Spending program
Wage Earner Protection Program
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $66.2 million on Wage Earner Protection Program, up from $63.3 million in 2023–24. That is $2.21 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$66.2M
0.8% of Education, skills and employment spending in 2024–25.
Up $2.9M from $63.3M in 2023–24.
$2.21per tax filer$1.61per 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 | $68.1M |
| 2019–20 | $56.9M |
| 2020–21 | $63.8M |
| 2021–22 | $14.3M |
| 2022–23 | $21.8M |
| 2023–24 | $63.3M |
| 2024–25 | $66.2M |
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.
← All education, skills and employment spendingHow the figures are calculated