Grant and contribution program
Grants to reimburse treaty negotiation loans to Indigenous groups who have settled a comprehensive land claim
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs · Indigenous services and reconciliation
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$94.1M
Up $0 from $94.1M in 2023–24.
$3.14per tax filer$2.29per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisga'A Nation | New Aiyansh, British Columbia | $15.7M | $0.53 |
| Nunatsiavut Government | Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador | $13.0M | $0.43 |
| Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $11.3M | $0.38 |
| Tlicho Government | Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories | $6.3M | $0.21 |
| Kwanlin Dun First Nation | Whitehorse, Yukon | $4.5M | $0.15 |
| Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross, Yukon | $4.0M | $0.13 |
| Makivik Corporation | Saint-Laurent, Quebec | $3.6M | $0.12 |
| Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvik, Northwest Territories | $3.6M | $0.12 |
| Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated | Deline, Northwest Territories | $3.4M | $0.11 |
| Tr'Ondëk Hwëch'In | Dawson City, Yukon | $2.9M | $0.10 |
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.