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Canadian Heritage

How Canadian Heritage spent its budget in fiscal year 2018-19, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.

In FY 2018-19 this was reported as Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism.

Department Spending

In FY 2018-19,

$3.6B

was spent by Canadian Heritage

In FY 2018-19,

1.0%

of federal spending was by Canadian Heritage

On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $4.17B in FY 2018-19 — see the overview and methodology.

How did Canadian Heritage spend its budget in 2018-19?

Spending by entity, FY 2018-19

Department of Canadian Heritage

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canada Council for the Arts

Library and Archives of Canada

National Capital Commission

Telefilm Canada

Canadian Museum of History

National Film Board

National Gallery of Canada

National Arts Centre Corporation

Canadian Museum of Nature

National Museum of Science and Technology

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

The National Battlefields Commission

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

$1.41B

$1.21B

$292.8M

$124.6M

$109.5M

$101.9M

$76.2M

$70.5M

$51.5M

$35.4M

$31.1M

$30.2M

$25.3M

$11.1M

$10.9M

$8.2M

Canadian Heritage’s share of federal spending

Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025

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.

Transfer payments
CategoryDescriptionAmount
ContributionsContributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program$240,481,277
ContributionsContributions for the Sport Support Program$156,919,195
ContributionsContributions to support the Canada Media Fund$151,106,077
ContributionsContributions in support the Enhancement of Official Languages Program$118,467,347
GrantsGrants to the Canada Periodical Fund$70,684,635
ContributionsContributions to the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund$53,059,268
ContributionsContributions to support the Aboriginal Peoples' Program$41,115,757
ContributionsContributions to the Canada Book Fund$35,481,585
GrantsGrants to the Athlete Assistance Program$32,098,389
ContributionsContributions to the Canada Music Fund$26,407,595
ContributionsContributions for the Hosting Program$25,714,604
ContributionsContributions to the Canada Arts Training Fund$22,697,225
GrantsGrants to the Canada Cultural Investment Fund$18,995,994
ContributionsContributions in support of the Exchanges Canada Initiative$18,345,090
ContributionsContributions under the Museums Assistance Program$17,615,782
59 line items · all figures in dollars
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Canadian Heritage 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.