Lands and Economic Development Services Program

• The applicant must be a First Nations or Inuit community.
• The project must support economic development, land, or environmental management within First Nations or Inuit communities.
• Proposed activities should enhance capacity for land management, economic planning, or environmental protection.

Who is eligible?

• First Nations communities
• Inuit communities

Eligible expenses

• Operational costs for delivering economic development services.
• Capacity development initiatives related to land and economic management.
• Proposal development support expenses.
• Costs associated with the management of reserve lands, resources, and the environment.
• Expenses for on-reserve environmental management, including waste management and pollution prevention.
• Support services to prevent contamination of reserve lands.
• Costs related to land codes, individual agreements, land management systems, and environmental agreements.
• Expenses for land additions, designations, and surveys that enable economic development.

Eligible geographic areas

• First Nations and Inuit communities in Canada

• Initiatives that strengthen land and environmental management, and economic development as a key function of local government.
• Support for Indigenous participation in major resource development initiatives.
• Readiness to participate in the First Nations Land Management Regime or strategic economic development and associated land use planning.
• Initiatives that promote on-reserve environmental management and pollution prevention, particularly waste management.
• Additions to reserves, designations, and surveys that support economic development.
• Level of risk involved with the project.
• Demonstrated need for federal funding.
• Environmental benefits for First Nations and Inuit individuals, businesses, or communities, such as improved waste management or rehabilitation of contaminated lands.

• The program combines five prior community-based economic and land management support programs under a single initiative.
• Administered by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) since 2014.
• Priority is given to initiatives that strengthen land management and economic development within Indigenous communities.
• Date of last modification for program information: June 11, 2020.