Canadian Heritage
How Canadian Heritage spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$4.85B
was spent by Canadian Heritage
In FY 2024-25,
0.9%
of federal spending was by Canadian Heritage
The Canadian Heritage portfolio supports arts, culture, broadcasting, heritage, sport, and official languages programming across Canada. It funds cultural institutions and creators, supports the production and distribution of Canadian media content, promotes the development of official-language communities, and administers programs related to national museums, libraries and archives, and amateur sport.
Canadian Heritage spent $4.85B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 0.9% of total federal spending.
Spending is spread across the Department of Canadian Heritage and a number of affiliated cultural organizations, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canada Council for the Arts, Library and Archives of Canada, and Telefilm Canada, along with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the National Film Board, and the Canadian Museum of History. Its largest transfer payments support the development and enhancement of official-language communities, the Canada Media Fund, the Sport Support Program, and Indigenous languages and cultures programming.
How did Canadian Heritage spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada Council for the Arts
Library and Archives of Canada
Telefilm Canada
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
National Film Board
Canadian Museum of History
National Arts Centre Corporation
National Gallery of Canada
National Museum of Science and Technology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The National Battlefields Commission
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
$2.15B
$1.43B
$364.3M
$213.5M
$158.3M
$109.8M
$86.3M
$83.2M
$59.5M
$50M
$38.4M
$36.4M
$28.6M
$18.9M
$12.1M
$10M
Canadian Heritage’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025
Line items
Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Vote | Description | Total available | Used ▼ | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 5 | Grants and contributions | $1,886,714,822 | $1,857,943,872 | $28,770,950 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Corporation for operating expenditures | $1,309,339,411 | $1,309,339,411 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Council | $364,283,160 | $364,283,160 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $265,988,310 | $259,422,180 | $6,566,130 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the corporation to be used for the purposes set out in the Telefilm Canada Act | $158,302,331 | $158,302,331 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $161,327,912 | $154,829,569 | $6,498,343 |
| Vote 10 | Payments to the Corporation for capital expenditures | $111,898,000 | $111,898,000 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $102,976,504 | $98,209,924 | $4,766,580 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $93,106,646 | $86,126,621 | $6,980,025 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Museum for operating and capital expenditures | $83,226,822 | $83,226,822 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Corporation for operating expenditures | $59,524,537 | $59,524,537 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Gallery for operating and capital expenditures | $42,020,493 | $42,020,493 | $0 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $62,121,749 | $41,860,961 | $20,260,788 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Museum for operating and capital expenditures | $38,440,940 | $38,440,940 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Museum for operating and capital expenditures | $36,378,308 | $36,378,308 | $0 |
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Canadian Heritage figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
