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Spending program

Legal Services

Department of Public Works and Government Services · Government operations and internal services

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Public Works and Government Services spent $4.5 million on Legal Services, down from $4.6 million in 2023–24. That is $0.15 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$4.5M

0.0% of Government operations and internal services spending in 2024–25.

Down $23K from $4.6M in 2023–24.

$0.15per tax filer$0.11per 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.

Legal Services, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Legal Services, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$2.5M
2019–20$2.0M
2020–21$2.3M
2021–22$2.3M
2022–23$3.9M
2023–24$4.6M
2024–25$4.5M

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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