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
Contributions for Growing Canada's Forests to 2 Billion Trees
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This project advances the Government of Canada commitment to plant an additional two billion new trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader approach to nature-based climate solutions.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Energy Innovation Program
FY 2021-2022
Switzerland

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

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contributions for Growing Canada's Forests to 2 Billion Trees
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This project advances the Government of Canada commitment to plant an additional two billion new trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader approach to nature-based climate solutions.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Program for Energy Research and Development
FY 2023-2024
Denmark

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

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Energy Innovation Program
FY 2025-2026
United States

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

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Green Freight Program
FY 2023-2024
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 for Growing Canada's Forests to 2 Billion Trees
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This project advances the Government of Canada commitment to plant an additional two billion new trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader approach to nature-based climate solutions.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contributions in support of the Forest Innovation Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The project provides funding for pre-commercial research and development of new products and clean technologies to improve the competitiveness of Canada's forest sector.

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Transportation and Alternative Fuels
FY 2019-2020
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 Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The purpose of this agreement is to develop a Traditional Knowledge database and stewardship strategy.

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
Program for Energy Research and Development
FY 2021-2022
United States

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 2024-2025
Canada

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

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

The objective of this pilot project is to develop tools to enable the submission and consultation of white spruce genotype and phenotype data through CartograPlant which is integrated in the TreeGenes...

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
FY 2017-2018
Canada
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Green Freight Program
FY 2025-2026
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
Contribution in support of Expanding Market Opportunities
FY 2022-2023
Canada

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

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

The purpose of this agreement is the delivery of participant funding for Indigenous groups to engage with the Department of Finance Canada with a view to explore economic participation in the Trans Mo...

Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Green Freight Program
FY 2023-2024
Canada

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