Grant and contribution program
New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities Fund
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · Housing, infrastructure and transport
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities paid out $39.7 million under New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities Fund. That is $1.32 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$39.7M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec Ministry of Finance (previously reported as Minister of Finance of Quebec) | Quebec, Quebec | $8.9M | $0.30 |
| Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure | Toronto, Ontario | $8.6M | $0.29 |
| Yukon Ministry of Community Services | Whitehorse, Yukon | $7.4M | $0.25 |
| Government of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $6.0M | $0.20 |
| Northwest Territories Ministry of Municipal and Community Affairs | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $3.7M | $0.12 |
| Nunavut Ministry of Community and Government Services | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $2.0M | $0.07 |
| Province of Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $1.9M | $0.06 |
| British Columbia Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing | Victoria, British Columbia | $590K | $0.02 |
| New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government | Fredericton, New Brunswick | $426K | $0.01 |
| Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | Regina, Saskatchewan | $246K | <$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.
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