Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
How Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$40.83B
was spent by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
In FY 2024-25,
7.5%
of federal spending was by Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations
The Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations portfolio brings together the federal departments responsible for the government's relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. The Department of Indigenous Services delivers programs and services in areas such as health care, child and family services, education, and community infrastructure, with an ongoing mandate to transfer control of these services to Indigenous communities and governments. The Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs manages the Crown's relationship with Indigenous peoples, including treaty and land claims negotiations, self-government arrangements, and northern governance. The portfolio also includes the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, which conducts scientific research in Canada's North.
Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spent $40.83B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, or 7.5% of total federal spending. Spending is split between the portfolio's two main departments, with the Department of Indigenous Services accounting for a larger share than the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs; the Canadian High Arctic Research Station represents a much smaller portion of the portfolio's total.
The portfolio's transfer payments are concentrated in claims settlements and community services. Its largest transfer payment funds grants to First Nations to settle specific claims negotiated with Canada or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal, and to other Indigenous groups to settle special claims. Other major transfer categories include contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructure, contributions supporting prevention and protection services for children, youth, young adults, families, and communities, contributions for First Nations and Inuit primary health care, and contributions supporting First Nations elementary and secondary educational advancement.
How did Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of Indigenous Services
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
$26.53B
$14.26B
$36.5M
Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025
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 | $23,795,239,304 | $22,828,043,798 | $967,195,506 |
| Vote 10 | Grants and contributions | $13,918,375,007 | $11,900,129,617 | $2,018,245,390 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $3,919,589,624 | $3,532,564,865 | $387,024,759 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $3,992,648,925 | $2,304,814,152 | $1,687,834,773 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $199,419,791 | $166,605,022 | $32,814,769 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $53,582,184 | $53,539,737 | $42,447 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $38,054,585 | $34,691,452 | $3,363,133 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $8,925,457 | $5,923,966 | $3,001,491 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $3,496,657 | $1,775,859 | $1,720,798 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $110,619 | $35,619 | $75,000 |
Explore other federal departments
Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
