Grant and contribution program
Grants to Land Claim Organizations, Self-Government Agreement Holders and First Nations Organizations to Support Harvesting Of Country Foods and Grants to Northern Communities In Support of Market Food Access
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs · Indigenous services and reconciliation
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$40.3M
Down $1.2M from $41.5M in 2023–24.
$1.34per tax filer$0.98per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $9.9M | $0.33 |
| Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. | Thompson, Manitoba | $7.5M | $0.25 |
| Makivik Corporation | Saint-Laurent, Quebec | $4.9M | $0.16 |
| Island Lake Tribal Council Inc. | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $3.3M | $0.11 |
| Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvik, Northwest Territories | $2.6M | $0.09 |
| Nunatsiavut Government | Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador | $2.3M | $0.08 |
| Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training | Thunder Bay, Ontario | $1.7M | $0.06 |
| Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Employment & Training Initiatives Organization | Sioux Lookout, Ontario | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| Mushkegowuk Tribal Council | Moose Factory, Ontario | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| Southeast Resource Development Council Corp. | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $954K | $0.03 |
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.