Geo-mapping for energy and minerals (GeoNorth)

$34M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.

The cost line

… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.

What the budget says

“Funding proposed for NRCan to renew the GeoNorth program, which generates and disseminates public geoscience data used to support land-use and infrastructure development decisions, exploration for geological and mineral resources, and environmental assessments in Canada’s North.”

Budget 2026, p. 151 (PDF p. 161)

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