Spending program
Investigator-Initiated Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research · Research and science
In fiscal year 2024–25, Canadian Institutes of Health Research spent $872 million on Investigator-Initiated Research, up from $836 million in 2023–24. That is $29.09 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$872M
14.6% of Research and science spending in 2024–25.
Up $35.9M from $836M in 2023–24.
$29.09per tax filer$21.18per 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.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $748M |
| 2019–20 | $782M |
| 2020–21 | $860M |
| 2021–22 | $848M |
| 2022–23 | $820M |
| 2023–24 | $836M |
| 2024–25 | $872M |
Source and basis
- GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.
← All research and science spendingHow the figures are calculated