Grant and contribution program
Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and Inuit
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs · Indigenous services and reconciliation
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs paid out $63.7 million under Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and Inuit, up from $62.5 million in 2023–24. That is $2.13 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$63.7M
Up $1.2M from $62.5M 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 | $62.5M |
| 2024–25 | $63.7M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNWT - Health And Social Services | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $35.9M | $1.20 |
| Government Of Nunavut - Department Of Health | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $27.8M | $0.93 |
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.
← All indigenous services and reconciliation spendingHow the figures are calculated