Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spent its budget in fiscal year 2015-16, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2015-16,
$7.98B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2015-16,
2.7%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $8.9B in FY 2015-16 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2015-16?
Spending by entity, FY 2015-16
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Canadian Polar Commission
$7.96B
$8.3M
$6M
$1.3M
Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025
Line items
Every transfer-payment (grant and contribution) program, in dollars. These are the named programs behind the transfer-payments object in the chart above. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement | $1,399,815,020 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $1,124,511,157 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents | $1,032,502,927 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide women, children and families ordinarily resident on-reserve with Protection and Prevention Services | $708,789,784 |
| Grants | Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements | $436,540,831 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives | $338,726,631 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations and Inuit Post-Secondary Educational Advancement | $335,101,393 |
| Contributions | Contribution to supply public services in Indian Government Support and to build strong governance, administrative and accountability systems | $222,925,961 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development | $180,935,241 |
| Grants | Grant for Band Support Funding | $157,748,998 |
| Contributions | Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reserves | $111,982,318 |
| Contributions | Contribution to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communities | $68,498,325 |
| Grants | Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive claim settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Acts | $57,412,370 |
| Grants | Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and Inuit | $53,301,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Urban Aboriginal Strategy | $48,999,433 |
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Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations figures are net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II, and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
