Grant and contribution program
Contributions in support of the Impact Assessment and Regulatory System
Department of the Environment · Environment, energy and natural resources
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$3.9M
Down $277K from $4.2M in 2023–24.
$0.13per tax filer$0.09per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NatureServe Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| Payments under $100,000 (14) | Location not stated | $737K | $0.02 |
| Birds Canada | Port Rowan, Ontario | $500K | $0.02 |
| Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute | Edmonton, Alberta | $360K | $0.01 |
| Governors of the University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $200K | <$0.01 |
| Four Rivers Matawa Environmental Services Group | Thunder Bay, Ontario | $200K | <$0.01 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $184K | <$0.01 |
| Biodiversity Research Institute Inc | Portland, Maine | $175K | <$0.01 |
| Canadian Wildlife Federation | Kanata, Ontario | $150K | <$0.01 |
| Laval University | Québec, Quebec | $130K | <$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.