Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spent its budget in fiscal year 2016-17, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2016-17,
$9.15B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2016-17,
3.0%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $11.98B in FY 2016-17 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2016-17?
Spending by entity, FY 2016-17
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
$9.13B
$15.9M
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 the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $1,702,422,689 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement | $1,680,325,427 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents | $1,055,905,261 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide women, children and families with Protection and Prevention Services | $799,489,207 |
| Grants | Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements | $477,415,037 |
| Grants | Grants to First Nations to settle specific and special claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal | $393,695,147 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations and Inuit Post-Secondary Educational Advancement | $350,217,704 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives | $337,134,529 |
| Contributions | Contribution to supply public services in Indian Government Support and to build strong governance, administrative and accountability systems | $247,412,053 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development | $219,715,253 |
| Grants | Grant for Band Support Funding | $160,929,272 |
| Contributions | Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reserves | $115,686,700 |
| Contributions | Contribution to increase First Nations and Inuit Youth Participation in Education and Labour Market Opportunities | $76,217,997 |
| Contributions | Contribution to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communities | $71,871,143 |
| Grants | Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive claim settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Acts | $69,236,768 |
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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.
