Grant and contribution program
Contributions under the Community Futures Program
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency · Northern and regional development
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$12.8M
Down $1.3M from $14.1M in 2023–24.
$0.43per tax filer$0.31per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Association of Community Business Development Corporations | Mulgrave, Nova Scotia | $1.7M | $0.06 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Community Business Development Corporation | Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador | $385K | $0.01 |
| CBDC Kent | Bouctouche, New Brunswick | $328K | $0.01 |
| Northern Opportunities for Business Limited | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | $327K | $0.01 |
| Guysborough County Community Business Development Corporation Limited | Guysborough, Nova Scotia | $326K | $0.01 |
| CBDC Chaleur Inc | Bathurst, New Brunswick | $326K | $0.01 |
| Active Communities Lending Inc | Montague, Prince Edward Island | $322K | $0.01 |
| East Prince Development Inc | Summerside, Prince Edward Island | $311K | $0.01 |
| Annapolis Ventures Limited | Bridgetown, Nova Scotia | $309K | $0.01 |
| CBDC Madawaska Inc | Edmundston, New Brunswick | $304K | $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.