Funding programs

Funding to help Canada’s large airports make critical investments in safety, security or transit infrastructure.

Fund provides contribution funding to assist targeted airport authorities manage the financial impact of reduced air travel as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funds regional airports' projects to improve safety, protect airport assets and reduce operating costs.

Helps fund remote airports, ensuring year-round, safe transportation links to isolated communities.

Funding for student scholarships and commemorative projects in memory of the Canadian Victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Tragedy.

Funding for academic research in rail emissions.

Funding to increase capacity for Indigenous and local communities, organizations, and entities to engage with Transport Canada regarding the rail transportation system.

Funding to help Canada's rail sector research, develop, and implement innovative technologies, tools, and approaches to reduce complex risks climate change and extreme weather.

Funding for rail safety improvements to prevent injuries and fatalities.

Funds projects that remove abandoned and wrecked small boats or that promote boat recycling and environmental awareness.

The Ballast Water Innovation Program (BWIP) helps industry address technical and operational challenges with a Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River (GLSLR) region, whose waters are cold, fresh, and mixed with sediment.

Funds projects that promote safer boating or that study ways to change boating behaviours.

Funds Indigenous groups and members of local communities who wish to participate in planning changes to marine transportation in Canada.

Helps fund inter-provincial ferry services in Atlantic Canada and Eastern Quebec.

Funding for projects that contribute the establishment of green shipping corridors to support the decarbonization of the marine sector.

The Indigenous Participant Funding Program (IPFP) funds projects and initiatives designed to support the capacity of Indigenous communities and organizations to participate in Canadian Navigable Waters Act (CNWA), the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (WAHVA) and the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan.

Supports long-term, ongoing involvement of local and regional groups in activities under the Oceans Protection Plan.

The initiative will provide funding for equipment and training to eligible Indigenous communities to improve vessel safety and build an understanding of safety on the water.

Funding to provide marine training to Indigenous people and adapt training to include Traditional Knowledge and culturally appropriate materials.

Coordinates the transfer of port facilities from Transport Canada to new owners.

The Initiative is looking at ways to help researchers and designers improve their knowledge so that they can reduce vessel noise.

Funding for projects that improve the safety, efficiency and environmental responsibility of sealift and/or resupply operations in Arctic and Northern coastal communities.

Funds projects that help advance new technology for transportation such as self-driving or data-sharing vehicles.

Funding for Canadian projects that support Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2025.

The ZETP will contribute to the safe and secure deployment of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (MHZEV) on Canadian roads, and associated charging and refuelling infrastructure.