Health
How Health 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,
$12.47B
was spent by Health
In FY 2022-23,
2.6%
of federal spending was by Health
How did Health spend its budget in 2022-23?
Spending by entity, FY 2022-23
Public Health Agency of Canada
Department of Health
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
$5.79B
$4.32B
$1.34B
$1.01B
$12M
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 | Payments to provinces and territories for the Purpose of Home Care and Mental Health | $1,200,296,173 |
| Grants | Grants for research projects and personnel support | $1,139,511,929 |
| 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 | $201,729,178 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments for dental benefits pursuant to the Dental Benefit Act | $156,907,140 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments for proof of vaccination pursuant to the Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 | $145,976,410 |
| Contributions | Substance Use and Addictions Program | $145,289,504 |
| Contributions | Compensation payments in accordance with requirements established by Regulations under the Health of Animals Act and the Plant Protection Act, and authorized pursuant to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (S.C., 1997, c. 6) | $119,382,097 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Canadian Institute for Health Information | $99,014,979 |
| 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 | $83,088,065 |
| Contributions | Contributions to individuals and organizations in support of public health infrastructure | $71,753,627 |
| 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 | $52,990,576 |
| Contributions | Health Care Policy and Strategies Program | $51,411,494 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer | $47,429,007 |
| Grants | Canada First Research Excellence Fund | $38,748,944 |
| Contributions | Contribution to Canada Health Infoway | $38,508,646 |
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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.
