Grant and contribution program
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Migrant Worker Support Program
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$18.8M
$0.63per tax filer$0.46per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigrant Québec | Montréal, Quebec | $4.7M | $0.16 |
| Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office | Toronto, Ontario | $3.4M | $0.11 |
| Multi-Lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities | Vancouver, British Columbia | $2.5M | $0.09 |
| Workforce Development Board Windsor Essex | Windsor, Ontario | $2.4M | $0.08 |
| DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society | Surrey, British Columbia | $1.9M | $0.06 |
| Calgary Catholic Immigration Society | Calgary, Alberta | $1.8M | $0.06 |
| United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $685K | $0.02 |
| Polycultural Immigrant & Community Services | Toronto, Ontario | $671K | $0.02 |
| Atlantic Region Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (ARAISA) | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $577K | $0.02 |
| Association for New Canadians | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | $132K | <$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.