Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations 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,
$31.86B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2022-23,
6.6%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $50.54B in FY 2022-23 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2022-23?
Spending by entity, FY 2022-23
Department of Indigenous Services
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
$22.56B
$9.13B
$132.1M
$34.1M
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 ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $3,556,998,173 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure | $3,228,463,767 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide children, youth, young adults, families and communities with prevention and protection services | $2,753,369,429 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational Advancement | $2,388,377,648 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health Care | $2,371,749,723 |
| Grants | Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 Rights | $1,878,534,219 |
| Contributions | Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residents and Status Indians in the Yukon Territory | $1,441,142,564 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure Support | $1,197,655,889 |
| Grants | Grant to support the new fiscal relationship for First Nations under the Indian Act | $1,108,145,193 |
| Contributions | Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reserves | $486,310,959 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiatives | $481,785,963 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the First Nations Post-Secondary Education Strategy | $434,801,952 |
| Contributions | Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health Benefits | $394,238,714 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support community well-being and jurisdiction initiatives for children and families | $360,524,608 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support Land Management and Economic Development | $276,108,964 |
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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.
