Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations 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,
$23.3B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2021-22,
4.6%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $36.92B in FY 2021-22 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2021-22?
Spending by entity, FY 2021-22
Department of Indigenous Services
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
$18.35B
$4.83B
$89.2M
$27.3M
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 the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $2,643,198,947 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement | $2,323,290,064 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | $2,258,360,449 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents and Status Indians in the Yukon Territory | $1,465,463,606 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide children and families with Protection and Prevention Services | $1,383,476,475 |
| Grants | Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 Rights | $1,166,299,840 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure Support | $1,098,556,197 |
| Grants | Grant to support the new fiscal relationship for First Nations under the Indian Act | $910,624,235 |
| Contributions | Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reserves | $660,201,902 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy | $463,424,320 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives | $456,226,546 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Aboriginal Economic Development Strategic Partnerships Initiative | $399,491,955 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development | $387,347,077 |
| 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 | $386,908,348 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support community well-being and jurisdiction initiatives for children and families | $384,431,164 |
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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.
