Grant and contribution program
Settlement Program
Department of Citizenship and Immigration · Immigration, refugees and citizenship
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$1.1B
Up $47.0M from $1.1B in 2023–24.
$36.96per tax filer$26.90per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA Canada | Toronto, Ontario | $47.1M | $1.57 |
| Success | Vancouver, British Columbia | $25.9M | $0.86 |
| Toronto District School Board | Toronto, Ontario | $25.3M | $0.84 |
| Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $19.8M | $0.66 |
| Calgary Catholic Immigration Society | Calgary, Alberta | $16.4M | $0.55 |
| Immigrant Services Society of BC | Vancouver, British Columbia | $16.4M | $0.55 |
| Achev | Mississauga, Ontario | $15.5M | $0.52 |
| COSTI Immigrant Services | Toronto, Ontario | $14.8M | $0.49 |
| Catholic Crosscultural Services | Toronto, Ontario | $13.4M | $0.45 |
| Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities | Vancouver, British Columbia | $12.9M | $0.43 |
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.