Grant and contribution program
Grants for Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Program
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2023–24, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness paid out $2.8 million under Grants for Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Program. That is $0.09 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$2.8M
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023); per person uses a population of 40,022,704 (2023). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2023–24. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Municipality | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $731K | $0.02 |
| Province of Manitoba | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $516K | $0.02 |
| City of Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia | $516K | $0.02 |
| City of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $516K | $0.02 |
| City of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | $516K | $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.
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