Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spent its budget in fiscal year 2017-18, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2017-18,
$12.34B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2017-18,
3.7%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $19.58B in FY 2017-18 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2017-18?
Spending by entity, FY 2017-18
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Department of Indigenous Services Canada
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
$8.03B
$4.29B
$21.5M
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 ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Grants to First Nations to settle specific and special claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal | $1,297,921,874 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement | $1,119,602,300 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $1,069,511,644 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $968,925,402 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents | $715,698,725 |
| Grants | Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements | $707,993,767 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement | $666,506,112 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide women, children and families with Protection and Prevention Services | $475,946,208 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide women, children and families with Protection and Prevention Services | $401,883,263 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives | $395,968,053 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents | $356,640,220 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations and Inuit Post-Secondary Educational Advancement | $283,322,781 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | $258,861,903 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure Support | $239,136,659 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development | $234,356,021 |
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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.
