Grant and contribution program
(S) Territorial Financing (Part I.1 - Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act)
Department of Finance · General support to provinces and territories
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Finance paid out $5.2 billion under (S) Territorial Financing (Part I.1 - Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act), up from $4.8 billion in 2023–24. That is $172 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$5.2B
Up $325M from $4.8B in 2023–24.
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.
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| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023–24 | $4.8B |
| 2024–25 | $5.2B |
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 Territory | Iqaluit, Nunavut | $2.1B | $70.40 |
| Northwest Territories | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | $1.7B | $56.71 |
| Yukon Territory | Whitehorse, Yukon | $1.4B | $45.06 |
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.
← All general support to provinces and territories spendingHow the figures are calculated