Grant and contribution program
Permanent Public Transit Program
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · Housing, infrastructure and transport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$411M
$13.72per tax filer$9.99per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $253M | $8.45 |
| City of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | $54.3M | $1.81 |
| Regional Municipality of York | Newmarket, Ontario | $9.7M | $0.32 |
| Langs Bus Lines Limited | Strathroy, Ontario | $8.4M | $0.28 |
| Association of School Transportation Services of British Columbia | Victoria, British Columbia | $6.1M | $0.20 |
| British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | Victoria, British Columbia | $5.3M | $0.18 |
| Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission | Canmore, Alberta | $4.2M | $0.14 |
| Payments under $100,000 (79) | Location not stated | $3.8M | $0.13 |
| Credit Valley Conservation Authority | Mississauga, Ontario | $2.7M | $0.09 |
| Tsleil-Waututh Nation | Tsleil-Waututh, British Columbia | $2.6M | $0.09 |
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.