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Spending program

Voting Services Delivery and Field Management

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer · Government operations and internal services

In fiscal year 2021–22, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer spent $413 million on Voting Services Delivery and Field Management, up from $108 million in 2020–21. That is $14.70 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2021–22

$413M

1.6% of Government operations and internal services spending in 2021–22.

Up $305M from $108M in 2020–21.

$14.70per tax filer$10.80per person

Per tax filer uses 28,104,130 tax filers (2021); per person uses a population of 38,239,864 (2021). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Voting Services Delivery and Field Management, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Voting Services Delivery and Field Management, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$76.2M
2019–20$357M
2020–21$108M
2021–22$413M

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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