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Spending program

Polar Continental Shelf Program

Department of Natural Resources · Environment, energy and natural resources

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Natural Resources spent $21.4 million on Polar Continental Shelf Program, up from $20.8 million in 2023–24. That is $0.71 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$21.4M

0.2% of Environment, energy and natural resources spending in 2024–25.

Up $541K from $20.8M in 2023–24.

$0.71per tax filer$0.52per 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.

Polar Continental Shelf Program, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Polar Continental Shelf Program, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$12.8M
2019–20$16.2M
2020–21$10.8M
2021–22$16.0M
2022–23$19.1M
2023–24$20.8M
2024–25$21.4M

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.

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