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 – 5,985,068,880 4,600,401,597 (negative 304,312,186) 10,281,158,291 8,313,650,447 1,967,507,844 – 2,787,365,501
Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 Rights – 1,576,074,422 248,847,580 (negative 52,884,101) 1,772,037,901 1,748,519,151 23,518,750 – 1,834,366,350
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 – 63,700,000 – – 63,700,000 63,700,000 – – 62,451,000
Grants for the Political Evolution of the Territories, particularly as it pertains to Devolution – 33,290,936 345,801 (negative 276,002) 33,360,735 32,954,934 405,801 – 8,297,873
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 32,263,000 – 40,263,000 40,263,000 – – 41,496,516
Grant to the Métis Nation British Columbia from the Indigenous Community Infrastructure Fund – 7,728,345 – – 7,728,345 7,728,345 – – 7,679,248
Grants for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development – 4,151,000 – (negative 1,682,587) 2,468,413 2,468,413 – – 13,867,995
Grant to support the Giant Mine Oversight Board and research for arsenic trioxide – 1,129,961 – (negative 33,360) 1,096,601 1,096,601 – – 1,075,632
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
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – 779,530 – – 779,530 – 779,530 – 460,877
Grant to Makivik Corporation (Makivvik) for the establishment of a reconciliatory response to the Nunavik Dog Slaughter – – 25,000,000 – 25,000,000 25,000,000 – – –
Grant to the Government of Manitoba to support a search of the Prairie Green Landfill – – 20,000,000 – 20,000,000 20,000,000 – – –
Grants to Promote Social and Political Development in the North and for northerners – – 8,930,489 – 8,930,489 8,930,489 – – 75,000,000
Grants to Universities and Indigenous Institutions for the Purpose of Research Related to Food Security and its Causal Factors – – 750,000 – 750,000 42,900 707,100 – 585,050
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 – 921,929 5,047,917 5,047,917 – – 5,380,240
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 19,200,000
Total—Grants – 7,783,222,940 4,936,538,467 (negative 362,304,934) 12,357,456,473 10,364,537,448 1,992,919,025 – 4,952,361,533
Contributions
Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives – 433,260,180 8,500,662 354,972,840 796,733,682 777,562,459 19,171,223 – 498,495,821
Contributions for Métis Nation Early Learning Child Care – 137,367,716 – – 137,367,716 137,367,716 – – 98,826,418
Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communities – 121,652,192 23,152,000 9,171,986 153,976,178 153,976,178 – – 145,906,120
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution Program – 108,794,832 15,719,460 11,845,356 136,359,648 75,182,024 61,177,624 – 67,149,918
Contributions for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development – 94,603,783 522,500 7,861,994 102,988,277 98,843,605 4,144,672 – 102,521,549
Contributions to support Indigenous governments and institutions, and to build strong governance – 58,628,573 – 4,196,038 62,824,611 62,824,611 – – 64,411,129
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy development – 58,624,829 7,686,644 (negative 13,738,977) 52,572,496 50,562,026 2,010,470 – 56,797,942
Contributions to address the legacy of residential schools – 32,022,160 27,230,200 1,436,644 60,689,004 60,689,004 – – 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 – – 31,708,875
Transfer payments to the Government of Yukon for the care and maintenance, remediation and management of the closure of contaminated sites in Yukon – 14,969,539 – (negative 7,888,948) 7,080,591 7,080,591 – – 770,104
Contributions to promote social and political development in the North and for northerners – 13,969,099 2,600,000 4,319,022 20,888,121 20,888,121 – – 35,727,774
Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure – 11,219,000 – (negative 11,219,000) – – – – –
Contributions to support Métis housing – 9,956,247 – (negative 9,956,247) – 61,177,624 (negative 61,177,624) – 58,677,624
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 – 291,130 2,777,252 2,777,252 – – 3,583,906
Links to footnote S in Table 1Engagement on a pilot Project for the creation of a Red Dress Alert (Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1, Section 264) – – 1,187,200 (negative 84,000) 1,103,200 1,103,200 – – –
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 9,662,607
Total—Contributions – 1,129,339,803 86,598,666 351,131,182 1,567,069,651 1,541,743,286 25,326,365 – 1,275,260,313
Total Department – 8,912,562,743 5,023,137,133 (negative 11,173,752) 13,924,526,124 11,906,280,734 2,018,245,390 – 6,227,621,846
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 – – 1,356,000
Grants to individuals, organizations, associations and institutions to support research and activities relating to the polar regions – 400,000 – – 400,000 400,000 – – 400,000
Total—Grants – 1,756,000 – – 1,756,000 1,756,000 – – 1,756,000
Contributions
Contributions to support the advancement of Northern Science and Technology – 6,040,000 – 278,681 6,318,681 6,318,681 – – 5,990,216
Total Agency – 7,796,000 – 278,681 8,074,681 8,074,681 – – 7,746,216
Total Ministry – 8,920,358,743 5,023,137,133 (negative 10,895,071) 13,932,600,805 11,914,355,415 2,018,245,390 – 6,235,368,062

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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