Grant and contribution program
Contributions to the Canada Book Fund
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$10.7M
Down $9.8M from $20.4M in 2023–24.
$0.36per tax filer$0.26per 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 (65) | Location not stated | $2.5M | $0.08 |
| Livres Canada Books | Ottawa, Ontario | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| Éditions Phidal Inc | Montreal, Quebec | $716K | $0.02 |
| Booknet Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $587K | $0.02 |
| University of Toronto Press | Toronto, Ontario | $431K | $0.01 |
| Groupe Fides Inc | Anjou, Quebec | $310K | $0.01 |
| Ecw Press Ltd | Toronto, Ontario | $283K | <$0.01 |
| Robert Rose Inc | Toronto, Ontario | $278K | <$0.01 |
| McGill-Queen's University Press | Montreal, Quebec | $268K | <$0.01 |
| Pratico Édition Cuisine Inc | Quebec, Quebec | $260K | <$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.