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What the federal government disclosed
Across 180 grant and contribution agreements naming Upper Nicola. $2.7M of it in the last three years on record.
- Agreements
- 180
- Last three years
- $2.7M
- Most recent
- April 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 |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $2.1M |
| 2017 | $508K |
| 2019 | $82.1M |
| 2020 | $343K |
| 2021 | $111K |
| 2022 | $350K |
| 2023 | $529K |
| 2024 | $119K |
| 2025 (incomplete) | $2.6M |
Against other Nations in BC
Upper Nicola 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 |
| Upper Nicola | $88.7M |
Programs
Every agreement carries the program it was made under. Grouped here by that description, largest first.
- NFR - Grant, Education, Social DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$29.3M
- Child and Family ServicesIndigenous Services Canada · 11 agreements$23.0M
- NFR - Grant, Social DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 2 agreements$7.6M
- NFR - GrantIndigenous Services Canada · 35 agreements$7.4M
- Community InfrastructureIndigenous Services Canada · 27 agreements$4.4M
- (NICPF) Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention FundPublic Safety Canada · 1 agreement$2.5M
- NFR - Grant, EducationIndigenous Services Canada · 2 agreements$2.1M
- Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)Natural Resources Canada · 12 agreements$1.7M
- Social DevelopmentIndigenous Services Canada · 18 agreements$1.2M
- Indian Government Support, Child and Family Services, CIRNAC - Northern AffairsIndigenous Services Canada · 1 agreement$983K
- EducationIndigenous Services Canada · 13 agreements$815K
- Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in DialoguesNatural Resources Canada · 6 agreements$765K
Other Nations in BC
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