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Spending program

Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Transformation Initiative

Department of Employment and Social Development · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $369 million on Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Transformation Initiative, up from $285 million in 2023–24. That is $12.32 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$369M

0.9% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2024–25.

Up $84.0M from $285M in 2023–24.

$12.32per tax filer$8.97per 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.

Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Transformation Initiative, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Transformation Initiative, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$11.8M
2019–20$121M
2020–21$197M
2021–22$176M
2022–23$232M
2023–24$285M
2024–25$369M

Source and basis

  • GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.

← All indigenous services and reconciliation spendingHow the figures are calculated