Canadian Heritage
How Canadian Heritage spent its budget in fiscal year 2022-23, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2022-23,
$4.8B
was spent by Canadian Heritage
In FY 2022-23,
1.0%
of federal spending was by Canadian Heritage
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $6B in FY 2022-23 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Canadian Heritage spend its budget in 2022-23?
Spending by entity, FY 2022-23
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada Council for the Arts
Library and Archives of Canada
Telefilm Canada
Canadian Museum of History
National Film Board
National Arts Centre Corporation
National Gallery of Canada
National Museum of Science and Technology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The National Battlefields Commission
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
$2.3B
$1.29B
$423.4M
$200.5M
$171.1M
$77.6M
$72.4M
$66.2M
$50.4M
$39.7M
$33M
$30.8M
$15M
$13.9M
$9M
$5.1M
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.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program | $359,029,471 |
| Contributions | Contributions for the Sport Support Program | $249,163,014 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Enhancement of Official Languages Program | $220,935,706 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Canada Media Fund | $190,604,033 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program | $151,817,536 |
| Grants | Grants to the Canada Periodical Fund | $83,719,283 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund | $70,014,374 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Canada Performing Arts Worker Resilience Fund | $62,069,398 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the Canada Music Fund | $57,899,231 |
| Grants | Grants to the Canada Arts Presentation Fund | $42,849,018 |
| Contributions | Contributions for the Hosting Program | $41,412,093 |
| Grants | Grants to the Canada Book Fund | $39,448,988 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Celebration and Commemoration Program | $36,292,814 |
| Grants | Grants to the Athlete Assistance Program | $31,738,882 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the Canada Arts Presentation Fund | $26,539,381 |
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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.
