Spending program
Military Member and Family Support
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $327 million on Military Member and Family Support, up from $176 million in 2023–24. That is $10.90 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$327M
0.9% of Defence spending in 2024–25.
Up $151M from $176M in 2023–24.
$10.90per tax filer$7.93per 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 | $148M |
| 2019–20 | $157M |
| 2020–21 | $176M |
| 2021–22 | $157M |
| 2022–23 | $164M |
| 2023–24 | $176M |
| 2024–25 | $327M |
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.