Grant and contribution program
Contributions under the Advancing Accessibility Standards Research Program
Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization · Disability, accessibility and social programs
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$8.1M
Up $349K from $7.8M in 2023–24.
$0.27per tax filer$0.20per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario College of Art and Design University | Toronto, Ontario | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| University Health Network | Toronto, Ontario | $883K | $0.03 |
| Canadian National Institute for the Blind | Toronto, Ontario | $516K | $0.02 |
| Carleton University | Ottawa, Ontario | $483K | $0.02 |
| Université Laval | Quebec, Quebec | $472K | $0.02 |
| Dalhousie University | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $319K | $0.01 |
| Payments under $100,000 (3) | Location not stated | $270K | <$0.01 |
| The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work | Toronto, Ontario | $250K | <$0.01 |
| Work Wellness Disability Prevention Institute | Burnaby, British Columbia | $250K | <$0.01 |
| Deafblind Community Services | London, Ontario | $250K | <$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.
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