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ISC Lands and Economic Development Services Program (LEDSP)

Indigenous Services Canada · Federal

In plain language

Two streams: (1) core/operational funding allocated by formula to First Nation and Inuit communities to run economic development and lands management offices (no application — this is how most NL bands fund their ED officers); (2) targeted project funding, proposal-based, for land use planning, community economic development planning, environmental capacity, and economic readiness. Targeted stream competes on regional and national priorities. This is the underlying envelope that keeps band ED departments staffed — useful to flag as stackable context even though most NL recipients access it automatically via transfer agreement.

Realistic range

$25,000 – $1,000,000

Avg award

$150,000

Max advertised

$1,000,000

Cost share

—

Accessibility

2 / 5

Effort

4 / 5

Deadline

Continuous intake

Repayable?

Who qualifies

Entity types

Indigenous Band, Nonprofit

Sectors

Any sector

Regions

NL Wide

Demographics prioritized

Indigenous

What you'll have to report

Annual Community Profile Report (DCI# 471935) for core-funded recipients; project-specific financial and activity reporting for targeted funding; regional office sets deadlines.