Spending program
Fisheries Science
Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spent $173 million on Fisheries Science, down from $186 million in 2023–24. That is $5.78 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$173M
1.2% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.
Down $12.6M from $186M in 2023–24.
$5.78per tax filer$4.21per 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.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $118M |
| 2019–20 | $136M |
| 2020–21 | $142M |
| 2021–22 | $159M |
| 2022–23 | $173M |
| 2023–24 | $186M |
| 2024–25 | $173M |
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