Grant and contribution program
Payments to the provinces, territories, municipalities, Indian band councils and recognized authorities representing Indians on reserve, Indian communities on Crown land and Inuit communities, for the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness · Indigenous services and reconciliation
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness paid out $260 million under Payments to the provinces, territories, municipalities, Indian band councils and recognized authorities representing Indians on reserve, Indian communities on Crown land and Inuit communities, for the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, up from $218 million in 2023–24. That is $8.69 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$260M
Up $42.8M from $218M 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 | $218M |
| 2024–25 | $260M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kativik Regional Government | Kuujjuaq, Quebec | $43.5M | $1.45 |
| Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Board | Thunder Bay, Ontario | $36.2M | $1.21 |
| Treaty Three Police Service Board | Kenora, Ontario | $20.9M | $0.70 |
| Anishinabek Police Governing Authority | Garden River, Ontario | $19.4M | $0.65 |
| Cree Regional Authority | Nemaska, Quebec | $17.0M | $0.57 |
| Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Inc | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | $13.6M | $0.46 |
| Province of Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | $10.4M | $0.35 |
| UCCM Anishnaabe Police Services Commission | M'Chigeeng, Ontario | $8.5M | $0.28 |
| Blood Tribe | Standoff, Alberta | $6.3M | $0.21 |
| Six Nations of the Grand River | Ohsweken, Ontario | $6.0M | $0.20 |
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.
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