Grant and contribution program
Contributions in support of the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund
Department of Natural Resources · Environment, energy and natural resources
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Natural Resources paid out $7.3 million under Contributions in support of the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund. That is $0.24 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$7.3M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McIlvenna Bay Operating Ltd | Vancouver, British Columbia | $2.7M | $0.09 |
| Torngat Metals Ltd | Montréal, Quebec | $1.2M | $0.04 |
| Province of British Columbia | Victoria, British Columbia | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Frontier Lithium Inc | Val Caron, Ontario | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Government of Northwest Territories | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $391K | $0.01 |
| Yukon Development Corporation | Whitehorse, Yukon | $283K | <$0.01 |
| Dumont Nickel LP | Toronto, Ontario | $225K | <$0.01 |
| Denison Mines Corp | Toronto, Ontario | $168K | <$0.01 |
| E3 Lithium Ltd | Calgary, Alberta | $166K | <$0.01 |
| Payments under $100,000 (2) | Location not stated | $116K | <$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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