Spending program
Species at Risk
Department of the Environment · Environment, energy and natural resources
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of the Environment spent $190 million on Species at Risk, up from $187 million in 2023–24. That is $6.33 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$190M
1.8% of Environment, energy and natural resources spending in 2024–25.
Up $2.6M from $187M in 2023–24.
$6.33per tax filer$4.61per 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 | $79.5M |
| 2019–20 | $87.1M |
| 2020–21 | $98.5M |
| 2021–22 | $128M |
| 2022–23 | $164M |
| 2023–24 | $187M |
| 2024–25 | $190M |
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 environment, energy and natural resources spendingHow the figures are calculated