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Spending program

National School Food Program

Department of Employment and Social Development · Children, families and child care

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $71.6 million on National School Food Program. That is $2.39 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$71.6M

0.2% of Children, families and child care spending in 2024–25.

$2.39per tax filer$1.74per 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.

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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