Section 14: 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 Health
Grants
Territorial Health Investment Fund – 35,000,000 – – 35,000,000 35,000,000 – – 35,000,000
Contributions
National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases Program – 468,774,452 – – 468,774,452 468,774,452 – – –
Contribution to the Canadian Institute for Health Information – 118,458,979 – (negative 100,000) 118,358,979 118,358,979 – – 127,683,979
Substance Use and Addictions Program – 104,300,573 24,614,480 1,500,000 130,415,053 123,002,642 7,412,411 – 141,978,687
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program – 89,639,729 4,000,000 (negative 711,611) 92,928,118 76,947,747 15,980,371 – 79,561,505
Contribution to Canada Health Infoway – 87,134,000 – (negative 4,000,000) 83,134,000 82,292,496 841,504 – 75,663,123
Contribution to the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer – 47,500,000 – – 47,500,000 47,500,000 – – 47,500,000
Contribution to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health – 40,902,678 12,073,000 400,000 53,375,678 53,375,678 – – 38,728,678
Official Languages Health Contribution Program – 40,624,999 – – 40,624,999 40,624,999 – – 38,999,998
Contribution Funding to Improve Health Care Quality and Patient Safety – 24,600,000 – 680,000 25,280,000 25,280,000 – – 25,100,000
Canada Brain Research Fund Program – 15,173,697 10,000,000 – 25,173,697 25,173,697 – – 23,359,164
Mental Health Commission of Canada Contributions Program – 14,250,000 – – 14,250,000 14,250,000 – – 14,250,000
Canadian Thalidomide Survivors Support Program – 13,218,882 – 2,432,108 15,650,990 15,650,990 – – 18,208,245
Improving Affordable Access to Prescription Drugs Program – 10,700,000 – – 10,700,000 10,700,000 – – –
Organs, Tissues, and Blood Program – 8,580,000 – 1,942,400 10,522,400 10,522,400 – – 18,018,000
Climate Change and Health Adaptation Capacity Building Contribution Program – 4,330,435 – (negative 878,710) 3,451,725 1,230,074 2,221,651 – –
Environmental Health Research Contribution Program – 538,580 – 398,119 936,699 936,699 – – 588,580
Radon Outreach Contribution Program – 350,000 – – 350,000 340,119 9,881 – 349,454
Chemicals Management Plan Engagement and Outreach Contribution Program – 210,000 585,119 (negative 295,119) 500,000 500,000 – – 468,000
Addressing Racism and Discrimination in Canada's Health Systems Program – – – 574,803 574,803 572,299 2,504 – 12,077,485
Total—Contributions – 1,089,287,004 51,272,599 1,941,990 1,142,501,593 1,116,033,271 26,468,322 – 662,534,898
Other transfer payments
Payments to provinces and territories for the Purpose of Home Care and Mental Health – – – 1,800,312,300 1,800,312,300 1,800,312,300 – – 1,800,312,300
Contributions to Provinces and Territories for Shared Health Priorities – 4,300,310,000 325,000,000 (negative 1,785,310,000) 2,840,000,000 2,550,192,350 289,807,650 – 2,500,000,000
Dental benefits in relation to the Canadian Dental Care Plan – – – 1,946,251,600Links to footnote 1 in Table 1 1,946,251,600 1,647,931,186 298,320,414 – –
Links to footnote S in Table 1 Payments for dental benefits pursuant to the Dental Benefit Act – 100,200,000 – (negative 74,604,902) 25,595,098 25,595,098 – – 246,548,657
Total Department – 5,524,797,004 376,272,599 1,888,590,988 7,789,660,591 7,175,064,205 614,596,386 – 5,244,395,855
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Grants
Grants under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – 1,049,999 532,498 – 1,582,497 1,050,000 532,497 – 1,250,000
Contributions
Contributions in support of the Federal Assistance Program – 600,000 – 1,611,140 2,211,140 2,211,140 – – 1,218,281
Links to footnote S in Table 1 Compensation payments in accordance with requirements established by Regulations under the Health of Animals Act and the Plant Protection Act, and authorized pursuant to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (S.C., 1997, c. 6) – 12,500,000 – 60,476,676 72,976,676 72,976,676 – – 110,260,672
Total—Contributions – 13,100,000 – 62,087,816 75,187,816 75,187,816 – – 111,478,953
Total Agency – 14,149,999 532,498 62,087,816 76,770,313 76,237,816 532,497 – 112,728,953
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Grants
Grants for research projects and personnel support – 1,142,493,493 43,371,135 (negative 2,558,305) 1,183,306,323 1,182,762,488 543,835 – 1,131,599,604
Canada First Research Excellence Fund – 58,407,137 – – 58,407,137 58,407,137 – – 47,227,128
Canada Graduate Scholarships – 41,847,500 10,772,143 – 52,619,643 52,574,942 44,701 – 39,031,334
Institute support grants – 15,625,723 – 1,068,305 16,694,028 16,674,514 19,514 – 16,267,241
Canada Excellence Research Chairs – 13,137,901 – – 13,137,901 13,137,901 – – 11,593,991
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – 8,350,000 – – 8,350,000 8,309,545 40,455 – 8,320,834
Canada 150 Research Chairs – 2,700,000 – – 2,700,000 2,700,000 – – 2,700,000
College and Community Innovation Program – 2,038,606 – (negative 382,238) 1,656,368 1,656,368 – – 1,195,126
Items not required for the current year – – – – – – – – 447,135
Total Agency – 1,284,600,360 54,143,278 (negative 1,872,238) 1,336,871,400 1,336,222,895 648,505 – 1,258,382,393
Public Health Agency of Canada
Grants
Grants to individuals and organizations in support of health promotion projects in the areas of building community capacity, stimulating knowledge development and dissemination, and partnership building/intersectoral collaboration – 36,154,954 1,000,000 (negative 29,795,106) 7,359,848 7,347,062 12,786 – 20,809,604
Grants to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure – 13,457,193 2,725,261 (negative 12,270,454) 3,912,000 3,785,020 126,980 – 10,242,664
Diabetes Prevention Challenge – 4,200,000 – – 4,200,000 4,200,000 – – 700,000
Grants to eligible non-profit international organizations in support of their projects or programs on health – 1,180,000 – 1,017,604 2,197,604 2,197,227 377 – 3,367,604
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada program – 250,000 – 250,000 500,000 500,000 – – 500,000
Grants to graduate students, post-graduate students and Canadian post-secondary institutions to increase professional capacity and training levels in order to build an effective public health sector – 60,000 – (negative 60,000) – – – – 10,000
Total—Grants – 55,302,147 3,725,261 (negative 40,857,956) 18,169,452 18,029,309 140,143 – 35,629,872
Contributions
Contributions to individuals and organizations to support health promotion projects in the areas of building community capacity, stimulating knowledge development and dissemination, and partnership building/intersectoral collaboration – 136,566,201 7,000,000 29,268,750 172,834,951 170,559,315 2,275,636 – 228,992,063
Contributions to non-profit organizations to support, on a long-term basis, the development and provision of preventative and early intervention services aimed at addressing the health and developmental problems experienced by young children at risk in Canada – 83,978,000 – (negative 1,814,574) 82,163,426 81,701,413 462,013 – 83,606,603
Contributions to incorporated local or regional non-profit Aboriginal organizations and institutions for the purpose of developing early intervention programs for Aboriginal pre-school children and their families – 72,487,917 10,950,500 1,272,918 84,711,335 66,813,373 17,897,962 – 48,159,330
Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation – 11,000,000 – – 11,000,000 11,000,000 – – 11,000,000
Pan-Canadian vaccine injury support program – 9,000,000 18,972,498 – 27,972,498 18,057,517 9,914,981 – 23,409,506
Contributions to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure – 3,230,000 – 16,153,637 19,383,637 19,138,295 245,342 – 49,362,467
Contributions to Canadian Blood Services and/or other designated transfusion/transplantation centres to support adverse event surveillance activities – 2,190,000 – (negative 394,900) 1,795,100 1,759,106 35,994 – 1,747,189
Total—Contributions – 318,452,118 36,922,998 44,485,831 399,860,947 369,029,019 30,831,928 – 446,277,158
Other transfer payments
Links to footnote S in Table 1 Payments for proof of vaccination pursuant to the Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 – – – 75,901,265 75,901,265 75,901,265 – – 78,122,325
Total Agency – 373,754,265 40,648,259 79,529,140 493,931,664 462,959,593 30,972,071 – 560,029,355
Total Ministry – 7,197,301,628 471,596,634 2,028,335,706 9,697,233,968 9,050,484,509 646,749,459 – 7,175,536,556

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

Funding in the amount of $1,946,251,600 for the Dental benefits in relation to the Canadian Dental Care Plan was provided under Vote 1—Operating Expenditures.

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