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Federal guns-and-gangs and crime prevention funding to Alberta and Edmonton

Original source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-to-receive-53-million-from-feds-for-anti-gun-and-gang-work/

Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): saved page committed at sources/budgets/_archive/federal-guns-gangs-and-crime-prevention-alberta-edmonton/page/ (PDF capture was blocked by the source).

Federal (Public Safety Canada) funding streams that touch Edmonton. Key point: most federal money flows to the PROVINCE (Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund) or to the CITY/community orgs (Building Safer Communities Fund, Crime Prevention Action Fund) — NOT directly into the EPS operating budget.

Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF) — to the Province of Alberta

  • "Alberta to receive $53 million from feds for anti-gun and gang work" (CTV, published May 8, 2023).
  • Year-by-year federal transfers to Alberta under GGVAF (Public Safety Canada, 5-yr agreement signed March 2020):
  • 2019-20: $4,684,258
  • 2020-21: $6,166,714
  • 2021-22: $8,260,298
  • This money co-funds provincial programs (ALERT, ACISS police units, and Alberta Crime Prevention grants — see the "*" footnote on the civil forfeiture grant list where ACP awards were co-funded by "the federal Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund").

Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF) — federal, to the City of Edmonton

  • National fund: $250 million (announced March 2022) to municipalities/Indigenous communities for gun/gang prevention.
  • "Edmonton has received more than $4.2 million through the $250 million Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF)."
  • City had $1.5 million to distribute in 2024 (community grants, max $250,000/yr/program). 11 of 26 applicants funded. Examples: Let's Face It $133,714; Sierra Leone Community $66,660.
  • Flows to community orgs, NOT EPS.

Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF) — federal, to the City of Edmonton

  • "The Government of Canada announced $650,413 in federal support to the City of Edmonton through the Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF)" (Canada.ca, March 30, 2026). For downtown-core prevention coordination. Flows to City, not EPS.

First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP)

  • Budget 2024: $267.5M over 5 yrs (FNIPP) + $200M over 5 yrs (facilities), 52% federal / 48% provincial cost-share.
  • NOT applicable to EPS — EPS is a municipal service, not a First Nations/Inuit police service. No EPS inflow here.