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Spending program

Innovation Superclusters Initiative

Department of Industry · Industry, agriculture and fisheries

In fiscal year 2020–21, Department of Industry spent $237 million on Innovation Superclusters Initiative, up from $100 million in 2019–20. That is $8.51 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2020–21

$237M

2.4% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2020–21.

Up $137M from $100M in 2019–20.

$8.51per tax filer$6.24per person

Per tax filer uses 27,855,050 tax filers (2020); per person uses a population of 38,028,638 (2020). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Innovation Superclusters Initiative, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Innovation Superclusters Initiative, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$7.8M
2019–20$100M
2020–21$237M

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.

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