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Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR) | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

March 31, 2026

Value

Preference will be given to applications requesting under $15,000.

Description

Beginning in October 2024, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is pleased to offer grant funding under the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR). CNFASAR grant funding will provide accessible and timely support to Indigenous Peoples to participate in consultation and engagement activities related to aquatic species at risk under consideration for listing, and/or recovery document preparation, under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).

Eligible Applicants

You may be eligible for CNFASAR grant funding if you:

  • are an Indigenous group with either potential or established Indigenous or treaty rights, including:
    • Indigenous governments
    • Indigenous communities, bands, and settlements
    • District councils, chiefs’ councils, and tribal councils
    • Bodies or entities established by rights-holding communities to represent them
  • might be affected by a SARA listing decision or recovery planning process for aquatic species at risk taking place in your region
  • have received a notification from DFO initiating consultation or engagement activities related to a SARA listing decision or recovery planning process

Eligible Expenses

The general categories of eligible expenses under CNFASAR grant funding include:

  • Salaries and wages, including employer mandatory benefits
  • Professional, technical and specialized services
  • Software and computer equipment
  • Printing
  • Telecommunications, communications/network, data communications, or image/video communications services
  • Postage, parcel post, or courier services
  • Rental of office space, room and/or facilities
  • Conferences, workshops and meetings
  • Travel based on National Joint Council Directives (including meals, allowances, accommodation, etc.)
  • Honoraria for:
    • Elders; and/or
    • Indigenous knowledge holders and/or keepers in recognition of providing Indigenous knowledge or community knowledge relevant to the initiative.
  • Ceremonial costs including services, where the funding recipient is an Indigenous community that:
    • Possesses Indigenous knowledge relevant to the initiative; or
    • Where the recipient provides services to support consultation or engagement on impacts on potential or established rights or title.
  • Administrative overhead up to 15% of eligible costs of total expenses

Deadline Date

Ongoing. Activities eligible for funding must be completed by March 31, 2026.

Contact

Contact Name: DFO regional coordinator

Phone Number: (902) 717-6936 (for Maritimes (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) Leanne Linehan)

E-mail Address: DFO.MARCanadaNatureFund-FondsdelaNatureduCanadaMAR.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Website: https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/sara-lep/cnfasar-fnceap/grant-funding-subventions-provenance-fonds-eng.html

Industry:

Energy & Environment, Indigenous

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Aquatic Species, Natural Environment

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