Grant and contribution program
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program – Grants to support capacity building and community-level work of Canadian organizations for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and additional sexually and gender diverse (2SLGBTQI+) people in Canada
Department for Women and Gender Equality · Disability, accessibility and social programs
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$2.4M
$0.08per tax filer$0.06per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments under $100,000 (18) | Location not stated | $663K | $0.02 |
| Divers-Gens | Granby, Québec | $289K | <$0.01 |
| Conseil québécois LGBT | Montréal, Québec | $238K | <$0.01 |
| Divergenres | Québec, Québec | $226K | <$0.01 |
| Quadrangle LGBTQ Community Centre Inc. | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | $183K | <$0.01 |
| Cercle de Jeunes Rainbow GTA | Pickering, Ontario | $180K | <$0.01 |
| GRIS-Québec | Québec, Québec | $147K | <$0.01 |
| Dignity Seniors Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $117K | <$0.01 |
| Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $113K | <$0.01 |
| Archives lesbiennes du Québec | Montréal, Québec | $109K | <$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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