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Onion Lake Cree Nation

SK · Band 344

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Since 2016

What the federal government disclosed

Total on the public record
$579.3M

Across 366 grant and contribution agreements naming Onion Lake Cree Nation. $25.3M of it in the last three years on record.

Agreements
366
Last three years
$25.3M
Most recent
October 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.

$250M$500M2011: $443M$443M20112015: $97.3M20152018: $7.0M20182019: $48K20192020: $162K20202021: $13K20212022: $5.6M20222023: $7.6M20232024: $14.9M20242025: $3.3M (incomplete)$3.3M2025

Treasury Board Secretariat proactive disclosure of grants and contributions; Indigenous Services Canada First Nations registry.

ItemDisclosed
2011$443.3M
2015$97.3M
2018$7.0M
2019$48K
2020$162K
2021$13K
2022$5.6M
2023$7.6M
2024$14.9M
2025 (incomplete)$3.3M

Against other Nations in SK

Onion Lake Cree Nation against the twelve largest in SK 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.

Lac La Ronge: $1.8BLac La Ronge$1.8BPeter Ballantyne Cree Nation: $1.2BPeter Ballantyne Cree Nation$1.2BJames Smith: $1.2BJames Smith$1.2BCumberland House Cree Nation: $875MCumberland House Cree Nation$875MBig River: $678MBig River$678MAhtahkakoop: $606MAhtahkakoop$606MPasqua First Nation #79: $601MPasqua First Nation #79$601MMontreal Lake: $584MMontreal Lake$584MOnion Lake Cree Nation: $579MOnion Lake Cree Nation$579MSturgeon Lake First Nation: $460MSturgeon Lake First Nation$460MMosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations: $444MMosquito, Grizzly Bear's He…$444MPeepeekisis Cree Nation No.81: $434MPeepeekisis Cree Nation No.…$434M

Treasury Board Secretariat proactive disclosure of grants and contributions; Indigenous Services Canada First Nations registry.

ItemSince 2016
Lac La Ronge$1.84B
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation$1.22B
James Smith$1.17B
Cumberland House Cree Nation$875.4M
Big River$678.0M
Ahtahkakoop$606.2M
Pasqua First Nation #79$601.4M
Montreal Lake$583.9M
Onion Lake Cree Nation$579.3M
Sturgeon Lake First Nation$460.2M
Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations$443.9M
Peepeekisis Cree Nation No.81$434.1M
Where it went

Programs

Every agreement carries the program it was made under. Grouped here by that description, largest first.

  • Individual Affairs, Community Infrastructure, Social Development, Child and Family Services, Indian Government Support, Education, Economic Development
    Indigenous Services Canada · 2 agreements
    $76.1M
  • Community Infrastructure
    Indigenous Services Canada · 55 agreements
    $59.0M
  • Community Infrastructure, Individual Affairs, Education, Social Development, Governance, Economic Development
    Indigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement
    $34.8M
  • Community Infrastructure, Social Development, Education, Economic Development, Individual Affairs, Indian Government Support
    Indigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement
    $29.0M
  • Education
    Indigenous Services Canada · 37 agreements
    $25.2M
  • Education, Community Infrastructure, Social Development, Economic Development, Indian Government Support, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Resolution and Individual Affairs
    Indigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement
    $24.9M
  • Community Infrastructure, Economic Development, Individual Affairs, Education, Social Development, Indian Government Support
    Indigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement
    $24.8M
  • Education, Social Development, CIRNAC - Indian Registration, CIRNAC - Economic Development, Community Infrastructure, Indian Government Support
    Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · 1 agreement
    $23.0M
  • Education, Social Development
    Indigenous Services Canada · 5 agreements
    $15.9M
  • Health System Capacity, Supplementary Health Benefits, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Public Health Protection, Primary Care
    Indigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement
    $15.5M
  • Green and Inclusive Community Buildings program
    Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · 1 agreement
    $14.9M
  • Social Development
    Indigenous Services Canada · 26 agreements
    $13.1M

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