Lands and Economic Development Services Program (LEDSP)

Indigenous Services Canada Canada

Funding amount

up to $30,000,000

Deadline

Rolling — apply anytime

Region

Canada

Funder type

Federal Government

For

Nonprofits & businesses

Eligible organizations

First Nations and Inuit communities and their governments, Indigenous organizations and associations, Non-Indigenous organizations and associations, Indigenous individuals and businesses, Crown corporations, Other recipients performing delegated land management functions

Sectors

Economic development, Land management, Environmental management, Community economic development

About this program

LEDSP provides funding allocations to First Nations and Inuit communities to enhance economic development, land, and environmental capacity. It has four components: allocations for community economic development services, allocations for land and environmental management responsibilities, support for Framework Agreement signatories, and targeted funding for lands, environmental, and economic development services.

What this program funds

The Lands and Economic Development Services Program (LEDSP) is administered by Indigenous Services Canada and provides funding to enhance economic development, land, and environmental capacity in First Nations and Inuit communities. The program has four components: allocations for community economic development services, allocations for land and environmental management responsibilities, support for Framework Agreement signatories, and targeted funding for lands, environmental, and economic development services.

Eligible applicants include First Nations and Inuit communities and their governments, Indigenous organizations and associations, non-Indigenous organizations and associations, Indigenous individuals and businesses, Crown corporations, and other recipients performing delegated land management functions. The program supports work in economic development, land management, environmental management, and community economic development.

LEDSP accepts applications on a rolling basis. Maximum funding is 30 million dollars.

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