Consultation and engagement at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) seeks input from First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Northerners and the public to help shape its policies, programs and legislative initiatives.
You can also view consultations and engagements at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).
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About consultation and engagement
The Government of Canada is committed to renewing the relationship with Indigenous Peoples, based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership. Consultation and engagement activities are a reflection of the government's commitment to a whole-of-government approach to Nation-to-Nation and Inuit-Crown relationships. These activities help to develop better informed and more effective policies and programs for Canadians.
CIRNAC engages in dialogue with individuals, associations, organizations and other levels of government through online surveys and feedback forms, face-to-face discussions, focus groups and other forums. In some cases, minor legislative changes are based on feedback and informal discussion that reflects regular conversations with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Northerners.
Ongoing consultation and engagement activities
- Indigenous Housing Strategy
- Engagement: Consultation and Accommodation - Guidelines for Federal Officials to Fulfill the Duty to Consult
- Renewing the Federal Comprehensive Land Claims Policy
- Building Relationships and Advancing Reconciliation through Meaningful Consultation Report to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Delivering on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.
- 2025-26 Horizontal initiative: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ People
- Redesign of the Specific Claims process
- Additions to reserve: Policy Redesign
If the consultation or engagement you are looking for is not listed, please contact the Public Enquiries Contact Centre.
Completed consultation and engagement activities
- A Matter of National and Constitutional Import: Report of the Minister's Special Representative on Reconciliation with Métis: Section 35 Métis Rights and the Manitoba Metis Federation Decision
- Initiative to modernize regulations on First Nations' decision-making: dialogue with First Nation organizations and leaders 2022 (Phase 1 ended in 2022, Phase 2 began in 2023)
- Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship: Engagement (ended 2019)
- Archived: National engagement on the recognition of Indigenous rights (ended 2018)
- Comprehensive funding agreement model: Engagement 2018 (ended 2018)
- Toward a new Arctic Policy Framework (ended 2018)
- Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act: Engagement 2017 to 2018 (ended 2018)
- Faro Mine Remediation Project Consultation: Phase 2 (ended in 2018)
- Finding solutions: Reserve Lands and Environment Management Program Engagement 2017 (ended 2017)
- A new fiscal relationship: Engagement 2017 (ended 2017)
- First Nations and Border Crossing: Engagement 2017 (ended in 2017)
- Faro Mine Remediation Project Consultation: Phase 1 (ended in 2017)
- Shared Arctic Leadership Model: Engagement 2016-2017 (ended in 2017)
If the consultation or engagement you are looking for is not listed, please contact the Public Enquiries Contact Centre.