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Spending program

Climate Change Adaptation

Department of the Environment · Environment, energy and natural resources

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of the Environment spent $570 million on Climate Change Adaptation, up from $23.9 million in 2023–24. That is $19.01 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$570M

5.4% of Environment, energy and natural resources spending in 2024–25.

Up $546M from $23.9M in 2023–24.

$19.01per tax filer$13.84per 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.

Climate Change Adaptation, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Climate Change Adaptation, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$23.2M
2019–20$25.1M
2020–21$23.6M
2021–22$25.4M
2022–23$20.9M
2023–24$23.9M
2024–25$570M

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.

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