Contaminated Sites On-Reserve program

• The applicant must be a First Nation community, band council, district or chief council, tribal council, or a First Nations organization, association, or institution.
• The project must involve the identification, assessment, or remediation of a contaminated site located on reserve lands or lands under Indigenous Services Canada’s responsibility.

Who is eligible?

• First Nations community members
• Band councils or First Nations communities
• District and chief councils
• Tribal councils
• First Nations organizations, associations, and institutions

Who is not eligible

• Operating businesses and private fuel facilities
• Sites on Certificate of Possession lands
• Waste and dump sites currently in operation
• Sites established after becoming operational under First Nations Land Management

Eligible expenses

• Environmental site assessment activities.
• Remediation of contaminated sites.

Eligible geographic areas

• On-reserve lands and other lands under the responsibility of Indigenous Services Canada across Canada.

• Ranking of projects based on the environmental risks associated with the sites.
• Priorities expressed by the concerned community.

• The program follows a 10-step federal contaminated sites process for assessment and remediation.
• Key results and total expenditures are reported annually through the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) annual report.
• Program funding is supported primarily by the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP), administered by Treasury Board Secretariat and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
• For the most recent data, applicants can consult the Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory.