Section 5: Transfer payments

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Table 1:(in dollars)Links to footnote * in table 1
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 – 1,827,591,890 9,585,562,053 (negative 3,301,983) 11,409,851,960 2,787,365,501 8,622,486,459 – 3,556,998,173
Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 Rights – 1,675,473,145 171,796,281 49,196,769 1,896,466,195 1,834,366,350 62,099,845 – 1,878,534,219
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 Promote Social and Political Development in the North and for northerners – 75,000,000 – – 75,000,000 75,000,000 – – 78,000,000
Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and Inuit – 62,451,000 – – 62,451,000 62,451,000 – – 61,226,000
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 – 40,263,000 1,018,566 214,950 41,496,516 41,496,516 – – 71,507,434
Grants for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development – 17,040,000 50,000 (negative 3,222,005) 13,867,995 13,867,995 – – 9,314,450
Grants for the Political Evolution of the Territories, particularly as it pertains to Devolution – 8,388,036 345,801 (negative 90,164) 8,643,673 8,297,873 345,800 – 8,238,468
Grant to the Métis Nation British Columbia from the Indigenous Community Infrastructure Fund – 7,679,248 – – 7,679,248 7,679,248 – – 6,905,793
Grant to support the Giant Mine Oversight Board and research for arsenic trioxide – 1,077,193 – (negative 1,561) 1,075,632 1,075,632 – – 1,005,752
Grant to the First Nations Finance Authority pursuant to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act – 1,000,000 – – 1,000,000 1,000,000 – – 1,000,000
Grants to Universities and Indigenous Institutions for the Purpose of Research Related to Food Security and its Causal Factors – 800,000 – (negative 214,950) 585,050 585,050 – – 700,000
Grant to the Qikiqtani Inuit Association to establish the Saimaqatigiingniq Fund – – 19,200,000 – 19,200,000 19,200,000 – – –
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – – – 779,530 779,530 460,877 318,653 – –
Links to footnote S in table 1 Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive claim settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Acts – 4,125,988 – 1,254,252 5,380,240 5,380,240 – – 5,201,030
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 59,665,068
Total—Grants – 3,819,063,378 9,777,972,701 40,576,211 13,637,612,290 4,952,361,533 8,685,250,757 – 5,832,431,638
Contributions
Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives – 459,955,578 17,917,990 25,567,750 503,441,318 498,495,821 4,945,497 – 481,785,963
Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communities – 137,909,230 2,000,000 5,996,890 145,906,120 145,906,120 – – 133,781,970
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution Program – 117,033,832 1,836,000 (negative 51,719,914) 67,149,918 67,149,918 – – 154,122,630
Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development – 84,835,702 18,297,611 5,243,539 108,376,852 102,521,549 5,855,303 – 80,943,061
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy development – 66,368,566 6,683,081 (negative 16,243,705) 56,807,942 56,797,942 10,000 – 132,938,465
Contributions to support Indigenous governments and institutions, and to build strong governance – 49,003,612 8,765,000 6,642,517 64,411,129 64,411,129 – – 48,475,060
Contributions to address the legacy of residential schools – 39,252,671 49,857,124 11,910,731 101,020,526 101,020,526 – – –
Contributions to support the basic organizational capacity of Indigenous representative organizations – 31,785,531 – (negative 76,656) 31,708,875 31,708,875 – – 31,398,246
Transfer payments to the Government of Yukon for the care and maintenance, remediation and management of the closure of contaminated sites in Yukon – 15,232,736 – (negative 14,462,632) 770,104 770,104 – – 1,702,044
Contributions to promote social and political development in the North and for northerners – 13,719,254 9,000,000 13,008,521 35,727,775 35,727,774 1 – 16,227,110
Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure – 11,219,000 – (negative 11,219,000) – – – – 11,219,000
Contributions to support Métis housing – 7,427,624 – 51,250,000 58,677,624 58,677,624 – – 56,192,560
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 – 1,097,785 3,583,907 3,583,906 1 – 6,201,407
Contributions for Métis Nation Early Learning Child Care – – – 98,826,418 98,826,418 98,826,418 – – –
Contributions to support the Indigenous Nation Rebuilding Initiatives – – 9,703,036 (negative 40,429) 9,662,607 9,662,607 – – 13,728,875
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 112,135,583
Total—Contributions – 1,036,229,458 124,059,842 125,781,815 1,286,071,115 1,275,260,313 10,810,802 – 1,280,851,974
Total Department – 4,855,292,836 9,902,032,543 166,358,026 14,923,683,405 6,227,621,846 8,696,061,559 – 7,113,283,612
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Grants
Grants to support the advancement of Northern Science and Technology – 1,356,000 – – 1,356,000 1,356,000 – – 1,348,453
Grants to individuals, organizations, associations and institutions to support research and activities relating to the polar regions – 400,000 – – 400,000 400,000 – – 395,179
Total—Grants – 1,756,000 – – 1,756,000 1,756,000 – – 1,743,632
Contributions
Contributions to support the advancement of Northern Science and Technology – 6,040,000 – – 6,040,000 5,990,216 49,784 – 6,039,690
Total Agency – 7,796,000 – – 7,796,000 7,746,216 49,784 – 7,783,322
Total Ministry – 4,863,088,836 9,902,032,543 166,358,026 14,931,479,405 6,235,368,062 8,696,111,343 – 7,121,066,934

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