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Spending program

Operations in Canada

Department of National Defence · Defence

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $16.6 million on Operations in Canada, up from $7.0 million in 2023–24. That is $0.55 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$16.6M

0.0% of Defence spending in 2024–25.

Up $9.6M from $7.0M in 2023–24.

$0.55per tax filer$0.40per 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.

Operations in Canada, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Operations in Canada, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$131M
2019–20$9.4M
2020–21$3.9M
2021–22$5.4M
2022–23$9.4M
2023–24$7.0M
2024–25$16.6M

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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