Grant and contribution program
Women's Program - Contributions to women's and other voluntary organizations for the purpose of furthering women's participation in Canadian society
Department for Women and Gender Equality · Disability, accessibility and social programs
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$79.3M
$2.65per tax filer$1.98per person
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundations of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $7.2M | $0.24 |
| Payments under $100,000 (98) | Location not stated | $5.5M | $0.18 |
| Canadian Women's Foundation | Toronto, Ontario | $3.9M | $0.13 |
| Food Banks Canada | Mississauga, Ontario | $3.1M | $0.10 |
| Government of Ontario | Oshawa, Ontario | $2.8M | $0.09 |
| Assembly of First Nations | Ottawa, Ontario | $2.4M | $0.08 |
| Government of Quebec | Québec, Quebec | $2.1M | $0.07 |
| LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact | Toronto, Ontario | $1.3M | $0.04 |
| Government of British Columbia | Victoria, British Columbia | $1.2M | $0.04 |
| Government of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $1.1M | $0.04 |
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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