Grant and contribution program
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · Housing, infrastructure and transport
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities paid out $268 million under Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund. That is $8.95 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$268M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta | $30.6M | $1.02 |
| Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk | Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories | $24.1M | $0.80 |
| Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing | Quebec, Quebec | $14.9M | $0.50 |
| Quebec Ministry of Finance (previously reported as Minister of Finance of Quebec) | Quebec, Quebec | $14.1M | $0.47 |
| City of Surrey | Surrey, British Columbia | $13.9M | $0.46 |
| City of Kingston | Kingston, Ontario | $10.8M | $0.36 |
| City of Kitchener | Kitchener, Ontario | $10.7M | $0.36 |
| City of Iqaluit | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $10.3M | $0.34 |
| City of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $10.2M | $0.34 |
| British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | Victoria, British Columbia | $9.2M | $0.31 |
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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