Transfer payments
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| Description | Source of authorities | Disposition of authorities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available from previous years | Main Estimates | Supplementary Estimates | Adjustments, warrants and transfers | Total available for use | Used in the current year | Variance | Available for use in subsequent years | Used in the previous year | |
| Department of Industry | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grant to the Radio Advisory Board of Canada | – | 4,808,000 | – | (negative 4,723,000) | 85,000 | 85,000 | – | – | 85,000 |
| Grant to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development | – | 550,000 | – | (negative 250,000) | 300,000 | 194,100 | 105,900 | – | 300,000 |
| Grant to the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland | – | 300,000 | – | 5,333,000 | 5,633,000 | 5,633,000 | – | – | 5,608,000 |
| Grant to the Internal Trade Secretariat Corporation | – | 85,000 | – | 390,000 | 475,000 | 375,000 | 100,000 | – | 375,000 |
| Grant to the Innovative Solutions Canada program | – | – | – | 300,000 | 300,000 | – | 300,000 | – | – |
| Link to footnote S Grant to Genome Canada | – | 1,700,000 | – | – | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 | – | – | 4,500,000 |
| Link to footnote S Grant to Sustainable Development Technology Canada for the NextGen Biofuels Fund | – | 800,000 | – | (negative 800,000) | – | – | – | – | 27,476,242 |
| Total—Grants | – | 8,243,000 | – | 250,000 | 8,493,000 | 7,987,100 | 505,900 | – | 38,344,242 |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions under the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund | – | 995,423,553 | – | 1,336,351 | 996,759,904 | 731,759,904 | 265,000,000 | – | 740,926,765 |
| Contributions under the Canada Foundation for Innovation | – | 250,900,000 | – | – | 250,900,000 | 250,900,000 | – | – | 198,550,000 |
| Contributions under the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative | – | 177,912,000 | 2,511,453 | 67,081,307 | 247,504,760 | 247,504,760 | – | – | 152,757,470 |
| Contributions to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology | – | 101,540,514 | 24,700,479 | – | 126,240,993 | 101,540,514 | 24,700,479 | – | 57,758,760 |
| Contributions under the Automotive Innovation Fund | – | 98,566,809 | – | (negative 55,994,068) | 42,572,741 | 42,572,741 | – | – | 22,127,500 |
| Contributions under the Connecting Canadians Program | – | 76,000,000 | 1,702,775 | (negative 16,150,000) | 61,552,775 | 44,220,537 | 17,332,238 | – | 69,975,122 |
| Contributions under the Connect to Innovate Program | – | 65,874,564 | – | 15,000,000 | 80,874,564 | 7,224,000 | 73,650,564 | – | – |
| Contributions under the Technology Demonstration Program | – | 49,025,560 | – | (negative 23,815,913) | 25,209,647 | 25,209,647 | – | – | 28,397,628 |
| Contributions to Mitacs Inc. | – | 39,500,000 | 11,500,000 | – | 51,000,000 | 51,000,000 | – | – | 38,900,000 |
| Contributions to Genome Canada | – | 35,400,000 | – | – | 35,400,000 | 35,400,000 | – | – | 5,000,000 |
| Contributions under the Northern Ontario Development Program | – | 31,840,000 | 4,600,000 | (negative 5,800,000) | 30,640,000 | 30,640,000 | – | – | 31,540,000 |
| Contributions under the Automotive Supplier Innovation Program | – | 24,484,628 | 4,367,302 | (negative 21,680,566) | 7,171,364 | 7,171,364 | – | – | 14,631,036 |
| Contributions to CANARIE Inc. | – | 23,800,000 | – | 569,532 | 24,369,532 | 22,300,000 | 2,069,532 | – | 20,000,000 |
| Contributions to the Centre for Drug Research and Development | – | 16,000,000 | – | – | 16,000,000 | 16,000,000 | – | – | – |
| Contributions to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | – | 10,000,000 | – | – | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | – | – | 10,000,000 |
| Contributions under the Community Futures Program | – | 8,360,008 | – | – | 8,360,008 | 8,360,008 | – | – | 8,360,008 |
| Contributions to the Stem Cell Network | – | 6,000,000 | – | (negative 794,532) | 5,205,468 | 5,205,468 | – | – | 6,794,532 |
| Contributions under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program | – | 5,200,000 | – | 1,800,000 | 7,000,000 | 6,717,518 | 282,482 | – | 3,272,937 |
| Contributions under the Computers for Schools program | – | 5,000,000 | – | 718,594 | 5,718,594 | 5,503,898 | 214,696 | – | 5,684,811 |
| Contributions under the Youth Employment Strategy—Computer for Schools Program | – | 3,200,242 | 2,625,000 | (negative 718,594) | 5,106,648 | 4,596,442 | 510,206 | – | 4,008,678 |
| Contributions to the Council of Canadian Academies | – | 3,000,000 | – | 550,000 | 3,550,000 | 3,550,000 | – | – | 3,452,545 |
| Contributions to the Let's Talk Science | – | 2,600,000 | – | 225,000 | 2,825,000 | 2,825,000 | – | – | 2,475,000 |
| Contributions under the Program for Non-Profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations | – | 1,690,000 | – | – | 1,690,000 | 1,558,337 | 131,663 | – | 1,612,403 |
| Contributions under the Economic Development Initiative | – | 1,000,000 | – | – | 1,000,000 | 876,338 | 123,662 | – | 1,171,274 |
| Contributions under the Strategic Activities Program | – | 243,995 | – | 1,291,526 | 1,535,521 | 1,453,765 | 81,756 | – | 312,206 |
| Contributions under the Strategic Innovation Fund | – | – | 44,748,570 | 5,745,914 | 50,494,484 | 35,451,558 | 15,042,926 | – | – |
| Contributions under the Innovation Superclusters Initiative | – | – | 43,679,356 | – | 43,679,356 | – | 43,679,356 | – | – |
| Contributions under the CanCode program | – | – | 19,060,685 | – | 19,060,685 | 17,899,923 | 1,160,762 | – | – |
| Contributions to Futurpreneur Canada | – | – | 7,000,000 | – | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | – | – | 7,000,000 |
| Contributions to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | – | – | 7,000,000 | – | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | – | – | 5,000,000 |
| Contributions to the University of Waterloo for the purpose of the Institute for Quantum Computing | – | – | 5,000,000 | – | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | – | – | 5,000,000 |
| Contributions under the Support for Women Entrepreneurs program | – | – | 2,800,000 | 50,000 | 2,850,000 | – | 2,850,000 | – | – |
| Contributions under the Affordable Access Initiative | – | – | 1,959,837 | – | 1,959,837 | 1,228,000 | 731,837 | – | – |
| Contributions under the Accessible Technology Development program | – | – | 1,675,512 | – | 1,675,512 | – | 1,675,512 | – | – |
| Contributions under the Youth Employment Strategy—Digital Skills for Youth program | – | – | 1,895,900 | – | 1,895,900 | – | 1,895,900 | – | – |
| Contributions under the Bombardier C Series Program | – | – | – | 29,725,449 | 29,725,449 | 29,725,449 | – | – | 55,447,443 |
| Link to footnote S Contributions under the Technology Partnership Canada Program | – | – | – | 1,021 | 1,021 | 1,021 | – | – | 334,362 |
| Link to footnote S Liabilities under the Canada Small Business Financing Act (S.C., 1998, c. 36) | – | 69,029,621 | – | (negative 17,729,402) | 51,300,219 | 51,300,219 | – | – | 63,079,578 |
| Link to footnote S Contributions to Genome Canada | – | 31,400,000 | – | (negative 9,400,000) | 22,000,000 | 22,000,000 | – | – | 57,400,000 |
| Link to footnote S Contributions to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | – | – | – | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | – | – | – |
| Items not required for the current year | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,040,879 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 2,132,991,494 | 186,826,869 | (negative 20,488,381) | 2,299,329,982 | 1,848,196,411 | 451,133,571 | – | 1,630,010,937 |
| Total Department | – | 2,141,234,494 | 186,826,869 | (negative 20,238,381) | 2,307,822,982 | 1,856,183,511 | 451,639,471 | – | 1,668,355,179 |
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grants to organizations to promote economic cooperation and development | – | 2,000,000 | 1 | 154,400 | 2,154,401 | 607,424 | 1,546,977 | – | 202,959 |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions under the Business Development Program | – | 126,175,938 | 39,104,308 | 3,010,000 | 168,290,246 | 174,809,155 | (negative 6,518,909) | – | 157,272,396 |
| Contributions for the Atlantic Innovation Fund | – | 44,900,000 | – | – | 44,900,000 | 36,274,360 | 8,625,640 | – | 30,653,122 |
| Contribution for the Innovative Communities Fund | – | 37,177,762 | 1,480,000 | – | 38,657,762 | 41,687,697 | (negative 3,029,935) | – | 47,669,438 |
| Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program | – | 16,600,000 | – | – | 16,600,000 | 17,168,340 | (negative 568,340) | – | 12,535,250 |
| Contributions under the Community Futures program | – | 12,642,000 | – | – | 12,642,000 | 12,641,998 | 2 | – | 12,627,869 |
| Contributions under the Atlantic Policy Research Initiatives | – | 600,000 | – | – | 600,000 | 768,842 | (negative 168,842) | – | 525,445 |
| Contributions to promote and coordinate economic development throughout Cape Breton Island | – | 126,793 | – | – | 126,793 | 13,381 | 113,412 | – | 992,752 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 238,222,493 | 40,584,308 | 3,010,000 | 281,816,801 | 283,363,773 | (negative 1,546,972) | – | 262,276,272 |
| Total Agency | – | 240,222,493 | 40,584,309 | 3,164,400 | 283,971,202 | 283,971,197 | 5 | – | 262,479,231 |
| Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency | |||||||||
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions to support Aboriginal participation in the northern economy | – | 18,300,000 | – | – | 18,300,000 | 18,154,015 | 145,985 | – | 9,646,579 |
| Contributions for promoting regional development in Canada's three territories | – | 10,800,000 | 4,537,297 | – | 15,337,297 | 14,955,410 | 381,887 | – | 19,221,229 |
| Contributions to support the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program | – | 6,400,000 | – | – | 6,400,000 | 6,443,516 | (negative 43,516) | – | 6,153,094 |
| Items not required for the current year | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,626,634 |
| Total Agency | – | 35,500,000 | 4,537,297 | – | 40,037,297 | 39,552,941 | 484,356 | – | 38,647,536 |
| Canadian Space Agency | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Class Grant Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology | – | 11,317,000 | – | (negative 2,641,382) | 8,675,618 | 8,674,322 | 1,296 | – | 9,146,442 |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions to the Canada/European Space Agency Cooperation Agreement | – | 36,648,000 | – | 5,118,523 | 41,766,523 | 41,766,413 | 110 | – | 34,498,797 |
| Class Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology | – | 13,001,000 | – | (negative 2,477,141) | 10,523,859 | 10,507,215 | 16,644 | – | 11,870,329 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 49,649,000 | – | 2,641,382 | 52,290,382 | 52,273,628 | 16,754 | – | 46,369,126 |
| Total Agency | – | 60,966,000 | – | – | 60,966,000 | 60,947,950 | 18,050 | – | 55,515,568 |
| Department of Western Economic Diversification | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grants for the Western Diversification Program | – | 5,000,000 | 11,635,409 | (negative 7,700,000) | 8,935,409 | 7,391,214 | 1,544,195 | – | – |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions under the Western Diversification Program | – | 78,266,678 | 5,757,695 | 9,816,427 | 93,840,800 | 93,798,745 | 42,055 | – | 84,983,794 |
| Contributions under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program | – | 46,200,000 | 10,773,978 | – | 56,973,978 | 55,153,616 | 1,820,362 | – | 35,426,022 |
| Contributions under the Community Futures Program | – | 28,156,322 | – | (negative 1,790,344) | 26,365,978 | 26,365,978 | – | – | 28,228,125 |
| Contributions under the Women's Enterprise Initiative | – | 3,900,000 | – | (negative 326,083) | 3,573,917 | 3,573,917 | – | – | 4,105,575 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 156,523,000 | 16,531,673 | 7,700,000 | 180,754,673 | 178,892,256 | 1,862,417 | – | 152,743,516 |
| Total Agency | – | 161,523,000 | 28,167,082 | – | 189,690,082 | 186,283,470 | 3,406,612 | – | 152,743,516 |
| Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grants under the Quebec Economic Development Program | – | 1,650,000 | – | (negative 1,650,000) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions under the Quebec Economic Development Program | – | 232,111,487 | 5,000,000 | 2,819,345 | 239,930,832 | 238,142,111 | 1,788,721 | – | 244,818,183 |
| Contributions under the Community Futures Program | – | 28,968,018 | – | (negative 284,345) | 28,683,673 | 28,683,673 | – | – | 29,607,493 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 261,079,505 | 5,000,000 | 2,535,000 | 268,614,505 | 266,825,784 | 1,788,721 | – | 274,425,676 |
| Total Agency | – | 262,729,505 | 5,000,000 | 885,000 | 268,614,505 | 266,825,784 | 1,788,721 | – | 274,425,676 |
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grant to the Corporation of the City of Brantford | – | 459,000 | – | – | 459,000 | 459,000 | – | – | 9,640,412 |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Contributions for Southern Ontario Prosperity Initiatives | – | 97,773,898 | – | – | 97,773,898 | 97,773,898 | – | – | 100,773,855 |
| Contributions under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program | – | 68,800,000 | – | – | 68,800,000 | 65,435,745 | 3,364,255 | – | 18,730,978 |
| Contributions for the Advanced Manufacturing Fund | – | 53,300,000 | – | – | 53,300,000 | 34,571,447 | 18,728,553 | – | 42,835,000 |
| Contributions under the Community Futures Program | – | 11,285,992 | – | – | 11,285,992 | 11,285,992 | – | – | 11,285,992 |
| Contributions under the Eastern Ontario Development Program | – | 9,600,000 | – | – | 9,600,000 | 9,600,000 | – | – | 9,600,000 |
| Contributions under the Economic Development Initiative—Official Languages | – | 979,612 | – | – | 979,612 | 979,612 | – | – | 979,612 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 241,739,502 | – | – | 241,739,502 | 219,646,694 | 22,092,808 | – | 184,205,437 |
| Total Agency | – | 242,198,502 | – | – | 242,198,502 | 220,105,694 | 22,092,808 | – | 193,845,849 |
| National Research Council of Canada | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| International Affiliations | – | 560,000 | 1 | 85,000 | 645,001 | 644,990 | 11 | – | 559,998 |
| Contributions | |||||||||
| Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Firms | – | 157,844,000 | – | – | 157,844,000 | 156,883,967 | 960,033 | – | 213,621,977 |
| Contributions to the International Astronomical Observatories Program | – | 96,334,149 | – | 4,400,000 | 100,734,149 | 21,903,992 | 78,830,157 | – | 20,991,704 |
| Contribution to TRIUMF (Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics) | – | 54,572,800 | – | – | 54,572,800 | 54,572,800 | – | – | 53,672,800 |
| Contributions for the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program | – | 24,565,885 | – | – | 24,565,885 | 23,967,946 | 597,939 | – | 24,341,747 |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Organizations | – | 13,800,000 | – | – | 13,800,000 | 12,933,759 | 866,241 | – | 14,370,643 |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Youth Employment Strategy | – | 5,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 25,000,000 | 22,496,291 | 2,503,709 | – | 14,930,212 |
| Payment of an assessed contribution for the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures | – | 659,000 | – | – | 659,000 | 633,181 | 25,819 | – | 561,046 |
| Total—Contributions | – | 352,775,834 | 10,000,000 | 14,400,000 | 377,175,834 | 293,391,936 | 83,783,898 | – | 342,490,129 |
| Total Agency | – | 353,335,834 | 10,000,001 | 14,485,000 | 377,820,835 | 294,036,926 | 83,783,909 | – | 343,050,127 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grants and Scholarships | – | 887,833,122 | 3,332,270 | 3,633,834 | 894,799,226 | 894,799,226 | – | – | 894,566,629 |
| Canada First Research Excellence Fund | – | 101,820,801 | – | – | 101,820,801 | 101,820,801 | – | – | 66,506,108 |
| College and Community Innovation Program | – | 52,530,071 | 4,576,400 | (negative 4,739,546) | 52,366,925 | 52,366,925 | – | – | 52,200,459 |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships | – | 42,580,000 | – | – | 42,580,000 | 42,553,759 | 26,241 | – | 42,562,444 |
| Networks of Centres of Excellence | – | 31,590,000 | – | – | 31,590,000 | 31,590,000 | – | – | 33,430,050 |
| Canada Excellence Research Chairs | – | 16,216,667 | – | – | 16,216,667 | 14,816,667 | 1,400,000 | – | 25,448,000 |
| Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research | – | 9,754,676 | 1,948,000 | 200,000 | 11,902,676 | 11,902,676 | – | – | 12,494,569 |
| Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships | – | 8,350,000 | – | – | 8,350,000 | 8,287,499 | 62,501 | – | 8,307,394 |
| Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence | – | 6,296,500 | – | (negative 200,000) | 6,096,500 | 6,096,500 | – | – | 6,551,000 |
| Canada 150 Research Chairs | – | – | 1,359,118 | – | 1,359,118 | 1,359,118 | – | – | – |
| Total Agency | – | 1,156,971,837 | 11,215,788 | (negative 1,105,712) | 1,167,081,913 | 1,165,593,171 | 1,488,742 | – | 1,142,066,653 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Research Support Fund | – | 369,403,000 | – | (negative 886,866) | 368,516,134 | 368,456,473 | 59,661 | – | 368,440,841 |
| Grants and Scholarships | – | 275,602,916 | – | 898,617 | 276,501,533 | 276,498,522 | 3,011 | – | 278,818,799 |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships | – | 68,983,500 | – | – | 68,983,500 | 68,820,804 | 162,696 | – | 68,262,198 |
| Canada First Research Excellence Fund | – | 12,927,180 | – | – | 12,927,180 | 12,927,180 | – | – | 7,398,817 |
| Networks of Centres of Excellence | – | 8,770,000 | – | – | 8,770,000 | 8,770,000 | – | – | 8,911,000 |
| Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships | – | 8,300,000 | – | – | 8,300,000 | 8,234,722 | 65,278 | – | 8,231,943 |
| Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research | – | 4,634,100 | 311,529 | – | 4,945,629 | 4,945,629 | – | – | 5,711,093 |
| Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence | – | 1,494,000 | – | – | 1,494,000 | 1,494,000 | – | – | 1,477,000 |
| Canada Excellence Research Chairs | – | 1,400,000 | – | – | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | – | – | 1,250,000 |
| College and Community Innovation Program | – | 300,000 | – | 4,214,546 | 4,514,546 | 4,514,546 | – | – | 174,612 |
| Canada 150 Research Chairs | – | – | 573,797 | – | 573,797 | 573,797 | – | – | – |
| Total Agency | – | 751,814,696 | 885,326 | 4,226,297 | 756,926,319 | 756,635,673 | 290,646 | – | 748,676,303 |
| Statistics Canada | |||||||||
| Grants | |||||||||
| Grant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | – | 100,000 | – | – | 100,000 | 100,000 | – | – | 100,000 |
| Total Agency | – | 100,000 | – | – | 100,000 | 100,000 | – | – | 100,000 |
| Total Ministry | – | 5,406,596,361 | 287,216,672 | 1,416,604 | 5,695,229,637 | 5,130,236,317 | 564,993,320 | – | 4,879,905,638 |
Table notesThe dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. | |||||||||