On Canada Day, I noted that Heritage Canada issued a press release touting the fact that Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis showed up for the celebrations in his riding in Thetford Mines with a $35,000 to help cover the costs of cake and fireworks. So I asked Heritage Canada what other communities got federal grants for Canada Day. The media relations folks at Heritage Canada promptly returned my call and said they could provide summary data but that a list of individual grant recipients would take a bit more time. So, until that list of individual grants pops up, here is that summary list of approved funding for the Celebrate Canada period which include National Aboriginal Day (June 21st), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June 24th), Canadian Multiculturalism Day (June 27th) and Canada Day (July 1st). This is for the 2010-2011 fiscal year:
| Alberta | $567,334 |
| British Columbia | $834,315 |
| Manitoba | $221,360 |
| New Brunswick | $288,305 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $256,670 |
| Northwest Territories | $83,432 |
| Nova Scotia | $263,552 |
| Nunavut | $83,432 |
| Ontario | $2,002,356 |
| Prince Edward Island | $98,335 |
| Quebec | $1,601,885 |
| Saskatchewan | $290,112 |
| Yukon | $83,432 |
| CANADA | $6,674,520.00 |
So did everyone get their fair share? Pretty close, if you think each province should get a slice of the funding pie that is roughly equivalent to their slice of the population pie. Quebec, actually, got a little less compared to its share of Canada's population. So did Ontario. P.E.I and New Brunswick appear to be the biggest losers. B.C. got a bit more. Here's that list:
| Pct of Population | Pct of Celebrate Canada funds | |
| Alberta | 8.5% | 10.9% |
| British Columbia | 12.5% | 13.3% |
| Manitoba | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| New Brunswick | 4.3% | 2.2% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3.8% | 1.5% |
| Northwest Territories | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| Nova Scotia | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Nunavut | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| Ontario | 30.0% | 38.7% |
| Prince Edward Island | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Quebec | 24.0% | 23.2% |
| Saskatchewan | 4.3% | 3.1% |
| Yukon | 1.3% | 0.1% |