Budget 2026 · Lens
Indigenous communities in Budget 2026
Large, long-term commitments for First Nations housing, infrastructure, education, child welfare, health and emergency preparedness, plus ownership and loan guarantee programs.
$33.1BProgram spending 20 measures
$79MTax measure 1 measure
1No cost line 1 measure without a cost line
1measures involve loans, equity or financing
Totals are five-year net impacts on the budgetary balance, kept separate by money type. A measure can appear under several lenses, so lens totals overlap and should not be added together.
Program spending
New or extended spending, shown as the yearly impact on the budgetary balance.
- Investing in housing and infrastructure First Nations communities - Investments to stabilise, accelerate construction, and transform financing$7.91BCh. 4Program spendingHousingTradesIndigenous communitiesInfrastructure & transport
- Supporting Indigenous children and families$5.25BCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Supporting student success in First Nations communities$4.8BCh. 4Program spendingTraining & skillsIndigenous communities
- Investing in housing and infrastructure in First Nations communities - Investments in First Nations clean water infrastructure and legislation$4.61BCh. 4Program spendingHousingTradesIndigenous communitiesInfrastructure & transport
- Strengthening health and safety in Indigenous communities$4BCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communitiesHealth
- Supporting major projects across the country - Mackenzie Valley Highway$3.1BCh. 2Program spendingTradesInvestmentIndigenous communitiesInfrastructure & transport
- Strengthening emergency preparedness in First Nations communities$2.71BCh. 5Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Helping workers build skills for the jobs of tomorrow$260MCh. 3Program spendingTraining & skillsIndigenous communities
- Major Projects Office resources$121MCh. 2Program spendingInvestmentIndigenous communitiesPublic work
- Supporting participation in negotiations to advance Section 35 rights$119MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Supporting economic development in the North$71MCh. 1Program spendingBusinessesIndigenous communities
- Renewal of support for expanding First Nations' reserve lands$42MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Renewing funding to combat aquatic invasive species$38MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Indigenous-related litigation research$20MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Sports programming for Indigenous youth$16MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning$10MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Indigenous Justice Strategy$10MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Indigenous Land Surveys and Registration Services$8MCh. 4Program spendingAI & digitalIndigenous communities
- Residential Schools Legacy: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation$5MCh. 4Program spendingIndigenous communities
- Renewal of RCMP Legacy Residential School Funding$1MCh. 4Program spendingTraining & skillsIndigenous communities
Tax measure
Forgone (or raised) revenue from a tax change, not a cheque from a program.
- Strengthening the fiscal and institutional capacity of Indigenous governments$79MCh. 4Tax measureIndigenous communities
No cost line
Announced in the text without its own line in the chapter cost table: regulatory, already funded, or costed elsewhere.
- Supporting reconciliation through partnership and ownershipno cost lineCh. 4No cost lineLoans, equity or financingInvestmentIndigenous communities