Grant and contribution program
Contributions to individuals and organizations to support health promotion projects in the areas of building community capacity, stimulating knowledge development and dissemination, and partnership building/intersectoral collaboration
Public Health Agency of Canada · Health
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$171M
Down $58.4M from $229M in 2023–24.
$5.69per tax filer$4.14per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Toronto, Ontario | $48.8M | $1.63 |
| McMaster University | Hamilton, Ontario | $5.9M | $0.20 |
| Government of Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $5.9M | $0.20 |
| ParticipACTION | Toronto, Ontario | $5.0M | $0.17 |
| University of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | $5.0M | $0.17 |
| Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange | Toronto, Ontario | $3.9M | $0.13 |
| Payments under $100,000 (55) | Location not stated | $3.1M | $0.10 |
| Kids Help Phone | Toronto, Ontario | $2.5M | $0.08 |
| University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $2.4M | $0.08 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | Toronto, Ontario | $2.2M | $0.07 |
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.