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Spending program

Commissions of Inquiry

Privy Council Office · Government operations and internal services

In fiscal year 2024–25, Privy Council Office spent $19.3 million on Commissions of Inquiry, up from $10.0 million in 2023–24. That is $0.65 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$19.3M

0.1% of Government operations and internal services spending in 2024–25.

Up $9.4M from $10.0M in 2023–24.

$0.65per tax filer$0.47per 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.

Commissions of Inquiry, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Commissions of Inquiry, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$44.5M
2019–20$15.8M
2020–21$1.5M
2021–22$11.1M
2022–23$30.0M
2023–24$10.0M
2024–25$19.3M

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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