Fiscal year 2024–25
Federal spending by theme
In fiscal year 2024–25, federal spending reported by theme totalled $527.8 billion, or $17,612 per tax filer. Each theme groups programs by what the money is for, in any department.
Basis: actual spending by program from Departmental Results Reports, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures, plus Employment Insurance benefits and the Canada Child Benefit from the Public Accounts consolidated statement (they are not appropriated, so departments do not report them as program spending). Other items that are not appropriated are left out, so the total is lower than total expenses in the budget.
People and families
- Seniors2 programs · 15.3% of the total$80.9B$2,699 per tax filer
- Children, families and child careIncludes Public Accounts benefits · 2 programs · 6.8% of the total$35.9B$1,198 per tax filer
- Employment Insurance benefitsIncludes Public Accounts benefits · 4.7% of the total$24.9B$830 per tax filer
- Carbon pricing rebates1 programs · 3.1% of the total$16.2B$540 per tax filer
- Education, skills and employment44 programs · 1.5% of the total$8.0B$267 per tax filer
- Veterans32 programs · 1.4% of the total$7.7B$255 per tax filer
- Immigration, refugees and citizenship27 programs · 1.3% of the total$6.9B$229 per tax filer
- Disability, accessibility and social programs20 programs · 0.3% of the total$1.5B$50.92 per tax filer
Health, provinces and infrastructure
Security and international
Programs, Indigenous services and the economy
- Indigenous services and reconciliation129 programs · 7.8% of the total$41.4B$1,382 per tax filer
- Industry, agriculture and fisheries133 programs · 2.8% of the total$14.5B$486 per tax filer
- Environment, energy and natural resources111 programs · 2.0% of the total$10.6B$353 per tax filer
- Research and science91 programs · 1.1% of the total$6.0B$199 per tax filer
- Culture, heritage and sport58 programs · 0.9% of the total$4.6B$153 per tax filer
- Northern and regional development61 programs · 0.5% of the total$2.7B$89.86 per tax filer
Government operations
Interest and debt management
Source: GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada. Download every theme and program: themes.csv, programs.csv.