Energy and Natural Resources
How Energy and Natural Resources spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$6.2B
was spent by Energy and Natural Resources
In FY 2024-25,
1.1%
of federal spending was by Energy and Natural Resources
Natural Resources Canada is responsible for federal policy on energy, minerals and metals, and forestry, and works to promote responsible development of Canada's natural resource sectors. The portfolio also includes Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the Canadian Energy Regulator, and the Northern Pipeline Agency.
Energy and Natural Resources spent $6.2B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 1.1% of total federal spending. Most of that spending was recorded under the Department of Natural Resources, with further amounts attributed to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and the Canadian Energy Regulator.
The portfolio's largest transfer program was payments to the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Resource Revenue Fund. Other major transfer payments supported home retrofits, through both contributions and grants, along with contributions for Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways projects and for the Growing Canada's Forests—2 Billion Trees initiative.
How did Energy and Natural Resources spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of Natural Resources
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Canadian Energy Regulator
Northern Pipeline Agency
$4.43B
$1.43B
$202.4M
$131M
$400K
Energy and Natural Resources’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 | $3,011,384,595 | $2,365,228,981 | $646,155,614 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the corporation for operating and capital expenditures | $1,602,049,596 | $1,433,600,000 | $168,449,596 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $1,086,032,323 | $1,077,930,957 | $8,101,366 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $991,684,190 | $939,436,502 | $52,247,688 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $150,557,990 | $145,958,479 | $4,599,511 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $122,286,334 | $117,310,821 | $4,975,513 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $61,258,268 | $56,483,609 | $4,774,659 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $59,216,898 | $52,273,370 | $6,943,528 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $13,662,063 | $13,652,012 | $10,051 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $540,000 | $396,102 | $143,898 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $4,144 | $4,144 | $0 |
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Energy and Natural Resources figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
