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Spending program

Funding the production of Canadian content

Telefilm Canada · Culture, heritage and sport

In fiscal year 2024–25, Telefilm Canada spent $105 million on Funding the production of Canadian content, down from $107 million in 2023–24. That is $3.51 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$105M

2.3% of Culture, heritage and sport spending in 2024–25.

Down $1.9M from $107M in 2023–24.

$3.51per tax filer$2.56per 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.

Funding the production of Canadian content, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Funding the production of Canadian content, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$70.0M
2019–20$77.4M
2020–21$92.1M
2021–22$91.2M
2022–23$106M
2023–24$107M
2024–25$105M

Source and basis

  • GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.

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