Grant and contribution program
Women's Program – Grants 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 2024–25
$4.2M
$0.14per tax filer$0.10per 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 (32) | Location not stated | $1.6M | $0.05 |
| Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | $344K | $0.01 |
| L'Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne | Ottawa, Ontario | $261K | <$0.01 |
| The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) | Gatineau, Québec | $236K | <$0.01 |
| Groupe Femmes, Politique et Démocratie | Québec, Québec | $207K | <$0.01 |
| Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak | Ottawa, Ontario | $200K | <$0.01 |
| Manitoba Association of Women's Shelters Inc. | Winkler, Manitoba | $194K | <$0.01 |
| The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University | Montréal, Québec | $178K | <$0.01 |
| The Joy Smith Foundation Inc. | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $170K | <$0.01 |
| Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society | Vancouver, British Columbia | $164K | <$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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