Grant and contribution program
Contributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$382M
Up $29.6M from $352M in 2023–24.
$12.73per tax filer$9.27per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Province of Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | $104M | $3.46 |
| Ministre des Finances du Québec | Quebec, Quebec | $64.0M | $2.13 |
| Province of New Brunswick | Fredericton, New Brunswick | $33.2M | $1.11 |
| Government of Alberta - Provincial | Edmonton, Alberta | $17.0M | $0.57 |
| Province of Manitoba | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $13.4M | $0.45 |
| Ministry of Finance, Province of British Columbia | Victoria, British Columbia | $13.0M | $0.43 |
| Provincial Treasurer, Province of Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $12.1M | $0.41 |
| Government of the Northwest Territories | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $10.8M | $0.36 |
| Government of Yukon Department of Education | Whitehorse, Yukon | $8.1M | $0.27 |
| Government of Saskatchewan | Regina, Saskatchewan | $6.2M | $0.21 |
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.