Section 18: 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 Industry
Grants
Grants under the Canada Digital Adoption Program: Stream 2 – 227,025,131 – (negative 33,955,054) 193,070,077 134,892,735 58,177,342 – 250,200,182
Grant to the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland – 5,508,000 – – 5,508,000 5,508,000 – – 5,164,466
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – 1,200,000 – 1,300,000 2,500,000 1,986,126 513,874 – 2,300,000
Grant to the Internal Trade Secretariat Corporation – 535,000 – – 535,000 375,000 160,000 – 535,000
Grant under the Intellectual Property Legal Clinics Program – 400,000 – – 400,000 399,910 90 – 350,000
Grant to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development – 300,000 – 54,000 354,000 352,800 1,200 – 486,000
Grant to the Radio Advisory Board of Canada – 150,000 – – 150,000 111,000 39,000 – 111,000
Grants related to the Indigenous Intellectual Property Program Grant – 150,000 – – 150,000 150,000 – – 144,607
Total—Grants – 235,268,131 – (negative 32,601,054) 202,667,077 143,775,571 58,891,506 – 259,291,255
Contributions
Contributions under the Strategic Innovation Fund – 2,380,139,038 58,690,000 – 2,438,829,038 1,703,467,211 735,361,827 – 1,404,605,079
Contributions under the Canada Foundation for Innovation – 574,097,692 – – 574,097,692 549,054,615 25,043,077 – 375,805,058
Contributions under the Universal Broadband Fund – 432,896,121 – 2,000,000 434,896,121 257,120,579 177,775,542 – 288,572,613
Contributions to electric vehicle battery manufacturers – 236,846,691 – – 236,846,691 40,625,350 196,221,341 – –
Contribution under the Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy – 202,987,255 – (negative 18,571,814) 184,415,441 168,737,584 15,677,857 – 43,563,847
Contributions under the Global Innovation Clusters – 202,305,634 20,000,000 (negative 554,000) 221,751,634 208,945,285 12,806,349 – 222,657,064
Contributions to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology – 191,380,819 – – 191,380,819 84,610,362 106,770,457 – 139,173,431
Contributions to Mitacs Inc. – 172,000,000 – – 172,000,000 135,000,000 37,000,000 – 126,000,000
Contributions under the Canada Digital Adoption Program: Stream 1 – 103,905,861 – (negative 23,756,180) 80,149,681 65,707,184 14,442,497 – 40,663,014
Contributions to the Upskilling for Industry Initiative – 95,343,484 – – 95,343,484 86,159,523 9,183,961 – 37,867,884
Contributions under the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy – 40,450,720 1,650,693 (negative 1,300,000) 40,801,413 39,450,748 1,350,665 – 50,335,679
Contributions under the Connect to Innovate Program – 38,264,266 – (negative 2,000,000) 36,264,266 33,994,350 2,269,916 – 44,679,944
Contributions to CANARIE Inc. – 38,000,000 – – 38,000,000 37,000,000 1,000,000 – 40,600,000
Contributions to Genome Canada – 33,800,000 – – 33,800,000 26,600,000 7,200,000 – 59,400,000
Contributions under the ElevateIP program – 31,027,069 – – 31,027,069 24,036,641 6,990,428 – 27,799,379
Contributions to adMare BioInnovations – 27,000,000 – – 27,000,000 27,000,000 – – 27,000,000
Contributions to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research— Pan Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy – 22,701,679 – – 22,701,679 22,701,679 – – 12,453,558
Contributions under the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development Program – 21,447,000 2,400,000 1,500,000 25,347,000 24,277,518 1,069,482 – 15,366,077
Contribution under the Cyber Security Innovation Network – 20,458,117 – – 20,458,117 6,193,290 14,264,827 – 2,802,953
Contributions under the Canada Digital Adoption Program: Stream 2 – 15,594,112 – 43,695,000 59,289,112 51,053,175 8,235,937 – 7,984,741
Contributions to the Stem Cell Network – 15,000,000 – – 15,000,000 15,000,000 – – 15,000,000
Contributions to the National Artificial Intelligence Institutes – 15,000,000 – – 15,000,000 15,000,000 – – 15,869,931
Contributions under the Telesat Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Capacity – 15,000,000 – – 15,000,000 – 15,000,000 – –
Contributions for the Indigenous Tourism Fund – 12,500,000 – 61,180 12,561,180 12,561,180 – – 7,400,000
Contributions to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research – 11,200,000 – – 11,200,000 11,200,000 – – 11,000,000
Contributions to the Coordinated Accessible National Health Network – 10,000,000 – 2,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 2,000,000 – 7,800,000
Contributions for dedicated computing capacity in Artificial Intelligence – 7,454,180 – 14,550,148 22,004,328 22,004,327 1 – 2,309,193
Contributions under the Digital Literacy Exchange Program – 7,049,784 – – 7,049,784 6,726,573 323,211 – 6,809,660
Contributions under the Diverse and Inclusive Economy Program – 6,870,790 – (negative 2,600,000) 4,270,790 4,245,361 25,429 – 12,558,128
Contributions under the Youth Employment Strategy—Digital Skills for Youth program – 5,380,000 – 2,700,000 8,080,000 8,080,000 – – 5,300,000
Contributions for the Business/Higher Education Roundtable – 5,313,108 – – 5,313,108 5,269,300 43,808 – 5,218,448
Contributions under the Program for Non-Profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations – 5,000,000 – – 5,000,000 3,576,205 1,423,795 – 2,266,424
Contributions under the Computers for Schools program – 4,663,157 – 1,173,000 5,836,157 5,836,157 – – 4,879,113
Contributions under the Youth Employment Strategy—Computer for Schools intern program – 4,437,085 – – 4,437,085 4,397,773 39,312 – 4,399,085
Contributions under the Strategic Activities Program – 1,542,700 – 661,666 2,204,366 2,082,960 121,406 – –
Contributions under the Black Entrepreneurship Program: Knowledge Hub and Loan Fund – 951,007 – – 951,007 951,007 – – 1,847,384
Contributions under the Affordable Access Initiative – 675,000 – – 675,000 675,000 – – 675,000
Contributions under the Strategic Science Fund – – 96,110,585 – 96,110,585 96,110,585 – – –
Contributions for Canada's association to Horizon Europe – – 25,400,000 – 25,400,000 24,722,960 677,040 – –
Contributions under the CanCode program – – 14,142,357 (negative 13,000) 14,129,357 4,101,116 10,028,241 – 36,617,244
Contributions to Futurpreneur Canada – – 12,000,000 – 12,000,000 12,000,000 – – 7,675,000
Contributions under the Patent Collective Pilot Program – – 7,000,000 – 7,000,000 5,924,512 1,075,488 – –
Contributions to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research— Canadian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute – – 3,000,000 – 3,000,000 2,999,545 455 – –
Contributions for the Business Data Lab – – – 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 – – –
Links to footnote S in Table 1 Liabilities under the Canada Small Business Financing Act (S.C., 1998, c. 36) – 100,657,039 – (negative 33,598,368) 67,058,671 67,058,671 – – 88,972,630
Links to footnote S in Table 1 CIFAR - Pan-Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Pan Canadian Artificial Intelligence (Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1) – 5,337,890 411,993 – 5,749,883 5,749,883 – – 15,981,567
Links to footnote S in Table 1 Contributions under the Technology Partnership Canada Program – – – 241,005 241,005 241,005 – – –
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 56,311,692
Total—Contributions – 5,114,677,298 240,805,628 (negative 11,411,363) 5,344,071,563 3,940,649,214 1,403,422,349 – 3,276,220,820
Total Department – 5,349,945,429 240,805,628 (negative 44,012,417) 5,546,738,640 4,084,424,785 1,462,313,855 – 3,535,512,075
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Links to footnote 1 in Table 1
Grants
Grants to organizations to promote economic cooperation and development – – – 1,550,000 1,550,000 438,126 1,111,874 – 414,011
Grants under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 1,000,000 1,000,000 297,672 702,328 – 353,022
Total—Grants – – – 2,550,000 2,550,000 735,798 1,814,202 – 767,033
Contributions
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 195,934,732 195,934,732 205,562,159 (negative 9,627,427) – 228,956,787
Contribution for the Innovative Communities Fund – – – 53,085,498 53,085,498 57,990,081 (negative 4,904,583) – 67,742,556
Contributions under the Business Development Program – – – 48,429,099 48,429,099 35,225,807 13,203,292 – 80,275,096
Contributions under the Community Futures Program – – – 12,642,000 12,642,000 12,756,986 (negative 114,986) – 14,097,000
Contributions for the Atlantic Innovation Fund – – – 5,000,000 5,000,000 1,560,018 3,439,982 – 4,625,614
Contributions under the Atlantic Policy Research Initiatives – – – 600,000 600,000 502,306 97,694 – 334,863
Total—Contributions – – – 315,691,329 315,691,329 313,597,357 2,093,972 – 396,031,916
Total Agency – – – 318,241,329 318,241,329 314,333,155 3,908,174 – 396,798,949
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Links to footnote 2 in Table 1
Grants
Grants for the Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North initiative – – – 309,665 309,665 309,665 – – 591,833
Regional Training Center in Pond Inlet for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association – – – 4,325,500 4,325,500 4,325,500 – – 2,500,000
Grants for Investments made under the Northern Isolated Community Initiatives Fund – – – 360,103 360,103 170,646 189,457 – –
Grants under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 11,502 11,502 11,500 2 – –
Total—Grants – – – 5,006,770 5,006,770 4,817,311 189,459 – 3,091,833
Contributions
Contributions for promoting regional development in Canada's three territories – – – 31,862,395 31,862,395 31,862,395 – – 36,474,640
Northern Indigenous Economic Opportunities Program – – – 13,200,000 13,200,000 13,150,000 50,000 – 2,186,666
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 5,352,704 5,352,704 5,352,704 – – 9,363,290
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 11,013,334
Total—Contributions – – – 50,415,099 50,415,099 50,365,099 50,000 – 59,037,930
Total Agency – – – 55,421,869 55,421,869 55,182,410 239,459 – 62,129,763
Canadian Space Agency
Grants
Class Grant Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology – 14,135,000 – (negative 966,510) 13,168,490 13,168,490 – – 14,924,589
Contributions
Contributions to the Canada/European Space Agency Cooperation Agreement – 38,969,000 – 1,656,234 40,625,234 40,585,446 39,788 – 32,670,014
Class Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology – 26,364,000 – (negative 689,724) 25,674,276 25,674,276 – – 25,301,081
Total—Contributions – 65,333,000 – 966,510 66,299,510 66,259,722 39,788 – 57,971,095
Total Agency – 79,468,000 – – 79,468,000 79,428,212 39,788 – 72,895,684
Department of Western Economic Diversification Links to footnote 2 in Table 1
Contributions
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 178,551,888 178,551,888 177,975,284 576,604 – 168,836,341
Contributions for the Western Diversification Program – – – 113,486,144 113,486,144 113,484,277 1,867 – 138,016,711
Contributions for the Community Futures Program – – – 17,667,868 17,667,868 17,667,868 – – 17,667,868
Contributions for the Women's Enterprise Initiative – – – 2,925,000 2,925,000 2,925,000 – – 2,925,000
Total Department – – – 312,630,900 312,630,900 312,052,429 578,471 – 327,445,920
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Links to footnote 3 in Table 1
Grants
Grants under the Quebec Economic Development Program – – – 1,072,427 1,072,427 1,072,427 – – 112,885
Contributions
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 178,652,090 178,652,090 178,652,090 – – 289,072,346
Contributions under the Quebec Economic Development Program – – – 69,813,257 69,813,257 67,813,257 2,000,000 – 183,727,582
Contributions under the Community Futures Program – – – 34,890,269 34,890,269 34,890,269 – – 34,263,288
Total—Contributions – – – 283,355,616 283,355,616 281,355,616 2,000,000 – 507,063,216
Total Agency – – – 284,428,043 284,428,043 282,428,043 2,000,000 – 507,176,101
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario Links to footnote 4 in Table 1
Contributions
Contributions under the Northern Ontario Development Program – – – 27,435,000 27,435,000 27,191,738 243,262 – 24,918,333
Contributions under the Community Futures Program – – – 8,360,008 8,360,008 8,318,110 41,898 – 8,401,906
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Program – – – 11,332,218 11,332,218 11,617,378 (negative 285,160) – 22,354,639
Contributions under the Economic Development Initiative— Official Languages – – – 800,000 800,000 800,000 – – 800,000
Total Agency – – – 47,927,226 47,927,226 47,927,226 – – 56,474,878
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Contributions
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – 137,020,636 26,047,710 479,423 163,547,769 163,547,769 – – 311,132,101
Contributions for Southern Ontario Prosperity Program – 39,710,613 – (negative 479,423) 39,231,190 39,231,190 – – 91,232,967
Contributions under the Community Futures Program – 13,289,110 – – 13,289,110 13,289,110 – – 13,289,110
Total Agency – 190,020,359 26,047,710 – 216,068,069 216,068,069 – – 415,654,178
National Research Council of Canada
Grants
Grant for the Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – 37,397,053 – (negative 773,061) 36,623,992 36,623,992 – – 35,309,999
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – 5,500,000 – (negative 4,045,244) 1,454,756 1,454,755 1 – 3,523,509
International Affiliations – 773,400 – – 773,400 773,311 89 – 893,633
Total—Grants – 43,670,453 – (negative 4,818,305) 38,852,148 38,852,058 90 – 39,727,141
Contributions
Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Firms – 375,500,600 18,222,214 (negative 12,523,215) 381,199,599 380,974,502 225,097 – 408,981,271
Contributions to the International Astronomical Observatories Program – 70,895,511 – 3,452,173 74,347,684 74,347,684 – – 36,692,788
Contribution to TRIUMF (Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics) – 61,196,196 – – 61,196,196 61,196,196 – – 60,100,000
Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Youth Employment and Skills Strategy – 21,100,000 – – 21,100,000 20,238,274 861,726 – 21,096,651
Biologics Manufacturing Centre Contribution Program – 17,000,000 – 6,500,000 23,500,000 23,500,000 – – 18,724,700
Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Organizations – 13,800,000 – 20,671,955 34,471,955 34,339,874 132,081 – 34,162,693
Contributions under the Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – 6,875,000 – (negative 831,887) 6,043,113 5,591,835 451,278 – 4,888,633
Payment of an assessed contribution for the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures – 659,000 – 26,782 685,782 685,782 – – 638,795
Total—Contributions – 567,026,307 18,222,214 17,295,808 602,544,329 600,874,147 1,670,182 – 585,285,531
Total Agency – 610,696,760 18,222,214 12,477,503 641,396,477 639,726,205 1,670,272 – 625,012,672
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Grants
Grants and Scholarships – 1,033,791,400 61,367,329 5,289,595 1,100,448,324 1,100,448,229 95 – 1,013,969,433
College and Community Innovation Program – 103,509,479 – 1,198,937 104,708,416 103,995,890 712,526 – 108,964,405
Canada First Research Excellence Fund – 78,586,304 – – 78,586,304 78,586,293 11 – 96,422,060
Canada Graduate Scholarships – 51,330,000 13,154,500 – 64,484,500 64,483,584 916 – 50,488,317
Canada Excellence Research Chairs – 24,368,137 – – 24,368,137 24,368,131 6 – 20,521,996
Canada 150 Research Chairs – 9,450,000 – – 9,450,000 7,750,000 1,700,000 – 7,918,488
Lab-to-Market – 8,786,188 – (negative 399,762) 8,386,426 8,386,426 – – 1,803,968
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – 8,350,000 – – 8,350,000 8,341,668 8,332 – 8,320,834
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 1,300,000
Total Agency – 1,318,171,508 74,521,829 6,088,770 1,398,782,107 1,396,360,221 2,421,886 – 1,309,709,501
Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada Links to footnote 5 in Table 1
Grants
Grants for the Lytton Homeowner Resilient Rebuild Program – – – 795,000 795,000 212,576 582,424 – 5,000
Contributions
Contributions under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program – – – 78,316,833 78,316,833 75,947,355 2,369,478 – 107,486,093
Contributions for the Western Diversification Program – – – 13,418,311 13,418,311 13,172,274 246,037 – 34,331,144
Contributions for the Community Futures Program – – – 10,488,454 10,488,454 9,790,697 697,757 – 11,186,211
Contributions for the Women's Enterprise Initiative – – – 975,000 975,000 893,750 81,250 – 1,056,250
Contributions for the Lytton Business Restart Program – – – 1,100,000 1,100,000 203,620 896,380 – –
Total—Contributions – – – 104,298,598 104,298,598 100,007,696 4,290,902 – 154,059,698
Total Agency – – – 105,093,598 105,093,598 100,220,272 4,873,326 – 154,064,698
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Grants
Research Support Fund – 452,358,090 15,000,000 (negative 875,198) 466,482,892 466,451,926 30,966 – 451,451,621
Grants and Scholarships – 342,331,935 53,864,035 91,855 396,287,825 396,287,824 1 – 349,997,394
New Frontiers in Research Fund – 123,562,580 – – 123,562,580 123,554,063 8,517 – 121,635,699
Canada Biomedical Research Fund – 73,500,000 – – 73,500,000 72,479,329 1,020,671 – 37,500,000
Canada Graduate Scholarships – 70,121,000 19,797,500 – 89,918,500 89,914,837 3,663 – 72,702,625
Canada First Research Excellence Fund – 59,762,681 – – 59,762,681 59,762,681 – – 53,130,521
College and Community Innovation Program – 10,946,406 – (negative 816,699) 10,129,707 9,842,233 287,474 – 8,084,960
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – 8,300,000 – – 8,300,000 8,266,666 33,334 – 8,300,000
Canada Excellence Research Chairs – 5,293,962 – – 5,293,962 5,293,962 – – 4,584,000
Canada 150 Research Chairs – 2,100,000 – – 2,100,000 1,750,000 350,000 – 1,750,000
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Grant program – 602,000 – – 602,000 602,000 – – 602,000
Lab-to-Market – – – 399,763 399,763 399,762 1 – –
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 250,000
Total Agency – 1,148,878,654 88,661,535 (negative 1,200,279) 1,236,339,910 1,234,605,283 1,734,627 – 1,109,988,820
Total Ministry – 8,697,180,710 448,258,916 1,097,096,542 10,242,536,168 8,762,756,310 1,479,779,858 – 8,572,863,239Links to footnote 6 in Table 1

Table 1 notes

Table note *

The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0.

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Table note S

Statutory transfer payment.

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Table note 1

During the year, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency was transferred from the Ministry of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Previous year's amounts have been restated by $396,798,949.

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Table note 2

During the year, the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and the Department of Western Economic Diversification were transferred from the Ministry of Prairies and Canadian Northern Economic Development. Previous year's amounts have been restated by $389,575,683.

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Table note 3

During the year, the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec was transferred from the Ministry of Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. Previous year's amounts have been restated by $507,176,101.

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Table note 4

During the year, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario was transferred from the Ministry of Indigenous Services. Previous year's amounts have been restated by $56,474,878.

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Table note 5

During the year, the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada was transferred from the Ministry of Privy Council. Previous year's amounts have been restated by $154,064,698.

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Table note 6

Please refer to footnotes 1 to 5 for more information.

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