Spending program
Human Rights
Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Canadian Heritage spent $12.7 million on Human Rights, up from $8.5 million in 2023–24. That is $0.42 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$12.7M
0.3% of Culture, heritage and sport spending in 2024–25.
Up $4.2M from $8.5M in 2023–24.
$0.42per tax filer$0.31per 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 | $6.3M |
| 2019–20 | $6.4M |
| 2020–21 | $7.5M |
| 2021–22 | $7.4M |
| 2022–23 | $5.6M |
| 2023–24 | $8.5M |
| 2024–25 | $12.7M |
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.
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