Spending program
Total Health Care
Department of National Defence · Defence
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of National Defence spent $839 million on Total Health Care, down from $966 million in 2023–24. That is $28.02 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$839M
2.4% of Defence spending in 2024–25.
Down $126M from $966M in 2023–24.
$28.02per tax filer$20.39per 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 | $653M |
| 2019–20 | $687M |
| 2020–21 | $845M |
| 2021–22 | $711M |
| 2022–23 | $750M |
| 2023–24 | $966M |
| 2024–25 | $839M |
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.