Environment and Climate Change
How Environment and Climate Change spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$3.19B
was spent by Environment and Climate Change
In FY 2024-25,
0.6%
of federal spending was by Environment and Climate Change
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 $3.19B 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.
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
$3.04B
$104.9M
$43.2M
Environment and Climate Change’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 10 | Grants and contributions | $1,386,115,035 | $1,301,980,939 | $84,134,096 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $1,309,309,392 | $1,268,149,028 | $41,160,364 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $372,088,885 | $370,394,850 | $1,694,035 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $124,439,028 | $103,291,576 | $21,147,452 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $89,277,415 | $75,030,222 | $14,247,193 |
| Vote 5 | Grants and contributions | $24,841,900 | $24,330,459 | $511,441 |
| Vote 5 | Grants and contributions | $21,253,903 | $21,253,902 | $1 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $28,842,609 | $17,183,147 | $11,659,462 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $8,591,635 | $8,591,635 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $1,705,167 | $1,705,167 | $0 |
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Environment and Climate Change figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
