Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
What Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spent in fiscal year 2024-25: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs; the overview shows it in that ministry.
Spending, 2024-25
Net spending, 2024-25
$14.2B
spent by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2024-25
3.0%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spend its budget in 2024-25?
By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending. Transfer payments are broken into their largest named programs.
Spending by standard object, 2024-25
Transfer payments
Other subsidies and payments
Professional and special services
Personnel
Transportation and communications
Rentals
Information
Utilities, materials and supplies
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Repair and maintenance
Internal revenues
$11.9B
$1.39B
$699M
$247M
$7.5M
$3.2M
$1.3M
$818K
$549K
$336K
-$8.9M
Total: $14.2B.
Spending by program, 2024-25
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $14.2B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$8.35B
$2.31B
$1.44B
$568M
$463M
$198M
$175M
$141M
$133M
$84.8M
$65.7M
$62.2M
$62M
$34.6M
$23.8M
$19.7M
$18.1M
$17.3M
$15.8M
$15.7M
$13.3M
$11M
$8M
$5.9M
$4.5M
$1.4M
Workforce, 2024-25
Full-time equivalents
1,931
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$247M
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$128K
personnel spending divided by full-time equivalents
A full-time equivalent is a measure of employment, not a headcount: two half-time employees are one FTE. Personnel spending includes benefits and pension contributions, so per FTE it is not an average salary.
Transfer payment programs, 2024-25
The grants, contributions and other transfers Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada paid, program by program: $11.9B in all, against $11.9B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| 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 claimsPayments | Grant | $8,313,650,447 |
| Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 RightsPayments | Grant | $1,748,519,151 |
| Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiativesPayments | Contribution | $777,562,459 |
| Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communitiesPayments | Contribution | $153,976,178 |
| Contributions for Métis Nation Early Learning Child CarePayments | Contribution | $137,367,716 |
| Contributions for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific developmentPayments | Contribution | $98,843,605 |
| Grants to reimburse treaty negotiation loans to Indigenous groups who have settled a comprehensive land claimPayments | Grant | $94,135,251 |
| Federal Interlocutor's Contribution ProgramPayments | Contribution | $75,182,024 |
| Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and InuitPayments | Grant | $63,700,000 |
| Contributions to support Indigenous governments and institutions, and to build strong governancePayments | Contribution | $62,824,611 |
| Contributions to support Métis housingPayments | Contribution | $61,177,624 |
| Contributions to address the legacy of residential schoolsPayments | Contribution | $60,689,004 |
| Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy developmentPayments | Contribution | $50,562,026 |
| 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 accessPayments | Grant | $40,263,000 |
| Grants for the Political Evolution of the Territories, particularly as it pertains to DevolutionPayments | Grant | $32,954,935 |
| 29 programs | $11,906,280,735 | |
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2025, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II: Transfer payments (multi-year open data)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Spending (programs_spending.csv)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Employees (programs_ftes.csv)
Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.
