Grant and contribution program
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Military Budget (NATO Programs)
Department of National Defence · Defence
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$232M
Up $47.8M from $184M in 2023–24.
$7.75per tax filer$5.64per 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.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Brussels, Belgium | $191M | $6.36 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine | London, United Kingdom | $36.8M | $1.23 |
| Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic | London, United Kingdom | $5.0M | $0.17 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.