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Spending program

Learning About Canadian History

Department of Canadian Heritage · Culture, heritage and sport

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Canadian Heritage spent $4.7 million on Learning About Canadian History, down from $5.6 million in 2023–24. That is $0.16 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$4.7M

0.1% of Culture, heritage and sport spending in 2024–25.

Down $892K from $5.6M in 2023–24.

$0.16per tax filer$0.11per 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.

Learning About Canadian History, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Learning About Canadian History, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$15.0M
2019–20$9.2M
2020–21$5.1M
2021–22$6.2M
2022–23$10.3M
2023–24$5.6M
2024–25$4.7M

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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