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Spending program

Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development

Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Indigenous Services spent $101 million on Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development, down from $116 million in 2021–22. That is $3.48 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2022–23

$101M

0.3% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2022–23.

Down $15.6M from $116M in 2021–22.

$3.48per tax filer$2.58per person

Per tax filer uses 28,934,120 tax filers (2022); per person uses a population of 38,945,628 (2022). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2019–20$22.8M
2020–21$318M
2021–22$116M
2022–23$101M

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.

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