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Spending program

Marine Planning and Conservation

Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Industry, agriculture and fisheries

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spent $286 million on Marine Planning and Conservation, up from $89.0 million in 2023–24. That is $9.54 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$286M

2.0% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.

Up $197M from $89.0M in 2023–24.

$9.54per tax filer$6.94per 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.

Marine Planning and Conservation, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Marine Planning and Conservation, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$27.4M
2019–20$30.5M
2020–21$30.5M
2021–22$48.2M
2022–23$84.3M
2023–24$89.0M
2024–25$286M

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