Federal spending by Natural Resources Canada

11,788 records totalling $25,088,484,272.29 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $5,116,900,484 $4,419,629,197 86.4%
2023-2024 $4,558,971,132 $3,466,610,323 76.0%
2022-2023 $3,939,612,350 $2,540,126,761 64.5%
2021-2022 $3,185,752,995 $2,121,211,426 66.6%
2020-2021 $1,802,302,668 $1,401,833,512 77.8%
2019-2020 $2,587,501,670 $2,454,790,927 94.9%
2018-2019 $1,530,255,241 $1,402,966,977 91.7%
2017-2018 $1,639,167,166 $1,566,252,215 95.6%
2016-2017 $1,474,973,680 $1,357,998,914 92.1%
2015-2016 $1,715,634,089 $1,335,178,669 77.8%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

43

of 67 targets met

3

targets not met

21

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets
  • Percentage of innovative mining technologies developed by the Department that move towards being ready for commercial use

    Target: — · Actual: 10.0

  • Number of times the Department’s economic and investment data are accessed

    Target: — · Actual: 219950.0

  • Number of times the Department's products and expertise on adaptation are accessed by Canadians

    Target: — · Actual: 21632.0

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on the proposed Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Program for Energy Research and Development
FY 2020-2021
United Kingdom

This project is mostly related to increased knowledge and collaboration with stakeholders and/or international organizations.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on the proposed Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Green Freight Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

This project assists Canadian carriers to implement improvements to their fleet to lower fuel costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Green Freight Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

This project assists Canadian carriers to implement improvements to their fleet to lower fuel costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2024-2025
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Green Freight Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

This project assists Canadian carriers to implement improvements to their fleet to lower fuel costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contributions in support of the Indigenous Consultations Participant Funding Program
FY 2018-2019
Canada

The purpose of this project is to undertake deeper consultations with potentially impacted Indigenous groups on federally-regulated pipeline projects and to support their participation in consultation...

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contribution Program for expanding market opportunities
FY 2020-2021
Canada

The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the association to support market development activities to expand export opportunities for the Canadian wood products industry.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on the proposed Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on the proposed Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contributions in support of Indigenous Participation in Dialogues
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The purpose of this project is to undertake deeper consultations with potentially impacted Indigenous groups on federally-regulated pipeline projects and to support their participation in consultation...

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contributions in support of the Indigenous Consultations Participant Funding Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The purpose of this project is to undertake deeper consultations with potentially impacted Indigenous groups on federally-regulated pipeline projects and to support their participation in consultation...

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

This project is mostly related to technology demonstration.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Small Scale Research
FY 2022-2023
Canada

This project is mostly related to test and develop new chemical profiling methods for the taxonomic identification of some North American timber specimens.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Clean Energy in Rural and Remote Communities Bioheat Program component
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This project builds Canadian rural or remote community capacity to increase the use of biomass as an energy source.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Clean Fuels Codes and Standards
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The objective of this project is to gather facility data on key metrics that reflect the status of biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) production in Canada.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2024-2025
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations (IMARs)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to support engagement on the proposed Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations (IMARs).

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contribution Program for expanding market opportunities
FY 2018-2019
Canada

The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the association to support market development activities to expand export opportunities for the Canadian wood products industry.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Energy Innovation Program
FY 2019-2020
United States

This project is mostly related to increased knowledge and collaboration with stakeholders and/or international organizations.