Spending program
Access, Affordability, and Appropriate Use of Drugs and Medical Devices
Department of Health · Health
In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Health spent $1.0 billion on Access, Affordability, and Appropriate Use of Drugs and Medical Devices, down from $1.5 billion in 2021–22. That is $36.07 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2022–23
$1.0B
1.8% of Health spending in 2022–23.
Down $423M from $1.5B in 2021–22.
$36.07per tax filer$26.80per person
Per tax filer uses 28,934,120 tax filers (2022); per person uses a population of 38,945,628 (2022). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $44.3M |
| 2019–20 | $26.6M |
| 2020–21 | $29.5M |
| 2021–22 | $1.5B |
| 2022–23 | $1.0B |
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.