Archived - Departmental Plan 2023-2024: Supplementary Information Tables: Page 1
Details on transfer payment programs
Over $5 million
- Alternative Payments for Standing Programs
- Canada Health Transfer
- Canada Social Transfer
- Debt Payments on Behalf of Poor Countries to International Organizations
- Fiscal Equalization
- Payments to the International Development Association
- Statutory Subsidies
- Territorial Formula Financing
- Youth Allowances Recovery
Under $5 million
1) Alternative Payments for Standing Programs
General information
Start date: 1977
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment (recovery)
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Part VI)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Alternative Payments for Standing Programs is a recovery from the province of Quebec of an additional tax point transfer (13.5 points) above and beyond the tax point transfer that used to be part of the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer. In the 1960s, Quebec chose to use the federal government's contracting-out arrangements for certain federal–provincial programs. Since Quebec, like other provinces, receives its full cash entitlement under the Canada Health Transfer and Canada Social Transfer, the value of these tax points is reimbursed to the Government of Canada each year. Together, the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs and the Youth Allowances Recovery are known as the Quebec Abatement. These arrangements ensure that all provinces and territories are treated the same through cash and tax transfers in support of health and social programs.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of recoveries from the province of Quebec
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | (6,054,373,000) | (5,902,725,000) | (6,164,695,000) | (6,454,985,000) |
| Total program | (6,054,373,000) | (5,902,725,000) | (6,164,695,000) | (6,454,985,000) |
2) Canada Health Transfer
General information
Start date: 2004
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Part V.1)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Canada Health Transfer
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Canada Health Transfer (CHT) provides equal per capita support for health care through cash transfers to provincial and territorial governments. The CHT supports the government's commitment to maintain the Canada Health Act's national criteria (comprehensiveness, universality, portability, accessibility, and public administration), conditions, and prohibitions against user fees and extra billing. Since 2014–15, the CHT has been distributed on an equal per capita cash basis.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of CHT payments to provinces and territories
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 45,207,608,000 | 49,420,572,000 | 52,400,892,000 | 54,244,642,000 |
| Total program | 45,207,608,000 | 49,420,572,000 | 52,400,892,000 | 54,244,642,000 |
3) Canada Social Transfer
General information
Start date: 2004
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Part V.1)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Canada Social Transfer (CST) provides equal per capita cash support to provincial and territorial governments to assist them in financing social assistance and social services, post-secondary education, and programs for children. The CST gives provinces and territories the flexibility to allocate payments to those areas according to their own priorities and supports the government's commitment to prohibit minimum residency requirements for social assistance.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of CST payments to provinces and territories
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 15,938,157,000 | 16,416,302,000 | 16,908,791,000 | 17,416,055,000 |
| Total program | 15,938,157,000 | 16,416,302,000 | 16,908,791,000 | 17,416,055,000 |
4) Debt Payments on Behalf of Poor Countries to International Organizations
General information
Start date: 2010
End date: 2054
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Economic Recovery Act, Section 18(1))
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2010-11
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Commitments to International Financial Organizations
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The payments compensate international organizations for providing debt relief to lower-income countries.
Expected results: Payments to international organizations consistent with Government of Canada commitments
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: International organizations
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The Official Development Assistance Accountability Act requires broad consultations on Canada's Official Development Assistance, which includes contributions to the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, every 2 years.
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 53,424,144 | 51,823,068 | 51,535,479 | 88,719,684 |
| Total program | 53,424,144 | 51,823,068 | 51,535,479 | 88,719,684 |
5) Fiscal Equalization
General information
Start date: 1957
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Federal Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Part I)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: Formula-based Equalization payments are made to eligible provincial governments to enable them to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation. Equalization payments are unconditional.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of Equalization payments to provinces
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 21,920,222,000 | 23,963,000,000 | 25,408,095,000 | 26,302,091,000 |
| Total program | 21,920,222,000 | 23,963,000,000 | 25,408,095,000 | 26,302,091,000 |
6) Payments to the International Development Association
General information
Start date: 1960
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Bretton Woods and Related Agreement Act)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2014-15
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Commitments to International Financial Organizations
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This program provides payments to allow the International Development Association (IDA) to disburse concessional financing for development projects and programs in the world's poorest countries.
Expected results: Payments to international organizations consistent with Government of Canada commitments
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: World Bank Group
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Spring and Annual World Bank Group meetings each year and IDA replenishment cycle negotiations every 3 years, in addition to several other engagement points. The Official Development Assistance Accountability Act also requires broad consultations on Canada's Official Development Assistance, which includes contributions to the IDA, every 2 years.
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 911,436,000 | 486,916,000 | 486,916,000 | 486,916,000 |
| Total program | 911,436,000 | 486,916,000 | 486,916,000 | 486,916,000 |
7) Statutory Subsidies
General information
Start date: 1867
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Constitution Act, 1867; Constitution Act, 1982; and other statutory authorities)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The statutory subsidies provide a source of funding to provinces in accordance with their terms of entry into Confederation.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of payments to provinces
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 42,639,341 | 42,639,341 | 42,639,341 | 42,639,341 |
| Total program | 42,639,341 | 42,639,341 | 42,639,341 | 42,639,341 |
8) Territorial Formula Financing
General information
Start date: 1985
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Part I.1)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: Territorial Formula Financing payments are made to territorial governments to provide the resources they need to deliver services comparable to those delivered by provincial governments, taking into account the high costs and unique challenges in the North. Territorial Formula Financing payments are unconditional.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of payments to territories
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
Type of transfer payment |
2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 4,552,785,221 | 4,834,417,818 | 5,123,225,730 | 5,319,287,980 |
| Total program | 4,552,785,221 | 4,834,417,818 | 5,123,225,730 | 5,319,287,980 |
9) Youth Allowances Recovery
General information
Start date: 1964
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment (recovery)
Type of appropriation: Statutory commitment (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Revision Act, 1964)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable – Statutory commitment
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Youth Allowances Recovery is a recovery from the province of Quebec of an additional tax point transfer (3 points) above and beyond the tax point transfer that used to be part of the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer. In the 1960s, Quebec chose to use the federal government's contracting-out arrangements for certain federal-provincial programs. Quebec continues to receive the value of these tax points through its own income tax system and reimburses the Government of Canada for the discontinued programs for which it had received a tax point transfer. Together, the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs and the Youth Allowances Recovery are known as the Quebec Abatement. These arrangements ensure that all provinces and territories are treated the same through cash and tax transfers in support of health and social programs.
Expected results: Timely and accurate administration of recoveries from the province of Quebec
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable – Statutory payment
General targeted recipient groups: Other levels of government
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Not applicable
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
| Total other types of transfer payments | (1,321,547,970) | (1,302,720,510) | (1,359,871,740) | (1,423,784,730) |
| Total program | (1,321,547,970) | (1,302,720,510) | (1,359,871,740) | (1,423,784,730) |
10) Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance
General information
Start date: 2003
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Contribution
Type of appropriation: Voted appropriation
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2017-18
Link to departmental result(s): Economic and Fiscal Policy
Link to the department's Program Inventory: Program: Economic and Fiscal Policy, Planning and Forecasting
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: To improve, advance, and promote fiscal policies and programs by supporting research initiatives that contribute to the advancement of economic, fiscal, tax, social, and financial sector knowledge as it relates to the financial affairs of Canada.
Expected results: Increased contribution to knowledge related to emerging policy issues
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2013
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable
General targeted recipient groups: Eligible recipients include, but are not limited to, individuals, groups of individuals, privately owned organizations, not for profit organizations, universities, colleges, cooperatives, other provincial and municipal governments or other government agencies, provincial Crown corporations, non-government corporations, financial institutions, and international recipients.
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: The Program enables the Department to participate in the selection of topics and issues addressed through funded research, conferences, and workshops, and allows the exchange of research and ideas about new policy proposals that benefits Canadians.
| Type of transfer payment | 2022-23 forecast spending |
2023-24 planned spending |
2024-25 planned spending |
2025-26 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | - | - | - | - |
| Total contributions | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | - | - | - | - |
| Total program | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
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