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.
Payments to provinces and territories for the purpose of Early Learning and Child Care
2021-22
$27,778,098.00
Government of Alberta
Department of the Environment
Contributions in support of the Low Carbon Economy Fund
2023-24
$26,163,940.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program
2025-26
$23,435,497.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Justice
Contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program
2024-25
$22,707,469.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Justice
Contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program
2025-26
$22,707,469.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Enhancement of Official Languages Program
2022-23
$22,235,304.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Health
COVID-19 Safe Restart Agreements Transfer Payment Program
2021-22
$21,020,000.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Health
(S) Payment to the provinces and territories pursuant to section 103 of the Patent Act
2025-26
$19,331,713.00
GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA
Natural Resources Canada
Contributions in Support of the Resilient Communities Through FireSmart program
2024-25
$17,938,803.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Contributions to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, municipal governments, Band/tribal councils and other Indigenous organizations, public health and educational institutions, Régies régionales, for-profit enterprises, research organizations and research institutes to support activities to help alleviate and prevent homelessness across Canada and to carry out research on homelessness to help communities better understand and more effectively address homelessness issues - Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative
2025-26
$17,487,135.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Contributions to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, municipal governments, Band/tribal councils and other Indigenous organizations, public health and educational institutions, Régies régionales, for-profit enterprises, research organizations and research institutes to support activities to help alleviate and prevent homelessness across Canada and to carry out research on homelessness to help communities better understand and more effectively address homelessness issues - Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative
2024-25
$17,487,135.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Employment and Social Development
Payments to provinces and territories for the National School Food Program
2025-26
$17,440,402.00
Government of Alberta
Public Health Agency of Canada
Grants to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure
2020-21
$17,436,505.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program
2023-24
$17,218,461.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Enhancement of Official Languages Program
2023-24
$16,357,620.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program
2022-23
$15,764,430.00
Government of Alberta
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
$15,688,000.00
Government of Alberta
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
$15,688,000.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Enhancement of Official Languages Program
2025-26
$15,540,194.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Enhancement of Official Languages Program
2024-25
$15,375,133.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Natural Resources
Contributions for Growing Canadas Forests - 2 Billion Trees
2025-26
$14,853,700.00
Government of Alberta
Department of the Environment
Contributions in support of the Canada Nature Fund
2025-26
$12,188,050.00
Government of Alberta
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities Fund
2018-19
$11,549,628.00
Government of Alberta
Department of Canadian Heritage
Contributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program
2021-22
$10,875,326.00
Government of Alberta
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities Fund
2019-20
$10,455,101.00
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