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Spending program

Communications Services

Department of National Defence · Defence

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $39.2 million on Communications Services, down from $41.5 million in 2023–24. That is $1.31 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$39.2M

0.1% of Defence spending in 2024–25.

Down $2.2M from $41.5M in 2023–24.

$1.31per tax filer$0.95per 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.

Communications Services, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Communications Services, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$30.6M
2019–20$30.9M
2020–21$35.7M
2021–22$30.5M
2022–23$30.8M
2023–24$41.5M
2024–25$39.2M

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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