| AANDC | Affairs and Northern Development Canada |
| AAS | Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat's |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACC | Aboriginal Capital Corporations |
| ACDF | Aboriginal Community Development Fund |
| ACFDC | Aboriginal Community Futures Development Corporations |
| ACOA | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency |
| ADL | Aboriginal Developmental Lenders |
| AFI | Aboriginal Financial Institutions |
| AFN | Assembly of First Nations |
| ALUS | Alternative Land Use Services |
| APS | Aboriginal Peoples Survey |
| ART | Aboriginal Resource Tax |
| ATR | Additions to Reserve |
| BCAAFC | BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres |
| BCFNDGI | British Columbia First Nations’ Data Governance Initiative |
| BCR | Band Council Resolution |
| BDC | Business Development Bank of Canada |
| BEST | Business and Entrepreneurship Skills Training |
| BNAA | British North America Act |
| BWA | Boil water advisory |
| CAB | Certification for Aboriginal-owned businesses |
| CAU | Consultation and Accommodation Unit |
| CCAB | Canadian Council of Aboriginal Businesses |
| CCP | Comprehensive Community Planning |
| CCPP | Comprehensive Community Planning Program |
| CCSA | Contract Capacity Set-Asides |
| CDGI | Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure |
| CEAA | Canadian Environmental Assessment Act |
| CFI | Carbon Farming Initiative |
| CFO | Community futures organisations |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| CIRNAC | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| COMFIT | Community Feed-In-Tariff |
| CROP | Community and Opportunities Planning |
| CWB | Community Well-being |
| DGIC | Director General Investment Committee |
| DNC | Do not consume |
| DNU | Do not use |
| DWA | Drinking water advisories |
| EA | Environmental assessment |
| EBD | Entrepreneurship and Business Development |
| EDC | Economic development corporations |
| ESDC | Employment and Social Development Canada |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FHRMIRA | Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act |
| FLERC | Frog Lake Energy Resource Corporation |
| FMA | Fiscal Management Act |
| FNCIDA | First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act |
| FNFA | First Nations Finance Authority |
| FNFMA | First Nations Fiscal Management Act |
| FNFMB | First Nations Financial Management Board |
| FNIGC | First Nations Information Governance Centre |
| FNLMA | First Nations Land Management Act |
| FNSI | First Nations Statistical Institute |
| FNTC | First Nations Tax Commission |
| FNU | First Nations University |
| FPIC | Free, prior, and informed consent |
| FPT | Federal Provincial Territorial |
| FPTIF | Federal, Provincial, Territorial and Indigenous Forum |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GNWT | Government of the Northwest Territories |
| GVC | Global Value Chains |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HHL | Hawaiian home lands |
| HKKAR | He kai kei aku ringa |
| IAO | Inter-governments Affairs Office |
| IBA | Impact-benefit agreements |
| IBA | Indigenous Business Australia |
| IGF | Indigenous Growth Fund |
| IIPH | Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health |
| INAC | Indigenous leadership and community |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPA | Indigenous Protected Areas |
| IPP | Indigenous Procurement Policy |
| ISAA | Intergovernmental Strategic Aboriginal Alignment |
| ISC | Indigenous Services Canada |
| ISCC | Indian Specific Claims Commission |
| ISET | Indigenous Skills and Employment Training |
| ISIA | Intergovernmental Strategic Indigenous Alignment |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| KKETS | Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services |
| KMK | Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn |
| KRLUP | Keewatin Regional Land Use Plan |
| MOC | Memorandum of Collaboration |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MTCC | Membertou Trade and Convention Centre |
| NACCA | National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association |
| NAEDB | National Aboriginal Economic Development Board |
| NAEOP | Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NAN | Nishnawbe Aski Nation |
| NBRLUP | North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan |
| NEAHR | Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research |
| NEF | Nunavut Economic Forum |
| NHS | National Household Survey |
| NIO | National Indigenous Organisations |
| NOC | National Occupational Classification |
| NPC | Nunavut Planning Commission |
| NTI | Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated |
| NWT | Northwest Territories |
| OCAP | Ownership, Control, Access and Possession |
| OSR | Own-source revenues |
| PAR | Progressive Aboriginal Relations |
| PES | Payments for Environmental Services |
| PPP | Public private partnerships |
| PR | Predominantly rural |
| PSAB | Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business |
| PU | Predominantly urban |
| RCAP | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples |
| RDA | Regional Development Agencies |
| RDPC | Regional Development Policy Committee |
| REACHE | Responsible Energy Approaches for Community Heat and Electricity |
| REGI | Regional Economic Growth through Innovation |
| RPF | Registered Professional Forester |
| SAO | Senior Administrative Officer |
| SCC | Supreme Court of Canada |
| SCLU | Social, cultural, and land use |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SGS | St’at’mic Government Services |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SPI | Strategic Partnerships Initiative |
| SSHRC | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| SSRP | South Saskatchewan Regional Plan |
| TCR | Tribal Council Resolution |
| TKUA | Traditional Knowledge and Use Assessment |
| TLE | Treaty Land Entitlement |
| TRC | Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development in Canada
