Grant and contribution program
Substance Use and Addictions Program
Department of Health · Health
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$123M
Down $19.0M from $142M in 2023–24.
$4.10per tax filer$2.99per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government of Quebec | Québec, Quebec | $25.0M | $0.83 |
| Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction | Ottawa, Ontario | $11.0M | $0.37 |
| AIDS Vancouver Island Health & Community Services Society | Victoria, British Columbia | $4.8M | $0.16 |
| Payments under $100,000 (48) | Location not stated | $2.6M | $0.09 |
| South Riverdale Community Health Centre | Toronto, Ontario | $2.1M | $0.07 |
| City of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Toronto, Ontario | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| Pathways to Recovery | Ottawa, Ontario | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| Vancouver Coastal Health Authority | Vancouver, British Columbia | $1.9M | $0.06 |
| Marten Falls First Nation | Ogoki, Ontario | $1.9M | $0.06 |
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.