| Name of transfer payment program | Departmental Class Grants and Contributions Program – General Class Grants & Contributions (Voted) |
| End date | March 31, 2017 |
| Type of transfer payment | Grant and contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | Various |
| Main objective | In support of organizations associated with the research, development, management, and promotion of activities that contribute to departmental objectives. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 3,126,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2011-12 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Individuals, Canadian profit and non-profit organizations, foreign/international non-profit and for-profit organizations, other level of foreign governments, Canadian and foreign academic institutions, industry and research associations, and provincial, territorial, municipal and regional governments |
| Name of transfer payment program | Aboriginal Forestry Initiative (Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development – Strategic Partnerships Initiative – INAC) (Voted) |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.2 – Innovation for New Products and Processes 1.2.2 – Forest Sector Innovation |
| Main objective | To facilitate economic development opportunities for Indigenous Canadians by stimulating partnerships among communities and federal and non-federal partners within the forest sector. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 1,000,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2011-12 (predecessor program – First Nations Forestry Program) |
| General targeted recipient groups | Indigenous communities, other Indigenous recipients and organizations, and (Indigenous) industry-related and non-profit organizations |
| Name of transfer payment program | Forest Research Institute Initiative (Voted) |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.2 – Innovation for New Products and Processes 1.2.2 – Forest Sector Innovation |
| Main objective | To support Natural Resources Canada’s goal of sustainable natural resource development by harnessing innovation and technology through sectoral public / private partnerships to advance the competitiveness of the forest sector |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 2,368,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2010-11 |
| General targeted recipient groups | FPInnovations – a not-for-profit Canadian forest research institute |
| Name of transfer payment program | GeoConnections Program (Voted) |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.2 – Innovation for New Products and Processes 1.2.3 – Geospatial Innovation |
| Main objective | GeoConnections III will provide federal leadership to optimize the use of geospatial data in effective decision-making and lead strategic geomatics policy development. This will advance government priorities, support federal responsibilities, and foster economic development. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 500,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2010-11 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Provincial, territorial, regional, municipal and rural government departments, corporations, industry and their associations, individuals, Canadian profit and non-profit organizations, research associations, academic institutions, international organizations and governments, agencies and crown corporations |
| Name of transfer payment program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (Voted) |
| End date | March 31, 2020 |
| Type of transfer payment | Grant |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.3 – Investment in Natural Resource Sectors 1.3.2 – Targeted Geoscience Initiative |
| Main objective | To help the mineral exploration industry be more effective in finding deeply buried mineral deposits in mineral producing regions of Canada. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 600,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2014-15 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Canadian and international not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations, Canadian and international non-profit research and professional associations, Canadian and international academic institutions, First Nations and Indigenous organizations and provincial, territorial, regional, municipal and rural government departments |
| Name of transfer payment program | Departmental Class Grants and Contributions Program – Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (Voted) |
| End date | March 31, 2017 |
| Type of transfer payment | Grant |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.3 – Investment in Natural Resource Sectors 1.3.3 – Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Main objective | To increase activities of the Geological Survey of Canada to provide the public with geoscience knowledge needed to support increased economic prosperity of northern Canada through stable, long-term investments in resource development. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 800,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2012-13 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Canadian organizations and Academic Institutions, Canadian industry and research associations, Canadian Indigenous organizations and groups, and Canadian territorial, provincial, municipal and regional governments |
| Name of transfer payment program | Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (Statutory) |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Statutory authority |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.4 – Statutory Programs – Atlantic Offshore |
| Main objective | The Board is the independent joint agency of the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia responsible for the regulation of petroleum activities in the Nova Scotia Offshore area. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 4,012,500 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | Not applicable |
| General targeted recipient groups | Provinces |
| Name of transfer payment program | Nova Scotia Crown Share Adjustment Payments (Statutory) |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Statutory |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 1.4 – Statutory Programs – Atlantic Offshore |
| Main objective | To provide payments to the province of Nova Scotia pursuant to provisions of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and the Crown Share Adjustment Payments Regulations. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 2,407,505 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | Not applicable |
| General targeted recipient groups | Provinces |
| Name of transfer payment program | Wind Power Production Incentive Program (Voted) |
| End date | March 31, 2017 |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 2.1 – Energy-Efficient Practices and Lower-Carbon Energy Sources 2.1.1 – Renewable Energy Deployment |
| Main objective | To help establish wind energy in Canada by providing a financial incentive of about one cent per kilowatt-hour produced from the installation of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity in Canada. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 3,704,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2014-15 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Businesses, utilities and institutions |
| Name of transfer payment program | Youth Employment Strategy – Career Focus (Voted) |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 2.2 – Technology Innovation 2.2.3 – Clean Energy Science and Technology |
| Main objective | To increase the supply of highly qualified people, to promote the benefits of advanced studies, to demonstrate federal leadership by investing in the skills required to meet the needs of the knowledge economy and facilitate the transition of highly skilled young people to a rapidly changing labour market. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 558,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2009-10 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Businesses, universities, community colleges, municipalities, non-profit organizations, provincial and territorial governments |
| Name of transfer payment program | Clean Energy Fund (Voted) |
| End date | October 31, 2016 |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 2.2 – Technology Innovation 2.2.3 – Clean Energy Science and Technology |
| Main objective | To support Canada’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide funding for clean energy demonstration and research and development (R&D), delivered in three components: (1) large-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects undertaken by external recipients; (2) renewable energy and clean energy demonstration projects undertaken by external recipients; and (3) clean energy R&D to be carried out in federal laboratories. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 0 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | June 2014 |
| General targeted recipient groups | For large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects: for-profit organizations incorporated or registered in Canada. For smaller-scale demonstration projects: for-profit and not-for-profit organizations incorporated or registered in Canada |
| Name of transfer payment program | World-Class Tanker Safety System (Oil Spill Response Science Program) (Voted) |
| End date | March 31, 2019 |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 2.2 – Technology Innovation 2.2.3 – Clean Energy Science and Technology |
| Main objective | To support research and development (R&D) on new technologies and processes to more effectively recover heavy oil spilled in marine environments. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 1,250,000 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | Not applicable |
| General targeted recipient groups | Industry-related organizations, non-profit organizations, provinces and territories, First Nations, and academia |
| Name of transfer payment program | Gunnar Mine Remediation (previously called “Canada - Saskatchewan Memorandum of Agreement on Legacy Uranium Mines (Gunnar and Lorado Uranium Mines)”) (Voted) |
| End date | March 31, 2056 |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture | 2.3 – Responsible Natural Resource Management 2.3.4 – Radioactive Waste Management |
| Main objective | To advance the decommissioning of legacy uranium mine and mill tailings in the Province of Saskatchewan according to current regulatory standards. To provide financial contributions to the Government of Saskatchewan for it to undertake decommissioning activities at the Gunnar uranium mine site. |
| Planned spending for 2016–17 | 3,111,670 |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2011-12 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Province of Saskatchewan |
Supplementary Information (Tables) 2016-17