Spending program
Foreign Credential Recognition Program
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $49.4 million on Foreign Credential Recognition Program, up from $38.4 million in 2023–24. That is $1.65 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$49.4M
0.6% of Education, skills and employment spending in 2024–25.
Up $11.0M from $38.4M in 2023–24.
$1.65per tax filer$1.20per 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 | $20.7M |
| 2019–20 | $23.7M |
| 2020–21 | $21.7M |
| 2021–22 | $27.2M |
| 2022–23 | $37.6M |
| 2023–24 | $38.4M |
| 2024–25 | $49.4M |
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