Spending program
Aerospace Equipment Acquisition
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $3.3 billion on Aerospace Equipment Acquisition, up from $1.7 billion in 2023–24. That is $109 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$3.3B
9.3% of Defence spending in 2024–25.
Up $1.5B from $1.7B in 2023–24.
$109per tax filer$79.29per 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 | $743M |
| 2019–20 | $809M |
| 2020–21 | $1.1B |
| 2021–22 | $846M |
| 2022–23 | $945M |
| 2023–24 | $1.7B |
| 2024–25 | $3.3B |
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.