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Spending program

Aquatic Ecosystem Science

Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Industry, agriculture and fisheries

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spent $138 million on Aquatic Ecosystem Science, up from $138 million in 2023–24. That is $4.61 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$138M

1.0% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.

Up $643K from $138M in 2023–24.

$4.61per tax filer$3.36per 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.

Aquatic Ecosystem Science, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Aquatic Ecosystem Science, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$67.6M
2019–20$101M
2020–21$104M
2021–22$109M
2022–23$131M
2023–24$138M
2024–25$138M

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