Spending program
Global Engagement
Department of National Defence · Defence
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$1.6B
4.5% of Defence spending in 2024–25.
Up $343M from $1.2B in 2023–24.
$52.21per tax filer$38.00per 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.
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.