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Socio-economic Statistics

Statistics Canada · Government operations and internal services

In fiscal year 2024–25, Statistics Canada spent $178 million on Socio-economic Statistics, up from $172 million in 2023–24. That is $5.92 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$178M

0.6% of Government operations and internal services spending in 2024–25.

Up $5.7M from $172M in 2023–24.

$5.92per tax filer$4.31per 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.

Socio-economic Statistics, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Socio-economic Statistics, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$97.7M
2019–20$94.2M
2020–21$90.5M
2021–22$116M
2022–23$143M
2023–24$172M
2024–25$178M

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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