Funding Programs

The purpose of the Indigenous Community Safety Development Contribution is to provide support 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.

Contribution

The Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program 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 in the National DNA Data Bank.

Contribution

The objective of the Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF) is to support municipalities and Indigenous communities (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) in their efforts to address gun and gang prevalence. BSCF provides a determined funding allocation to put in place community led projects to combat gun and gang violence and address knowledge gaps concerning the impacts of interventions in gun and gang violence.

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The Community Resilience Fund (CRF) provides time limited funding to support organizations working to improve Canada's knowledge on prevention and countering violent extremism.

Grant and Contribution

The Canada Community Security Program provides time-limited funding and support for communities at risk of hate-motivated incidents and hate-motivated crimes to enhance physical security at their gathering spaces.

Contribution

The Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime supports initiatives, research, partnership building, specialized police services, projects and programs to increase knowledge, raise awareness and/or help advance efforts to combat serious and organized crime.

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

• Drug-Impaired Driving (DID)
• Expansion of National Strategy for Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation Online (CSE)
• Implementing Canada's Tobacco Strategy (TOB)
• National Human Trafficking Hotline (HTH)
• National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (HTS)
• Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

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The International COSPAS-SARSAT is a satellite-aided search and rescue initiative. It is organized as a treaty-based, nonprofit, intergovernmental, humanitarian cooperative of 45 nations and agencies. It is dedicated to detect and locate radio beacons activated by persons, aircraft or vessels in distress, and forward this alert information to authorities that can take action for rescue. The COSPAS-SARSAT assessed contribution meets Canada's obligation to pay its share of operational costs incurred by the COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat in performing its administrative functions.

Contribution

The Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF) provides time-limited funding that supports evidence-based crime prevention initiatives in communities that address known risk and protective factors associated with crime among vulnerable groups of the population, especially children and youth from 6-24 years, and chronic offenders.

Grant and Contribution

Cyber Security Cooperation supports the improvement of Canada's vital cyber systems through grants and contributions to owners and operators, industrial and trade associations, academics and research organizations.

Grant and Contribution

In the event of a large-scale natural disaster, the Government of Canada provides financial assistance to provincial and territorial governments through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA), administered by Public Safety Canada. When response and recovery costs exceed what individual provinces or territories could reasonably be expected to bear on their own, the DFAA provide the Government of Canada with a fair and equitable means of assisting provincial and territorial governments.

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The Funding for First Nation and Inuit Policing Facilities supports First Nation and Inuit communities to ensure their policing infrastructure meets building, policing facility, and health and safety standards.

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The Funding for First Nations and Inuit Policing aims to enhance the effectiveness of policing services in First Nation and Inuit Communities and to support the public safety needs of Indigenous communities through professional, dedicated and culturally responsive policing.

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Supports the efforts of the Avalanche Canada Foundation, as well as, Avalanche Canada to achieve sustainability and service expansion goals so that the public participating in activities in backcountry areas are aware of the risks and can make informed decisions.

Grant

The Grants and Contributions Program to National Voluntary Organization supports the development of public safety policies and delivery of services by providing funding to national voluntary organizations to maintain a national structure and cover core operating expenses.

Grant and Contribution

The Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF) is allocated to provinces and territories to combat the issue of gun and gang violence in communities by distributing funding to community partners.

Contribution

Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) is the most technically specialized form of USAR. HUSAR Task Forces are interdisciplinary teams comprised of specialists from across the emergency response spectrum. Capabilities include search and rescue, communications, logistics, emergency medical assistance, technical and canine search, and structural assessment. The HUSAR program supports Canada's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue capacity by strengthening the abilities of six urban search and rescue Task Forces across Canada.

Grant and Contribution

The International Association of Fire Fighters, Canada provides funding for training to first responders in order to reduce deaths and injuries related to hazardous materials.

Contribution

The Major International Event Security Cost Framework facilitates the cooperative participation of provincial/territorial and municipal security partners in the provision of security for major international events held in Canada by: enabling jurisdictions to seek financial reimbursement from the Government of Canada for extraordinary, justifiable and reasonable incremental policing and security-related expenses incurred in relation to certain events requiring that extraordinary security measures be put in place; and allowing the GoC to reimburse jurisdictions impacted and contributing directly to the security of certain events for those extraordinary, justifiable and reasonable incremental expenses relating to security.

Contribution

The Memorial Grant Program for First Responders 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.

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The National Flagging System Class Grant Program (NFSCGP) identifies and tracks high-risk and dangerous offenders and facilitates appropriate sentences for these individuals should they re-offend. NFSCGP coordinators work closely with police, provincial correctional services, PS and CSC to ensure that high-risk offenders who are flagged can be tracked through the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) national database.

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The Nation's Capital Extraordinary Policing Costs Program enables the City of Ottawa to seek financial assistance from the Government of Canada for eligible extraordinary, reasonable and justifiable policing costs incurred in relation to policing duties specific to the Nation's Capital.

Contribution

The Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund (NICPF) provides time-limited funding to support crime prevention practices in Indigenous communities both on and off-reserve and in the North. The NICPF also focuses on building knowledge to identify and promote Indigenous crime prevention and community safety best practices.

Grant and Contribution

The Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP) provides contributions to forge greater consensus and cooperation among various levels of government and other stakeholders through policy initiatives and activities.

Contribution

The Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund contributes financially towards projects that improve and enhance the enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and innovation of search and rescue activities in the areas of prevention and/or response.

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The Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada Contribution Program (SARVAC) provides organizational and functional funding to the national association for the purpose of improving Ground Search and Rescue coordination, consistency and standardization.

Contribution

The Supporting a Humanitarian Workforce (HWF) to Respond to COVID-19 and Other Large-Scale Emergencies program supports non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide assistance to jurisdictions in Canada. Funding from this program helps eligible organizations build capacity and deploy resources to respond to emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic or other large-scale emergencies, such as wildfires and floods.

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Reduce the impact of COVID-19, floods and wildfires on Canadians by providing the necessary resources to the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) to keep Canadians safe.

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The Worker's Compensation Program (WCP) provides compensation to provinces and territories for volunteer emergency service workers, injured or killed in the course of emergency service training or work.

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The Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) provides time-limited funding to support initiatives in communities that prevent youth from joining gangs, provides exit strategies for youth who belong to gangs, and offers support to youth so they do not re-join gangs in communities where youth gangs are an existing or emerging threat.

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