Grant and contribution program
Contributions to promote social and political development in the North and for Northerners
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs · Northern and regional development
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$60.7M
Up $25.0M from $35.7M in 2023–24.
$2.03per tax filer$1.47per 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. | Fort Smith, Northwest Territories | $4.0M | $0.13 |
| North Slave Metis Alliance | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $2.6M | $0.09 |
| Yellowknives Dene First Nation | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $1.9M | $0.06 |
| Makivik Corporation | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $1.3M | $0.05 |
| Government Of Nunavut | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $1.1M | $0.04 |
| Fort Simpson Metis Local #52 | Saint-Laurent, Quebec | $936K | $0.03 |
| Ilitaqsiniq | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $800K | $0.03 |
| Treaty Aboriginal Rights Research Centre Manitoba | Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories | $658K | $0.02 |
| Northwest Territory Metis Nation | Location not stated | $640K | $0.02 |
| University Of Saskatchewan | Rankin Inlet, Nunavut | $600K | $0.02 |
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.