Grant and contribution program
Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care
Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Indigenous Services paid out $3.5 billion under Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care, up from $3.0 billion in 2023–24. That is $117 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$3.5B
Up $484M from $3.0B in 2023–24.
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.
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| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023–24 | $3.0B |
| 2024–25 | $3.5B |
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 Nunavut - Department of Health | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $121M | $4.04 |
| Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Secretariat Inc. | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $90.7M | $3.03 |
| Meadow Lake Tribal Council | Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan | $48.5M | $1.62 |
| First Nations Health Consortium Ltd. | Edmonton, Alberta | $45.3M | $1.51 |
| Government of the Northwest Territories | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $44.0M | $1.47 |
| First Nations Health Authority | West Vancouver, British Columbia | $41.5M | $1.38 |
| PADC Management Company Ltd. | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | $39.8M | $1.33 |
| Six Nations of the Grand River | Ohsweken, Ontario | $38.9M | $1.30 |
| STC Health & Family Services Inc. | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $38.8M | $1.30 |
| Sandy Lake First Nation | Sandy Lake, Ontario | $30.9M | $1.03 |
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.
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