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What the federal government disclosed
Across 504 grant and contribution agreements naming Samson. $127.7M of it in the last three years on record.
- Agreements
- 504
- Last three years
- $127.7M
- Most recent
- August 2025
- Treaty
- Treaty 6
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 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $220K |
| 2011 | $29K |
| 2012 | $1.7M |
| 2013 | $26K |
| 2015 | $28.8M |
| 2016 | $232.7M |
| 2017 | $3.4M |
| 2018 | $540K |
| 2019 | $32.3M |
| 2020 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $592K |
| 2022 | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $3.2M |
| 2024 | $67.6M |
| 2025 (incomplete) | $57.0M |
Against other Nations in AB
Samson 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.
- Community InfrastructureIndigenous Services Canada · 102 agreements$88.6M
- Social DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 64 agreements$29.8M
- Child and Family ServicesIndigenous Services Canada · 19 agreements$27.1M
- Social Development, Individual Affairs, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Community Infrastructure, Child and Family Services, Indian Government Support, Health System Capacity, Public Health Protection, Health System Transformation, Economic Development, Supplementary Health Benefits, EducatioIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$25.1M
- Social Development, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Community Infrastructure, Indigenous Health Equity Fund, Governance, Health System Capacity, Public Health Protection, Economic Development, EducationIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$18.7M
- Individual Affairs, Child and Family Services, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Public Health Protection, Land Management, Social Development, Community InfrastructureIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$16.7M
- Community Infrastructure, Social Development, Indian Government Support, Education, Individual Affairs, Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$15.0M
- Economic Development, Community Infrastructure, Education, Indian Government Support, Social Development, Child and Family Services, Individual AffairsIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$13.7M
- Social Development, Education, Community Infrastructure, Indian Government Support, Resolution and Individual Affairs, Economic DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$13.6M
- Social Development, Individual Affairs, Community Infrastructure, Child and Family Services, Indian Government Support, Economic Development, EducationIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$13.1M
- Community Infrastructure, Social Development, CIRNAC - Indian Registration, Indian Government Support, Education, CIRNAC - Economic DevelopmentCrown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · 1 agreement$12.8M
- ISET First Nations - CRFEmployment and Social Development Canada · 1 agreement$12.4M
Other Nations in AB
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