Environment and Climate Change
How Environment and Climate Change spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is responsible for preserving and enhancing the natural environment, conserving Canada's renewable resources, protecting water quality, and coordinating federal policy on climate change. The portfolio also includes the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, which reviews the environmental effects of major projects, and the Canada Water Agency, which supports freshwater protection and management.
Environment and Climate Change spent $3.11B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 0.6% of total federal spending. Most of that spending flowed through the Department of the Environment, with smaller amounts attributed to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canada Water Agency.
The portfolio's transfer payments were concentrated in contributions supporting municipal and environmental programming, including funding channelled through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the Green Municipal Fund, which was the largest single transfer program. Other sizeable contributions supported the Canada Nature Fund, the Low Carbon Economy Fund, the Output-Based Pricing System Proceeds Fund, and initiatives grouped under conserving nature.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$3.11B
was spent by Environment and Climate Change
In FY 2024-25,
0.6%
of federal spending was by Environment and Climate Change
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $2.17B in FY 2024-25 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Environment and Climate Change spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of the Environment
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Canada Water Agency
$2.97B
$104.8M
$43.2M
Environment and Climate Change’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 | Contribution to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the Green Municipal Fund | $530,000,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Canada Nature Fund | $324,635,265 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Low Carbon Economy Fund | $192,118,466 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Output-Based Pricing System Proceeds Fund | $144,672,429 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of Conserving Nature | $110,392,971 |
| Grants | Grant Program to Return Fuel Charge Proceeds to Indigenous Governments | $88,068,209 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of Taking Action on Clean Growth and Climate Change | $34,983,604 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of Preventing and Managing Pollution | $26,026,134 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of Freshwater Stewardship | $24,330,459 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of Canada's International Climate Finance Program | $23,987,450 |
| Grants | Grants in support of Canada's International Climate Finance Program | $21,472,550 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy | $18,071,803 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the participation of the public and Indigenous groups in assessment and policy dialogue, and to support the development of Indigenous knowledge and capacity for assessments and related activities—Participant Funding Component, Policy Dialogue Component and Indigenous Capacity Component | $17,441,174 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Impact Assessment and Regulatory System | $3,893,395 |
| Grants | Grant for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer | $3,739,216 |
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Environment and Climate Change 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.
