Based on Canada Open Government disbursement data
Canadian Grant Insights
Federal grant and subsidy disbursements across Canada, 2005–2025.
1,022,094
Grants Tracked
$19.9B
Disclosed Funding
$4.96B
Peak Year (2024)
13
Provinces & Territories
Dollar figures cover records with disclosed amounts (~3% of dataset). Estimates are approximate.
Year over Year
Disclosed funding by fiscal year
Federal grants with disclosed dollar amounts, 2017–2025. Years with fewer than 50 disclosed records excluded.
2017
$25M
2018
$2.4B
2019
$988M
2020
$2.2B
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.6B
2023
$4.7B
2024
$5.0B
2025
$2.0B
Source: Government of Canada Open Government Portal
By Province
Province breakdown
Total disbursements and disclosed funding per province or territory.
Ontario#1
Disbursements
260,026
Disclosed
$8.0B
Disbursements
181,545
Disclosed
$2.6B
Disbursements
98,949
Disclosed
$2.2B
Disbursements
68,584
Disclosed
$2.5B
Disbursements
40,534
Disclosed
$836M
Disbursements
34,725
Disclosed
$609M
Disbursements
28,634
Disclosed
$311M
Disbursements
26,469
Disclosed
$556M
Disbursements
22,854
Disclosed
$1.3B
Disbursements
11,563
Disclosed
$253M
Disbursements
2,287
Disclosed
$269M
Disbursements
2,016
Disclosed
$212M
Disbursements
1,086
Disclosed
$66M
Top Programs
Most common grant programs
Top 10 federal programs by total number of disbursements.
1
Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
258,850 disbursements$52M
2
Research Training and Talent Development
65,967 disbursements
3
Incentives for Zero-emission vehicles program
34,105 disbursements
4
Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream
29,776 disbursements
5
Discovery Research
28,656 disbursements
6
New Horizons for Seniors Program
22,561 disbursements$49K
7
Research Partnerships
18,927 disbursements
8
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
16,719 disbursements
9
Athlete Assistance Program
14,196 disbursements
10
Insight research
12,318 disbursements
This data is sourced from the Government of Canada's Open Government portal and covers federal grant disbursements from 2005–2025. Dollar amounts are disclosed for approximately 3% of records. All figures are approximate and intended for informational purposes only.