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What the federal government disclosed
Across 510 grant and contribution agreements naming Dene Tha'. $5.7M of it in the last three years on record.
- Agreements
- 510
- Last three years
- $5.7M
- Most recent
- August 2025
- Treaty
- Treaty 8
By year
By agreement start date. 2025 is drawn hollow because federal disclosure lags by months and the year has not finished reporting — not because funding stopped.
Treasury Board Secretariat proactive disclosure of grants and contributions; Indigenous Services Canada First Nations registry.
| Item | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| 2006 | $62K |
| 2016 | $103.8M |
| 2017 | $11.4M |
| 2018 | $68K |
| 2019 | $378K |
| 2020 | $202K |
| 2021 | $150.1M |
| 2022 | $322.4M |
| 2023 | $575K |
| 2024 | $1.6M |
| 2025 (incomplete) | $3.8M |
Against other Nations in AB
Dene Tha' against the twelve largest in AB by disclosed funding. Size of a Nation and what it administers on its own vary enormously, so this is context, not a ranking of anything.
Treasury Board Secretariat proactive disclosure of grants and contributions; Indigenous Services Canada First Nations registry.
| Item | Since 2016 |
|---|---|
| Blood | $2.41B |
| Little Red River Cree Nation | $1.94B |
| Siksika Nation | $1.83B |
| Enoch Cree Nation #440 | $637.6M |
| Dene Tha' | $594.4M |
| Frog Lake | $577.4M |
| Saddle Lake Cree Nation | $573.9M |
| Stoney | $553.2M |
| Samson | $432.5M |
| Bigstone Cree Nation | $425.5M |
| Tsuut'ina Nation | $384.2M |
| Paul | $367.8M |
Programs
Every agreement carries the program it was made under. Grouped here by that description, largest first.
- Treaties and Aboriginal GovernmentCrown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · 2 agreements$150.2M
- Other Program ReportingIndigenous Services Canada · 45 agreements$112.2M
- Education, Economic Development, Indian Government Support, Social Development, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Supplementary Health Benefits, Public Health Protection, Community Infrastructure, Individual Affairs, Child and Family Services, Health System Transformation, Health System CapacitIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$111.9M
- Community InfrastructureIndigenous Services Canada · 115 agreements$84.9M
- Community Infrastructure, Social Development, Education, Individual Affairs, Indian Government Support, Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$20.7M
- Individual Affairs, Social Development, Education, Child and Family Services, Community Infrastructure, Indian Government Support, Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$15.8M
- Child and Family ServicesIndigenous Services Canada · 20 agreements$12.6M
- Individual Affairs, Social Development, Indian Government Support, Education, Child and Family Services, Community Infrastructure, Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$9.6M
- Social DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 25 agreements$7.8M
- Individual Affairs, Social Development, Governance, Education, Community Infrastructure, Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$7.6M
- Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 23 agreements$6.4M
- Land ManagementIndigenous Services Canada · 11 agreements$5.7M
Other Nations in AB
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