Grant and contribution program
Contributions for the Innovative Communities Fund
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency · Northern and regional development
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$58.0M
Down $9.8M from $67.7M in 2023–24.
$1.94per tax filer$1.41per 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 (144) | Location not stated | $6.0M | $0.20 |
| Pointe-du-Chêne Harbour Authority Inc | Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick | $3.7M | $0.12 |
| Cape Breton University | Sydney, Nova Scotia | $3.2M | $0.11 |
| The Charlottetown Yacht Club | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | $2.8M | $0.09 |
| Town of Port Hawkesbury | Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia | $2.6M | $0.09 |
| Town of Pictou | Pictou, Nova Scotia | $1.8M | $0.06 |
| Harbour Authority of North Rustico | North Rustico, Prince Edward Island | $1.7M | $0.06 |
| Ship Hector Society | Pictou, Nova Scotia | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| Summer Street Industries Society | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| Gateway Village Corporation | Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador | $1.5M | $0.05 |
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.