Grant and contribution program
Labour Funding Program
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$15.9M
Up $1.2M from $14.6M in 2023–24.
$0.53per tax filer$0.39per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Labour Organization | Genève, Switzerland | $8.7M | $0.29 |
| Unifor | Toronto, Ontario | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Pan American Development Foundation | Washington, District of Columbia | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Steelworkers Humanity Fund | Toronto, Ontario | $898K | $0.03 |
| Ryerson University | Toronto, Ontario | $828K | $0.03 |
| Institutes for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society | Toronto, Ontario | $582K | $0.02 |
| Black Women Business Network | Surrey, British Columbia | $523K | $0.02 |
| Community Business Development Corporation Restigouche | Campbellton, New Brunswick | $511K | $0.02 |
| ITANS Information Technology Industry Alliance of Nova Scotia | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | $478K | $0.02 |
| Realize | Toronto, Ontario | $347K | $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.