Health
How Health spent its budget in fiscal year 2021-22, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2021-22,
$16.97B
was spent by Health
In FY 2021-22,
3.4%
of federal spending was by Health
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $18.14B in FY 2021-22 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Health spend its budget in 2021-22?
Spending by entity, FY 2021-22
Public Health Agency of Canada
Department of Health
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
$8.71B
$6.04B
$1.38B
$824.4M
$12.3M
Health’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 ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Other transfer payments | Strengthening Canada's Home and Community Care and Mental Health and Addiction Initiative and Virtual Care Services Initiative | $2,552,597,627 |
| Grants | Grants for research projects and personnel support | $1,182,821,346 |
| Contributions | COVID-19 Safe Restart Agreements Transfer Payment Program | $152,741,563 |
| Contributions | Contributions to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure | $122,339,276 |
| Contributions | Contributions to individuals and organizations to support health promotion projects in the areas of building community capacity, stimulating knowledge development and dissemination, and partnership building/intersectoral collaboration | $115,078,446 |
| Grants | Grants to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure | $110,406,202 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Canadian Institute for Health Information | $101,373,979 |
| Contributions | Substance Use and Addictions Program | $97,662,938 |
| Contributions | Contribution to Canada Health Infoway | $91,242,085 |
| Contributions | Contributions to non-profit organizations to support, on a long-term basis, the development and provision of preventative and early intervention services aimed at addressing the health and developmental problems experienced by young children at risk in Canada | $83,363,320 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer | $52,453,123 |
| Grants | Canada First Research Excellence Fund | $43,803,272 |
| Contributions | Official Languages Health Contribution Program | $38,785,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions to incorporated local or regional non-profit Aboriginal organizations and institutions for the purpose of developing early intervention programs for Aboriginal pre-school children and their families | $33,636,492 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health | $29,058,769 |
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Health 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.
