Ontario Delivers Civil Remedies Grants to Fund Local Anti-Human Trafficking Programs

TORONTO, ON — The Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario announced the distribution of $6.2 million in grant funding Friday under the 2026–2028 Civil Remedies Grant Program to support community crime prevention and victim rehabilitation initiatives.

Reinvesting Forfeited Criminal Assets

The funding, derived entirely from civil court forfeitures of unlawful property and proceeds of crime, will support 34 municipal and regional police partnerships alongside community non-profit agencies.

"We are taking money directly out of the hands of criminal enterprises and reinvesting it into life-saving programs for survivors of human trafficking and intimate partner violence," stated Attorney General Doug Downey at Queen's Park.

Targeted Regional Programs

Grants include specialized crisis shelter funding in Peel Region, specialized digital forensics software for Northern Ontario child exploitation units, and mobile survivor outreach vans operated by Indigenous health centres in Sudbury and Thunder Bay.