Spending program
Ready Air and Space Forces
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $2.1 billion on Ready Air and Space Forces, down from $2.5 billion in 2023–24. That is $68.79 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$2.1B
5.9% of Defence spending in 2024–25.
Down $448M from $2.5B in 2023–24.
$68.79per tax filer$50.08per 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 | $1.5B |
| 2019–20 | $1.7B |
| 2020–21 | $2.2B |
| 2021–22 | $1.7B |
| 2022–23 | $1.9B |
| 2023–24 | $2.5B |
| 2024–25 | $2.1B |
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.