Grant and contribution program
Rail Safety Improvement Contribution Program
Department of Transport · Housing, infrastructure and transport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$36.5M
Down $5.2M from $41.7M in 2023–24.
$1.22per tax filer$0.89per 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 | Gatineau, Quebec | $10.0M | $0.33 |
| Canadian National Railway Company | Montréal, Quebec | $4.7M | $0.16 |
| Battle River Railway NGC Inc | Forestburg, Alberta | $2.7M | $0.09 |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | Calgary, Alberta | $1.5M | $0.05 |
| Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway | Sept-Îles, Quebec | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| Metrolinx | Toronto, Ontario | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| Hudson Bay Railway Corporation | The Pas, Manitoba | $1.2M | $0.04 |
| Payments under $100,000 (28) | Location not stated | $1.1M | $0.04 |
| VIA Rail Canada Inc | Montréal, Quebec | $1.0M | $0.03 |
| City of Abbotsford | Abbotsford, British Columbia | $993K | $0.03 |
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.