Federal Spending Database

Use this tool to search how the Government of Canada spends money. The data in this tool comes from multiple publicly available Government of Canada sources including Grants and Contributions, Contracts over $10K, the Public Accounts' transfer payments, research funding databases (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR), and Global Affairs Canada projects. Type in one or more keywords and filter the results by year, department, recipient, program or location to explore the data. Contracts of $10,000 and under are published only as each department's yearly totals, which its spending page shows.

Recipient:Government of Ontario

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Recipient / Department	Program	Fiscal Year	Amount
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	Workforce Development Agreements	2024-25	$280,319,658.00
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	Workforce Development Agreements	2025-26	$280,203,560.00
Government of Ontario Department of Health	National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases Program	2024-25	$178,378,775.00
Government of Ontario Department of Health	National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases Program	2025-26	$178,127,962.00
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	Payments to provinces and territories for the purpose of Early Learning and Child Care	2020-21	$146,740,842.00
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	Payments to provinces and territories for the purpose of Early Learning and Child Care	2019-20	$146,679,264.00
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	Payments to provinces and territories for the purpose of Early Learning and Child Care	2018-19	$146,293,939.00
Government of Ontario Department of Justice	Contributions for Criminal Legal Aid	2025-26	$79,643,546.00
Government of Ontario Department of Justice	Contributions for Criminal Legal Aid	2024-25	$76,848,014.00
Government of Ontario Public Health Agency of Canada	Payments for proof of vaccination pursuant to the Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021	2024-25	$75,901,265.00
Government of Ontario Department of Justice	Contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program	2025-26	$65,341,920.00
Government of Ontario Department of Justice	Contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program	2024-25	$65,341,920.00
Government of Ontario Department of Health	COVID-19 Safe Restart Agreements Transfer Payment Program	2021-22	$62,970,000.00
Government of Ontario Department of Health	Payments to provinces and territories for the purpose of emergency treatment funding	2018-19	$51,097,477.00
Government of Ontario Department for Women and Gender Equality	Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression ProgramContributions to support capacity building and community-level work of Canadian Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex + organizations	2025-26	$47,784,000.00
Government of Ontario Department for Women and Gender Equality	Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program – Contributions to support capacity building and community-level work of Canadian organizations for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and additional sexually and gender diverse (2SLGBTQI+) people in Canada	2024-25	$47,784,000.00
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	Payments to provinces and territories for the National School Food Program	2025-26	$44,838,162.00
Government of Ontario Department of the Environment	(S) Climate Action Support Payments (Climate Action Incentive Fund) (Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 - S.C. 2019, c.29) - Contributions	2020-21	$40,869,000.00
Government of Ontario Department of the Environment	(S) Contributions in support of the Output-Based Pricing System Proceeds Fund	2025-26	$35,000,000.00
GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO Natural Resources Canada	Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate	2023-24	$32,000,000.00
Government of Ontario Department of the Environment	(S) Contributions in support of the Output-Based Pricing System Proceeds Fund	2024-25	$20,597,590.00
Government of Ontario Department of Health	(S) Payment to the Province of Ontario pursuant to s 103 of the Patent Act	2018-19	$20,000,000.00
Government of Ontario Department for Women and Gender Equality	Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program - Contributions to support capacity building and community-level work of Canadian 2SLGBTQI+ organizations	2023-24	$18,683,990.00
Government of Ontario Department of Employment and Social Development	(S) Payments under bilateral agreement for a national school food program (Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1, Section 154)	2024-25	$18,549,423.00
Government of Ontario Public Health Agency of Canada	Contributions to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure	2021-22	$15,650,000.00

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