Grant and contribution program
Contributions in support of Indigenous participation in dialogues
Department of Natural Resources · Indigenous services and reconciliation
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$4.3M
Up $1.9M from $2.4M in 2023–24.
$0.14per tax filer$0.11per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments under $100,000 (52) | Location not stated | $1.5M | $0.05 |
| Nunavut Tunngavik Inc | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $450K | $0.02 |
| Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $300K | $0.01 |
| First Nations Forestry Council | Nanaimo, British Columbia | $275K | <$0.01 |
| BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council | North Vancouver, British Columbia | $275K | <$0.01 |
| Dene Nation | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $260K | <$0.01 |
| Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn | Millbrook, Nova Scotia | $225K | <$0.01 |
| Manitoba Métis Federation | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $173K | <$0.01 |
| Tlicho Government | Behchoko, Northwest Territories | $150K | <$0.01 |
| Métis National Council | Ottawa, Ontario | $150K | <$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.