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Spending program

Wide Area Network

Shared Services Canada · Government operations and internal services

In fiscal year 2019–20, Shared Services Canada spent $224 million on Wide Area Network, up from $201 million in 2018–19. That is $8.25 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2019–20

$224M

1.3% of Government operations and internal services spending in 2019–20.

Up $23.2M from $201M in 2018–19.

$8.25per tax filer$5.96per person

Per tax filer uses 27,171,990 tax filers (2019); per person uses a population of 37,618,495 (2019). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Wide Area Network, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Wide Area Network, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$201M
2019–20$224M

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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