Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP) for Species at Risk | Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

For all expenses, only those deemed to be a reasonable share for completing the project shall be considered eligible. Eligible expenses may include reasonable and properly itemized costs for:

• Salaries and wages
  • Salaries, wages and benefits (directly associated with the project activities)
• Management and professional service expenditures
  • Costs associated with services required to support a project, such as accounting, Elders/knowledge-holders fees, insurance (related to the project), legal (other than litigation) costs, official languages translations and other professional fees (other than travel)
• Contractors
  • Costs associated with consultants and contractors engaged to undertake project activities (subject to regional limits)
• Travel (as per the Treasury Board Secretariat Directive)
  • Travel expenses and related expenses for contracted professional service providers or other non-employees (to a maximum of current Treasury Board Secretariat rates), including mileage and accommodation
  • Travel and related expenses for recipient organization employees
• Material and supplies expenditures
  • Office supplies and materials
  • Field/laboratory equipment and field supplies
  • Includes equipment purchase costs under $10,000
• Purchase of capital assets
  • Purchase of a single, tangible asset (with a useful life of more than one year) using more than $10,000 of ECCC funds (subject to approval in advance)
• Equipment rentals
  • Lease, rental and/or repair of equipment used to undertake or support the project activities (subject to regional limits)
• Costs associated with eligible land securement initiatives and projects
  • Costs associated with land acquisition or other means of land securement i.e. land transfer tax, leases, easements, covenants or servitudes
  • May include appraisal fees, surveys, baseline documentation, legal costs, etc.
• Communication and printing, production, and distribution expenditures
  • Printing costs, websites, supplies, etc.
• Vehicle rental and operation expenditures
• Lease of office space
• Overhead
  • Administrative costs (salaries and benefits of support staff, office utilities and rent, etc.) directly attributable to carrying out of the project up to a maximum of 10% of the HSP contribution; note that overhead costs are not included as part of the other eligible expenditures categories
• Expenditures for preparing an independent financial report
  • Projects over $100,000 may be required to submit an independently verified financial report at the end of the project
• Other expenditures
  • Meeting and training fees (e.g., materials and hall rental), registration fees for courses, conferences, workshops or seminars
• Further disbursement of ECCC funding to final recipients
  • Organizations wishing to coordinate work for a specific species or threat, or within a certain geographic area may wish to consider a further disbursement project. A further disbursement project is one where a recipient distributes funds to third parties by means of their own competitive contribution-type program and agreements. Please contact a Regional HSP Coordinator for further details.