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Use this tool to search how the Government of Canada spends money. The data in this tool comes from multiple publicly available Government of Canada sources including Grants and Contributions, Contracts over $10K, the Public Accounts' transfer payments, research funding databases (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR), and Global Affairs Canada projects. Type in one or more keywords and filter the results by year, department, recipient, program or location to explore the data. Contracts of $10,000 and under are published only as each department's yearly totals, which its spending page shows.

Program:Contributions to not-for-profit, for-profit, and aboriginal organizations, municipal, provincial and territorial governments for adult learning, literacy and essential skills
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Recipient / DepartmentAmountAction
Government of Quebec
Department of Employment and Social Development
$6,400,000.00
Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Department of Employment and Social Development
$2,500,000.00
Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Employment and Social Development
$2,250,000.00
Province of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Employment and Social Development
$2,000,000.00
Government of New Brunswick
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,997,173.00
Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,627,070.00
BuildForce Canada
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,357,104.00
Nunavut Literacy Council, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,340,569.00
Essential Skills Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Employment and Social Development
$1,331,927.00
Excellence In Manufacturing Consortium of Canada
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,290,026.00
Essential Skills Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Employment and Social Development
$1,270,258.00
Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Employment and Social Development
$1,250,000.00
Nunavut Literacy Council, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Employment and Social Development
$1,224,644.00
BuildForce Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,211,547.00
Nunavut Literacy Council, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Employment and Social Development
$1,049,844.00
Louis Riel Institute
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,030,324.00
ECO Canada
Department of Employment and Social Development
$1,002,887.00
Literacy Alberta Society, Calgary, Alberta
Employment and Social Development
$880,912.00
NorQuest College
Department of Employment and Social Development
$880,251.00
Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia
Employment and Social Development
$849,289.00
Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia
Employment and Social Development
$842,422.00
ABC Life Literacy Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Employment and Social Development
$829,183.00
Young Women's Christian Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Department of Employment and Social Development
$804,790.00
Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Department of Employment and Social Development
$777,770.00
Frontier College, Toronto, Ontario
Employment and Social Development
$771,529.00

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