Grant and contribution program
(S) Payments in connection with the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (S.C., 1997, c. C-34)
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food paid out $122 million under (S) Payments in connection with the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (S.C., 1997, c. C-34), down from $143 million in 2023–24. That is $4.08 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$122M
Down $20.9M from $143M in 2023–24.
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.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023–24 | $143M |
| 2024–25 | $122M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Toronto, Ontario | $78.7M | $2.63 |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | Toronto, Ontario | $30.3M | $1.01 |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | Toronto, Ontario | $14.7M | $0.49 |
| Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec | Montréal, Quebec | $8.0M | $0.27 |
| National Bank of Canada | Montréal, Quebec | $7.4M | $0.25 |
| Access Credit Union | Carman, Manitoba | $3.1M | $0.10 |
| Bank of Montreal Financial Group | Toronto, Ontario | $2.7M | $0.09 |
| Farm Credit Canada | Guelph, Ontario | $877K | $0.03 |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $646K | $0.02 |
| Alberta Treasury Branches Financial | Edmonton, Alberta | $458K | $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.
← All industry, agriculture and fisheries spendingHow the figures are calculated