Grant and contribution program
Program to Protect Canada's Coastlines and Waterways (Grants)
Department of Transport · Housing, infrastructure and transport
In fiscal year 2023–24, Department of Transport paid out $1.4 million under Program to Protect Canada's Coastlines and Waterways (Grants). That is $0.05 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$1.4M
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023); per person uses a population of 40,022,704 (2023). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2023–24. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salish Sea Industrial Services Ltd | Victoria, British Columbia | $500K | $0.02 |
| Vancouver Fraser Port Authority | Vancouver, British Columbia | $384K | $0.01 |
| Rugged Coast Research Society | Nanaimo, British Columbia | $250K | <$0.01 |
| Payments under $100,000 (4) | Location not stated | $241K | <$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.
← All housing, infrastructure and transport spendingHow the figures are calculated