Special Warrant Authorizes $40.3B in April Funding

Summary#

A Special warrant under Order in Council P.C. 2025-462 authorizes the government to pay $40,343,209,650 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, effective April 1, 2025. The money is allocated to many federal departments and agencies for the period April 1 to May 15, 2025, as shown in the schedule.

What it does#

• Authorizes the payment of $40,343,209,650 out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, effective April 1, 2025.
• Breaks that total into budgetary payments of $40,261,971,775 and non‑budgetary payments of $81,237,875.
• Provides short‑term funding (the schedule covers April 1 to May 15, 2025) to a long list of federal departments and agencies. Major allocations include:
  • Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs: $6,712,428,234
  • Department of Indigenous Services: $6,257,916,341
  • Department of National Defence: $4,511,034,415
  • Department of Health: $3,358,888,144
  • Department of Employment and Social Development: $1,712,060,872
  • Treasury Board Secretariat: $1,100,200,396
  • Department of Public Works and Government Services: $1,167,850,346
  • Department of Industry: $1,301,166,997
• The full schedule lists many other departments and the amounts assigned to each.

Who's affected#

• All federal departments and Crown agencies named in the schedule — including Canada Revenue Agency, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and many others.
• People and organizations that rely on federal programs and services funded by those departments. The notice itself does not list specific program names, so which exact services are covered is not always clear from the schedule alone.
• Taxpayers and anyone tracking federal spending, because this is a public record of short‑term funding decisions.

Why it matters#

• It gives the government legal authority to spend a large sum of public money immediately. That money supports government operations and services during the early part of the fiscal period (April 1 to May 15, 2025).
• Large allocations to Indigenous services, health, defence and other departments suggest continuing funding for major programs and operations that many Canadians depend on.
• The Canada Gazette entry provides a public record of who is getting money and how much, which matters for transparency and for people tracking federal finances.