, which have as their purpose supporting public safety and/or emergency management as priorities;
• Not-for-profit organizations and associations serving the private sector.

PTSI: Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT).

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

PDCP

National security threats are understood and reduced

Community safety practices are strengthened

Canadian communities are safe

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

PTSI

Canadian communities are safe

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Links to the department's Program Inventory

Crime Prevention

Cyber Security

Emergency Preparedness

Indigenous Policing

Law Enforcement and Policing

Serious and Organized Crime

Expected results

PDCP

The activities and outputs of the programs are expected to lead to both immediate and intermediate outcomes:

Immediate Outcomes

• Increased knowledge and understanding of public safety and emergency management systems;
• Innovative approaches, lessons learned and best practices documents;
• Shared knowledge and awareness leading to enhanced delivery of services such as dissemination of information; and
• Improved intersectoral/interdisciplinary collaboration and delivery of services.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Recommendations to modify policies and legislation;
• Increased public education and confidence in Canada's criminal justice, emergency management, and national security systems;
• Increased capacity of National Voluntary Organization (NVOs) and not-for-profit organizations to fulfill their mandates; and
• Increased community capacity to work with victims, offenders, families and local officials such as police and emergency first responders.

These objectives will be measured via the following performance indicators:

• Number and type of lessons learned, innovative approaches, best practices, other relevant research findings, and "reach" (with whom these were shared);
• Number and type of pilot projects undertaken — results of project evaluations and "reach" (with whom were these results shared);
• Number of funded projects initiatives by Public Safety Canada priority areas based on the Departmental Plan;
• Types of partnership activities (meetings, conferences, fora, publications) and number and type of organizations attending and topics discussed;
• Level of awareness change among participants (through event feedback form or post-event follow-up);
• Number of organizational practices/tools developed and "reach" (with whom were the models/tools shared); and
• Examples of how sharing of organizational practices/tools has led to efficiencies (other organizations not having to re-invent practices/tools).

PTSI

• CIPSRT and the National Research Consortium are recognized for their ability to engage knowledge users from the public safety community throughout the research process by disseminating the research findings into practice;
• The public safety and research communities are better linked/networked resulting in the establishment of multi-disciplinary partnerships;
• Public safety health research publications inform decision making and policy setting in the future; and
• ICBT pilots are underway in Saskatchewan and Québec, and public safety personnel are able to take advantage of online treatment options for PTSI.

These objectives will be measured via the following performance indicators:

• Number of research findings that are put into practice;
• Number of partnerships;
• Number of publications that inform; and
• Number of public safety personnel who have taken the training.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

The program will be evaluated within the five-year requirement – no planned date yet.

Financial Information (dollars)

Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

1987

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2009-10

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF) provides annual funding for projects that will improve Canada's Search and Rescue system. The SAR NIF contributes significantly to support safety promotion and education, as well as to advance technology and improve Canada's ability to provide an effective and capable search and rescue (SAR) response in all areas and jurisdictions.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• Not-for-profit Canadian organizations;
• Canadian Associations from volunteer community;
• Governments (Provincial/Territorial, Municipal/Regional, or Indigenous);
• Canadian universities and educational institutions;
• Indigenous organizations; and
• For-profit Canadian organizations, provided that the nature and intent of the activity is non-commercial.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Prevention/Mitigation

Expected results

The expected results of the SAR NIF include:

• Promoting and supporting projects designed to develop and improve SAR prevention;
• Enhancing the effectiveness of the SAR response in federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions; and
• Sharing SAR response and prevention 'best practices' across the SAR community.

Success in achieving the SAR NIF's expected results will be measured via the following performance indicators:

• The extent to which projects result in improved SAR response and prevention; and
• The extent to which projects promote and improve partnerships among all levels of the national SAR program.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

The next planned evaluation of the Search and Rescue Initiatives is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

Supporting the Canadian Red Cross's urgent relief efforts related to COVID-19, floods and wildfires

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

2020

End date

FY 2025-26

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2020-21

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Supporting the Canadian Red Cross's urgent relief efforts related to COVID-19, floods and wildfires (CRCCFW).

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

One-time appropriation

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The COVID-19 pandemic has put pressure on the health system of many jurisdictions through a sharp increase in Canadians requiring medical attention as well as challenging the capacity of supporting organizations. Furthermore, the pandemic has disrupted the logistics and supply chain of diverse sectors supporting emergency management. This has led to increased national risk with regard to effective response to floods and wildfires.

The objective of the Program is to enable the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) to support Canadians' needs stemming from COVID-19, floods and wildfires.

Through the provision of funding to the CRC under this program, the CRC will have the resources to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on Canadians as well as that of floods and wildfires.

The response efforts of the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) are funded through the federal contribution program, Supporting the Canadian Red Cross's Urgent Relief Efforts Related to COVID-19, Floods and Wildfires (CRCCFW).

This program is divided in three streams:

1. Supporting public health and emergency management response and recovery through risk reduction;
2. Virtual relief services; and
3. Surge health and emergency management services.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

The CRC is the sole eligible recipient for this Program.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Response/Recovery

Expected results

Immediate Outcomes

• The expected immediate outcomes of this Program include that the CRC will be able to:
  • respond effectively to Canadians' requests for support stemming from the COVID-19, floods and wildfires;
  • supply Emergency Response Units (ERU), COVID-19 Testing Assistance Response (CTART) and Outbreak Crises Management (OCM) adjunct healthcare capacity as required by heavily impacted jurisdictions; and,
  • support community risk reduction.

With respect to responding effectively to Canadians' requests for support, indicators and targets include:

• The percentage of days in which the CRC maintained a readiness to deploy 10 CTARTs simultaneously (target: 100%);
• The percentage of days in which the CRC maintained the required readiness to deploy up to 7 teams to support outbreak crisis management (target: 100%);
• The percentage of facilities (e.g., long-term care facilities and other cohabitation environments) which received assistance as a result of a request from public health authorities, that was effectively supported by the CRC (intermediate target: 100%); and
• The percentage of affected populations requiring isolation and quarantine assistance that was supported by the CRC upon a request from public health authorities, was effectively supported by the CRC (intermediate target: 100%).

With respect to supplying ERU, CTART, and OCM adjunct healthcare capacity as required by heavily impacted jurisdictions, indicators and targets include:

• The number of CRC staff ready to deploy in support of vulnerable Canadians throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (target: 2500);
• The number of healthcare services (i.e., field hospitals/mobile respiratory clinics) provisioned to be ready to deploy in highly impacted areas through the ERU; and
• The percentage of jurisdictions to which ERUs, CTARTs and OCM teams are deployed that report satisfaction with the CRC's adjunct healthcare capacity (intermediate target: 95%).

With respect to supporting community risk reduction and emergency management response, indicators and targets include:

• The total number of people supported by the CRC at quarantine sites, isolation sites, and evacuation centres and the total number of days on which the CRC is present at each site (target: n/a);
• The number of community risk reduction assessments performed and the percentage of communities that implemented the CRC's recommendations (targets: 50, 75%);
• The number of training sessions and people trained in PDT and use of PPE (intermediate targets: n/a); and
• The total value in Canadian dollars of PPE provided to non-government organizations, health authorities and emergency response organizations directly serving Canadians (intermediate target: at least $5 million).

Intermediate Outcome

Intermediate and long-term outcomes (10 months) of this Program are that the CRC will have broadly contributed to keeping Canadians safe by continuing to deliver their broad array of services to people in need. The indicators for the achievement of intermediate outcomes are referenced above.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

No other planned evaluation – program sunsetting in FY 2025-26.

Financial Information (dollars)

Details on Transfer Payment Programs of less than $5 million

Combat Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

2004 (Enhanced in 2007)

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC): FY 2019-20

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Combat Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

See: Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

See: Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

See: Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

Link to the department's Program Inventory

See: Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

Expected results

See: Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

An Evaluation of the National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet is scheduled to start in FY 2027-28.

Financial Information (dollars)

COSPAS-SARSAT

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

July 1, 1988

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2010-11

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme is a global satellite-based search and rescue (SAR) distress alert detection and information distribution system, best known for detecting and locating emergency beacons activated by aircraft, ships and backcountry hikers in distress.

The objective of the international Program is to reduce the search times for SAR activities by providing accurate distress alert and location data to SAR authorities. Reduced search times can result in more effective SAR missions and reduce the severity of injury and/or potentially reduce the loss of life.

As one of the four founding Parties that continue to lead the Programme, the purpose of this contribution is to meet Canada's recognized treaty obligation under the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme Agreement (ICSPA), which includes providing a share of the operational costs incurred by the Secretariat in performing its administrative tasks and functions.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Prevention/Mitigation

Expected results

The expected result of the COSPAS-SARSAT transfer payment program is that Canada's obligations under the ICSPA are met.

Alongside the other countries Party to the ICSPA, Canada will continue to exercise its oversight of the COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

The next planned evaluation for all the Search and Rescue Initiatives, including COSPAS-SARSAT, is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

Cyber Security Cooperation Program

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

2019

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2025-26

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Cyber Security Cooperation Program (CSCP)

Types of transfer payment

Grant and Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The Cyber Security Cooperation Program (CSCP) aims to contribute to the federal government's leadership role in securing Canada's digital future. By enabling close collaboration with other levels of government, the private sector, academia, and non-governmental organizations, the CSCP's purpose will be to provide funding for research and yield comprehensive results that help position Canadian governments, businesses, and citizens to better anticipate trends, adapt to a changing environment, and remain on the leading edge of innovation in cyber security.

In alignment with the goals and priorities of the new National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS), the CSCP will support projects that contribute to:

• Forging whole-of-society partnerships for cyber security;
• Advancing national cyber awareness and hygiene;
• Making Canada a trusted innovator that prioritizes cyber security;
• Growing the foundational cyber security workforce of the future;
• Identifying and supporting targeted areas of cyber security research to meet Canadian needs;
• Identifying, deterring, or defending against cyber threats; and
• Making critical systems more resilient.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

• Canadian not-for-profit organizations;
• Indigenous (First Nation, Inuit or Metis) governments, including a Council of a Band within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-5, or a government established under the authority of self-government agreement, which has been approved and has force of law under an act of Parliament or a legislature;
• Canadian academic and research institutions; and,
• Provincial, territorial and local governments and authorities.

In addition to the above list, contributions may also be provided to Canadian for-profit organizations, provided that the nature and the intent of the activity will not generate a profit for the entity.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

National security threats are understood and reduced while maintaining public trust

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Cyber Security

Expected results and Indicators

Short-term outcomes

• A Canadian population that is increasingly knowledgeable and skilled in cyber security
  • Number of Canadian organizations that were provided cyber security upskilling opportunities through projects supported by the CSCP, disaggregated by gender, population group and urban/rural location;
    • To members of Canada's critical infrastructure or essential services;
    • To members of Canada's cyber security workforce; and
    • To members of Canada's general population (not already members of Canada's cyber security workforce);
• A Canadian population that is increasingly aware of cyber security
  • Number of CSCP projects that supported advancing national cyber awareness and hygiene, such as those that directly provided the Canadian population cyber security best practices and learning opportunities;
• A growing and innovative Canadian cyber security economy
  • Number of CSCP projects that supported targeted areas of research, such as emerging technology, cryptography, and innovative solutions to national cyber security challenges.

Medium-term outcomes

• An emphasized focus on Canada's resiliency against cybercrimes and cyber incidents
  • Number of CSCP projects that supported strengthening the cyber security of critical infrastructure or essential services;
  • Number of CSCP projects that supported identifying, deterring, or defending against cyber threats;
• Increased inclusivity in Canada's cyber security
  • For CSCP projects that included any sort of public engagement, number of participants broken down by gender;
    • Man;
    • Woman; and
    • Non-binary;
  • Number of CSCP projects that target visible minorities;
  • Number of CSCP projects that target populations outside of urban areas.

Ultimate outcome

• Canada's digital future is secured

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

No evaluation planned – not required due to being under $5 million.

Financial Information (dollars)

Heavy Urban Search and Rescue

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 2016-17

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2016-17

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR)

Type of transfer payment

Grant (contribution allowed)

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The overall objective of the program is to support Canada's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) capacity by strengthening the abilities of six HUSAR Task Forces across Canada.

This program:

• Supports provinces and municipalities in obtaining the equipment and specialized training needed to sustain HUSAR capacity;
• Supports investments in areas that will lead to timely and effective HUSAR response capabilities; and
• Supports facilitating interoperability among the Task Forces.

Federal investments will be targeted towards specific HUSAR initiatives or projects on a cost-shared ratio of 75% (federal) and 25% (provincial/other). The maximum federal contribution is 75% of the cost of a HUSAR project.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

The provincial or municipal legal entities responsible for the management of one of the six HUSAR Task Forces located in Vancouver (British Columbia), Calgary (Alberta), Brandon (Manitoba), Toronto (Ontario), Montreal (Québec), and Halifax (Nova Scotia).

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Prevention/Mitigation

Expected results

The HUSAR program aims to achieve the following expected results:

• HUSAR Task Forces are effectively equipped to respond to disasters;
• Increased interoperability between HUSAR teams; and
• Canada has HUSAR capabilities that are able to respond to emergencies affecting urban centres in an efficient, effective and coordinated manner.

These results will be measured through the following performance indicators:

• Number of teams with deployable HUSAR capacity;
• Percentage of activity reports which demonstrate use of at least 95% of approved funding;
• Number of Task Forces that have jointly trained/exercised; and
• Number of Task Forces able to jointly respond to disaster.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

The next planned evaluation for all the Search and Rescue Initiatives (including Heavy Urban Search and Rescue) is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

International Association of Fire Fighters, Canada (IAFF/Canada) Hazardous Materials Training Initiative

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

FY 2008-09

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2008-09

Funding Details

Name of program terms and condition

International Association of Fire Fighters, Canada (IAFF/Canada) Hazardous Materials Training Initiative

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The objective of the HazMat training program, delivered under the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) agreement, is to train first responders about strategies to safeguard their health and safety and the safety of Canadians; and to reduce deaths and injuries related to HazMat incidents.

The goal is to provide the highest level of instruction and training by:

• Conducting local, customized training that meets the needs of first responders, local jurisdictions and Public Safety Canada;
• Collaborating to reach as many first responder populations as possible; and
• Ensuring that all training programs continue to meet or exceed applicable professional standards, and that they incorporate lessons learned and best practices.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Preparedness

Expected results

Immediate Outcomes

• Canadian fire fighters and other first responders nationally who have the skills and knowledge required to respond to a HazMat incident; and
• Improved interoperability between trained first responders in Canada.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Canadians are protected from the aftermath of a HazMat incident; and
• Canadian fire fighters and other first responders are protected in the event of a HazMat incident.

These outcomes will be measured via the following performance indicators:

• Number of training classes and number of students;
• Number of "train the trainer" classes and number of students; and
• Percentage of trained students that are from non-firefighting disciplines.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

Not required due to being under $5 million.

Financial Information (dollars)

Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

Start date

April 2015

End date

Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

FY 2014-15

Funding Details

Name of program terms and conditions

Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC)

Type of transfer payment

Contribution

Type of appropriation

Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program

The overall objective of the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC) contribution program is to assist in improving Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) in Canada through the coordination, consistency, and standardization of the 12,000 volunteers involved in GSAR.

Additional objectives include:

• Transcending jurisdictional boundaries and providing a national voice and identity for GSAR volunteers in Canada, including protecting, supporting and recognizing GSAR volunteers at a level commensurate with that provided to other SAR volunteers;
• Delivering SAR prevention to provide greater awareness among the general public of risks and hazards that most commonly lead to SAR incidents and of the steps individuals and organizations can take to mitigate these risks and increase survivability;
• Supporting a national coordination body to provide one window of access into the thousands of volunteer members of GSAR to enhance communications, consistency and coordination of protocols and procedures; and
• Promoting the standardization and portability of volunteer resources allowing for the swift and efficient augmentation of ground search assets when GSAR resources are required.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups

SARVAC

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s)

Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events

Link to the department's Program Inventory

Emergency Prevention/Mitigation

Expected results

The expected results of the SARVAC program are:

Immediate outcomes

• Bringing 13 jurisdictions, hundreds of teams and thousands of volunteers under one umbrella of the National Search and Rescue Program (NSRP), thereby increasing program management and efficiency;
• Increasing awareness of individual responsibility for safety through prevention education; and
• Providing a forum for exchanging and sharing best practices, policies and protocols across jurisdictions.

Intermediate outcomes

• Having the ability to standardize procedures and protocols in key areas such as training, inventory management and reporting requirements to provide interoperability and portability of volunteer resources; and
• Awareness and outreach about SAR incidents, how to alert the SAR system and survival tips which will change the behaviours of the general public both before and during SAR incidents, thereby leading to increased survivability.

Ultimate outcomes

• Increasing program economies, efficiencies and effectiveness; and
• Reducing the loss of life and/or injuries to the general public.

The SARVAC program will be assessed using the following performance indicators:

• Number of provincial and territorial (PT) SAR associations represented on SARVAC, and the number of communications and common identity products distributed;
• The number of awareness and outreach sessions delivered;
• The number of toolkit modules and shared practices disseminated;
• The number of volunteers and their competencies and experiences tracked and recognized across jurisdictions;
• The number and type of deployments by jurisdiction;
• The extent and value which SAR partners assign GSAR volunteers, both on response and prevention activities; and
• The frequency and outcomes of SAR incidents.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation

The next planned evaluation of all the Search and Rescue Initiatives (including the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada) is scheduled to start in FY 2028-29.

Financial Information (dollars)

Date modified:

2026-03-16