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What the federal government disclosed
Across 112 grant and contribution agreements naming High Bar. $3.7M of it in the last three years on record.
- Agreements
- 112
- Last three years
- $3.7M
- Most recent
- March 2025
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 |
|---|---|
| 2010 | $29K |
| 2012 | $29K |
| 2013 | $86K |
| 2015 | $288K |
| 2016 | $423K |
| 2018 | $10K |
| 2019 | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $100K |
| 2023 | $3.8M |
| 2024 | $3.7M |
| 2025 (incomplete) | $30K |
Against other Nations in BC
High Bar against the twelve largest in BC by disclosed funding, appended at the end because it is outside them. 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 |
|---|---|
| Cowichan | $469.8M |
| Squamish | $320.1M |
| Blueberry River First Nations | $297.9M |
| Doig River First Nation | $281.5M |
| Lake Babine Nation | $257.1M |
| Lytton | $252.6M |
| Tla'amin Nation | $252.2M |
| Lil'wat Nation | $242.9M |
| Heiltsuk | $239.2M |
| Okanagan | $236.0M |
| Saulteau First Nations | $232.6M |
| Esk'etemc | $215.1M |
| High Bar | $22.9M |
Programs
Every agreement carries the program it was made under. Grouped here by that description, largest first.
- Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)Fisheries and Oceans Canada · 6 agreements$7.5M
- Treaties and Aboriginal GovernmentCrown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · 1 agreement$5.8M
- Child and Family Services, NFR - GrantIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$2.9M
- (unnamed program)Fisheries and Oceans Canada · 9 agreements$827K
- Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation And Implementation Of Fisheries Agreements (AFS / NIFA)Fisheries and Oceans Canada · 1 agreement$717K
- Contribution Program For The T. Buck Suzuki Environmental FoundationFisheries and Oceans Canada · 1 agreement$717K
- Indian Government SupportIndigenous Services Canada · 13 agreements$613K
- Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in DialoguesNatural Resources Canada · 4 agreements$600K
- Child and Family ServicesIndigenous Services Canada · 11 agreements$368K
- Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries AgreementsFisheries and Oceans Canada · 3 agreements$359K
- Indigenous Participant Funding ProgramDepartment of Finance Canada · 3 agreements$250K
- Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)Natural Resources Canada · 5 agreements$250K
Other Nations in BC
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