Grant and contribution program
Grants in Support of the CanExport Program
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development · International affairs and development
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$34.4M
Up $2.9M from $31.5M in 2023–24.
$1.15per tax filer$0.84per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Research Council of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $30.2M | $1.01 |
| Payments under $100,000 (81) | Location not stated | $2.3M | $0.08 |
| Montréal International | Montreal, Quebec | $354K | $0.01 |
| Aéro Montréal | Montreal, Quebec | $323K | $0.01 |
| Waterloo Region Economic Development Corporation | Kitchener, Ontario | $280K | <$0.01 |
| Invest Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | $258K | <$0.01 |
| Toronto Global | Toronto, Ontario | $223K | <$0.01 |
| Metro Vancouver | Burnaby, British Columbia | $194K | <$0.01 |
| Québec International | Québec, Quebec | $177K | <$0.01 |
| Finance Montréal | Montreal, Quebec | $136K | <$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.