Grant and contribution program
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
Department of Health · Health
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$76.9M
Down $2.6M from $79.6M in 2023–24.
$2.57per tax filer$1.87per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Vancouver, British Columbia | $29.7M | $0.99 |
| Health Workforce Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $5.2M | $0.17 |
| Medical Council of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $4.6M | $0.15 |
| Unity Health Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $3.0M | $0.10 |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia | $2.8M | $0.09 |
| Government of Quebec | Québec, Quebec | $2.4M | $0.08 |
| Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $1.8M | $0.06 |
| Provincial Health Services Authority | Burnaby, British Columbia | $1.7M | $0.06 |
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Toronto, Ontario | $1.7M | $0.06 |
| McMaster University | Hamilton, Ontario | $1.5M | $0.05 |
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.