Spending program
Workforce Development Agreements
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $725 million on Workforce Development Agreements, down from $925 million in 2023–24. That is $24.20 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$725M
9.1% of Education, skills and employment spending in 2024–25.
Down $200M from $925M in 2023–24.
$24.20per tax filer$17.62per 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 | $738M |
| 2019–20 | $956M |
| 2020–21 | $2.4B |
| 2021–22 | $924M |
| 2022–23 | $924M |
| 2023–24 | $925M |
| 2024–25 | $725M |
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