Spending program
Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness (STAR) Program
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $23.7 million on Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness (STAR) Program, up from $12.9 million in 2021–22. That is $0.82 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2022–23
$23.7M
0.2% of Education, skills and employment spending in 2022–23.
Up $10.8M from $12.9M in 2021–22.
$0.82per tax filer$0.61per person
Per tax filer uses 28,934,120 tax filers (2022); per person uses a population of 38,945,628 (2022). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $238K |
| 2019–20 | $8.9M |
| 2020–21 | $11.3M |
| 2021–22 | $12.9M |
| 2022–23 | $23.7M |
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