Spending program
Search and Rescue
Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spent $68.7 million on Search and Rescue, down from $72.8 million in 2023–24. That is $2.29 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$68.7M
0.5% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.
Down $4.1M from $72.8M in 2023–24.
$2.29per tax filer$1.67per 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 | $60.7M |
| 2019–20 | $68.4M |
| 2020–21 | $59.3M |
| 2021–22 | $53.6M |
| 2022–23 | $69.3M |
| 2023–24 | $72.8M |
| 2024–25 | $68.7M |
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