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Indigenous Services Canada

Condition Specific Support, Education, Financial, Housing / Shelter, Indigenous Services, and Social / Recreational

Provided by Government of Canada

Support and information for Indigenous people across Canada.

The following services are offered:

Indian status: Find out more about Indian status and status card applications, the Indian Register, band membership, estates, moneys and treaty annuity payments.
Indigenous health: Find information about health care services and non-insured health benefits, careers, how to fight drug and substance abuse, environmental health, food safety and how to have a healthy pregnancy.
Education: Find information about elementary and secondary education programs for First Nations students, and distinctions-based post-secondary strategies for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation post-secondary students.
Social programs: Learn about the key social programs Indigenous Services Canada funds in First Nations communities and urban centres.
First Nations housing: Find programs that support improved housing on reserves.
Water in First Nations communities: Find out how the Government of Canada works with First Nations to end long-term drinking water advisories and improve water and wastewater systems on reserves.
First Nations housing: Programs supporting improved reserves housing.
First Nations community infrastructure: Find programs to support community infrastructure such as schools, roads, and waste management facilities on reserves.
Consultation, engagement and the duty to consult: Participate in ongoing engagements, learn what was heard in recently-held engagements and find out about the duty to consult.
Establishing a new fiscal relationship: Working to establish a new fiscal relationship that moves towards sufficient, predictable and sustained funding for First Nations communities.
Governance: Programs to support the implementation of strong, effective and sustainable governments in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Community economic development: Programs that support Indigenous businesses, develop land on reserve and assist in land management strategies.
Environment and natural resources: Developing natural resources and protecting the environment in First Nations communities.
Emergency management: Resources for First Nations communities to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.