Grant and contribution program
Grants to support the Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program
Department of Canadian Heritage · Indigenous services and reconciliation
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$11.7M
Up $10.8M from $875K in 2023–24.
$0.39per tax filer$0.28per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages | Ottawa, Ontario | $11.5M | $0.39 |
| Mosquito Grizzly Bear'S Head Lean Man First Nation | Cando, Saskatchewan | $100K | <$0.01 |
| Payments under $100,000 (3) | Location not stated | $32K | <$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.