Grant and contribution program
Contributions to support the Canada Media Fund
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$229M
Up $12.0M from $217M in 2023–24.
$7.65per tax filer$5.57per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Media Fund Corporation | Toronto, Ontario | $219M | $7.31 |
| Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc | Ottawa, Ontario | $5.5M | $0.18 |
| Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Incorporated | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $1.5M | $0.05 |
| 4517466 Canada Inc | Montreal, Quebec | $1.2M | $0.04 |
| Accessible Media Inc | Toronto, Ontario | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Tv5 Quebec-Canada | Montreal, Quebec | $771K | $0.03 |
| Broadcasting Participation Fund (Bpf), Inc | Ottawa, Ontario | $250K | <$0.01 |
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.