Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2020-21,
$21.77B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2020-21,
3.4%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $26.87B in FY 2020-21 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
Department of Indigenous Services
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
$16.35B
$5.39B
$22.3M
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 | $2,012,313,809 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $1,941,753,655 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | $1,783,770,399 |
| Grants | Grants to First Nations to settle specific claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal, and to Indigenous groups to settle special claims | $1,738,084,279 |
| Contributions | Contributions to strengthen the safety and well-being of First Nations children and their families | $1,504,568,478 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents and Status Indians in the Yukon Territory | $1,057,907,514 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure Support | $992,437,818 |
| Grants | Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 Rights | $842,052,678 |
| Grants | Grant to support the new fiscal relationship for First Nations under the Indian Act | $789,968,318 |
| Contributions | Payments to the Indigenous Community Support Fund pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act | $606,275,749 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development | $492,394,201 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives | $447,898,063 |
| Contributions | Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reserves | $360,586,326 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy | $357,668,319 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health Benefits | $349,400,673 |
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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.
