Grant and contribution program
(S) Grant payments for the Dairy Direct Payment Program (Farm Income Protection Act)
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$245M
Down $49.0M from $294M in 2023–24.
$8.18per tax filer$5.95per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments under $100,000 (8,591) | Location not stated | $203M | $6.77 |
| Province of Ontario (Names Withheld - 67 Recipients) | Toronto, Ontario | $9.9M | $0.33 |
| Province of British Columbia (Names Withheld - 52 Recipients) | Victoria, British Columbia | $9.6M | $0.32 |
| Province of Quebec (Names Withheld - 46 Recipients) | Québec, Quebec | $6.8M | $0.23 |
| Province of Alberta (Names Withheld - 37 Recipients) | Edmonton, Alberta | $5.4M | $0.18 |
| Province of Manitoba (Names Withheld - 21 Recipients) | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | $4.7M | $0.16 |
| Province of Saskatchewan (Names Withheld - 17 Recipients) | Regina, Saskatchewan | $3.3M | $0.11 |
| Province of Nova Scotia (Names Withheld - 8 Recipients) | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Province of New Brunswick (Names Withheld - 5 Recipients) | Fredericton, New Brunswick | $609K | $0.02 |
| Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Names Withheld - 3 Recipients) | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | $562K | $0.02 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.