Grant and contribution program
Grants in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Canadian Heritage paid out $22.0 million under Grants in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program, down from $23.1 million in 2023–24. That is $0.73 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$22.0M
Down $1.1M from $23.1M 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.
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| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023–24 | $23.1M |
| 2024–25 | $22.0M |
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 (226) | Location not stated | $10.8M | $0.36 |
| Assemblée Communautaire Fransaskoise (A.C.F.) Inc | Regina, Saskatchewan | $269K | <$0.01 |
| Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence | Metis-sur-Mer, Quebec | $263K | <$0.01 |
| Association francophone des parents du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc | Dieppe, New Brunswick | $237K | <$0.01 |
| Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario | Ottawa, Ontario | $216K | <$0.01 |
| La Fédération culturelle de L'Île-du-Prince-Édouard Inc | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | $200K | <$0.01 |
| La société Saint-Pierre | Cheticamp, Nova Scotia | $172K | <$0.01 |
| Literary and Historical Society of Quebec | Quebec, Quebec | $171K | <$0.01 |
| Réseau des cégeps et des collèges francophones du Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $170K | <$0.01 |
| La Fédération des parents de L'Île-Du-Prince-Édouard Inc | Summerside, Prince Edward Island | $167K | <$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.
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