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Spending program

Fish and Fish Habitat Protection

Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Industry, agriculture and fisheries

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spent $131 million on Fish and Fish Habitat Protection, down from $139 million in 2023–24. That is $4.36 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$131M

0.9% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.

Down $8.0M from $139M in 2023–24.

$4.36per tax filer$3.17per person

Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Fish and Fish Habitat Protection, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Fish and Fish Habitat Protection, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$61.1M
2019–20$99.5M
2020–21$136M
2021–22$107M
2022–23$94.4M
2023–24$139M
2024–25$131M

Source and basis

  • GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.

← All industry, agriculture and fisheries spendingHow the figures are calculated