Official Government of Canada open data

Where federal money goes

Every grant, contribution, and contract the Government of Canada publishes — searchable, in plain language, and linked to its source. No editorializing: the data does the talking.

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That works out to about $141,937 every minute, around the clock, since 2006.

Figures as of September 13, 2026 — imported weekly from official sources.

$970.5B

in published spending

1,313,400

spending records

60

departments & agencies

200

recipient countries

By the numbers

$4.0B

in contracts awarded without competition

$19.2B

lost to fraud, offences, and accidents — self-reported

4,425

contracts priced just under the $25k threshold

$922,199

the single most expensive disclosed trip or event

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Worth a look

Statistical outliers flagged automatically: unusually large grants and sharp year-over-year jumps.

Foreign spending map

Where grants and contributions go outside Canada, country by country.

Top recipients

The organizations receiving the most federal money, across all years.

Cost-of-living dashboards

Inflation, housing, wages, population and GDP — with the government of the day shaded on every chart.

Government report card

How each metric moved under each prime minister since 1968.

Travel & hospitality

Senior officials' disclosed travel and hospitality expenses, per trip and per event.

Losses of public money

Fraud, offences, and accidents — the losses the government reports about itself, and what was recovered.

Procurement patterns

Contracts clustered under approval thresholds, the March spending rush, and vendor concentration.

Biggest new grants

The largest records added this week, plus what readers are tagging.

Biggest recent grants

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Canada Foundation For Innovation $5,128,997,000.00
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada
Canada Foundation For Innovation
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Funding for the CFI which funds research infrastructure to strenghthen the capacity of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions to carry out world-class

1000511515 Ontario Inc. $700,000,000.00
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada
SIF Stream3- Attraction
FY 2023-2024
Canada

This project will create a greenfield net-zero manufacturing facility in St. Thomas, ON. The plant will produce lithium-ion battery cells for up to one million Electric Vehicles (EV) per year.

Mitacs Inc. $668,780,038.00
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada
Mitacs Inc.
FY 2021-2022
Canada

To fund work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities that provide on-the-job training, and provide businesses with support to develop talent and grow

Telesat LEO Incorporated $600,000,000.00
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada
Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO) Satellite Capacity Agreement
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Through this agreement, 140 Gbps of LEO satellite capacity will be dedicated for purchase by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) at a set price per Mbps per month in support of high-speed Internet acces...

City of Ottawa $600,000,000.00
Transport Canada | Transports Canada
Building Canada Plan / Building Canada Fund
FY 2012-2013
Canada

To support Public Transit Infrastructure

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