Section 4: Transfer payments

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(in dollars)

Description Source of authorities Disposition of authorities
Available from previous years Main Estimates Supplementary Estimates Adjustments, warrants and transfers Total available for use Used in the current year Variance Available for use in subsequent years Used in the previous year
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Grants
Grants to First Nations to settle specific claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal, and to Indigenous groups to settle special claims – 2,327,853,678 2,578,193,263 (negative 1,284,602) 4,904,762,339 3,556,998,173 1,347,764,166 – 386,908,348
Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 Rights – 1,282,469,570 630,475,005 (negative 3,890,320) 1,909,054,255 1,878,534,219 30,520,036 – 1,166,299,840
Grants to reimburse treaty negotiation loans to Indigenous groups who have settled a comprehensive land claim – 98,173,878 – (negative 4,038,627) 94,135,251 94,135,251 – – 94,135,251
Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and Inuit – 61,226,000 – – 61,226,000 61,226,000 – – 60,025,000
Grants for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development – 16,940,000 – (negative 4,325,482) 12,614,518 9,314,450 3,300,068 – –
Grants for the Political Evolution of the Territories, particularly as it pertains to Devolution – 8,500,036 95,801 (negative 1) 8,595,836 8,238,468 357,368 – 71,104,224
Grants to land claim organizations, self-government agreement holders and First Nations organizations to support harvesting of country foods and Grants to Northern Communities in support of market food access – 8,000,000 64,526,000 – 72,526,000 71,507,434 1,018,566 – 8,000,000
Grant to the Métis Nation British Columbia from the Indigenous Community Infrastructure Fund – 6,905,793 – – 6,905,793 6,905,793 – – 2,693,904
Grants to Promote Social and Political Development in the North and for northerners – 3,000,000 75,000,000 – 78,000,000 78,000,000 – – 30,000,000
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – 1,169,295 – – 1,169,295 – 1,169,295 – –
Grant to support the Giant Mine Oversight Board and research for arsenic trioxide – 1,045,819 – (negative 40,067) 1,005,752 1,005,752 – – 958,771
Grant to the First Nations Finance Authority pursuant to the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act – 1,000,000 – – 1,000,000 1,000,000 – – 500,000
Grants to participating First Nations and the First Nation Education Authority pursuant to the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act – 600,000 – (negative 600,000) – – – – 1,532,200
Grant to the University of Manitoba to support the construction of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation's new headquarters – – 59,665,068 – 59,665,068 59,665,068 – – –
Grants to Universities and Indigenous Institutions for the Purpose of Research Related to Food Security and its Causal Factors – – 700,000 – 700,000 700,000 – – –
Link to table note S Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive claim settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Acts – 4,125,988 – 1,075,042 5,201,030 5,201,030 – – 5,063,955
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 25,000,000
Total—Grants – 3,821,010,057 3,408,655,137 (negative 13,104,057) 7,216,561,137 5,832,431,638 1,384,129,499 – 1,852,221,493
Contributions
Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives – 351,179,519 66,675,983 73,303,088 491,158,590 481,785,963 9,372,627 – 456,226,546
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution Program – 132,166,898 5,416,184 16,539,548 154,122,630 154,122,630 – – 61,925,414
Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communities – 110,342,123 41,000,000 (negative 96,000) 151,246,123 133,781,970 17,464,153 – 137,127,828
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy development – 102,300,883 38,394,533 (negative 4,491,600) 136,203,816 132,938,465 3,265,351 – 80,282,517
Contributions to support the establishment and revitalization of cultural spaces in Indigenous communities – 86,400,000 20,000,000 5,735,583 112,135,583 112,135,583 – – 8,350,588
Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development – 61,114,151 13,122,571 7,127,459 81,364,181 80,943,061 421,120 – 125,349,062
Transfer payments to the Government of Yukon for the care and maintenance, remediation and management of the closure of contaminated sites in Yukon – 34,396,644 – (negative 2,220,103) 32,176,541 1,702,044 30,474,497 – 2,882,306
Contributions to support the basic organizational capacity of Indigenous representative organizations – 33,785,531 – (negative 2,387,284) 31,398,247 31,398,246 1 – 31,708,875
Contributions to supply public services in Indian Government Support and to build strong governance, administrative and accountability systems – 31,562,954 9,760,889 7,151,217 48,475,060 48,475,060 – – 76,271,532
Contributions to support the Indigenous Nation Rebuilding Initiatives – 20,000,000 – (negative 1,818,605) 18,181,395 13,728,875 4,452,520 – 12,908,052
Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure – 11,219,000 – – 11,219,000 11,219,000 – – 11,923,728
Contributions to promote social and political development in the North and for Northerners – 10,101,053 2,669,000 3,457,057 16,227,110 16,227,110 – – 16,285,100
Contribution to support the wellbeing of families and survivors of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual+ people – 2,486,122 – 3,715,285 6,201,407 6,201,407 – – 3,587,059
Contributions to address the legacy of residential schools – – 54,001,858 5,856,140 59,857,998 – 59,857,998 – –
Contributions to support Métis housing – – 4,942,560 51,250,000 56,192,560 56,192,560 – – 51,100,000
Total—Contributions – 987,054,878 255,983,578 163,121,785 1,406,160,241 1,280,851,974 125,308,267 – 1,075,928,607
Total Department – 4,808,064,935 3,664,638,715 150,017,728 8,622,721,378 7,113,283,612 1,509,437,766 – 2,928,150,100
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Grants
Grants to support the advancement of Northern Science and Technology – 1,356,734 – – 1,356,734 1,348,453 8,281 – 1,355,814
Grants to individuals, organizations, associations and institutions to support research and activities relating to the polar regions – 399,266 – – 399,266 395,179 4,087 – 399,266
Total—Grants – 1,756,000 – – 1,756,000 1,743,632 12,368 – 1,755,080
Contributions
Contributions to support the advancement of Northern Science and Technology – 6,040,000

 – – 6,040,000 6,039,690 310 – 4,969,645
Total Agency – 7,796,000 – – 7,796,000 7,783,322 12,678 – 6,724,725
Total Ministry – 4,815,860,935 3,664,638,715 150,017,728 8,630,517,378 7,121,066,934 1,509,450,444 – 2,934,874,825

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