Spending program
Air and Space Force Development
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $481 million on Air and Space Force Development, down from $688 million in 2023–24. That is $16.06 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$481M
1.4% of Defence spending in 2024–25.
Down $206M from $688M in 2023–24.
$16.06per tax filer$11.69per 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 | $209M |
| 2019–20 | $70.0M |
| 2020–21 | $97.9M |
| 2021–22 | $90.0M |
| 2022–23 | $96.9M |
| 2023–24 | $688M |
| 2024–25 | $481M |
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.