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Spending program

Thalidomide

Department of Health · Health

In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Health spent $13.5 million on Thalidomide, up from $12.9 million in 2021–22. That is $0.47 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2022–23

$13.5M

0.0% of Health spending in 2022–23.

Up $572K from $12.9M in 2021–22.

$0.47per tax filer$0.35per 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.

Thalidomide, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Thalidomide, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$9.7M
2019–20$28.8M
2020–21$10.8M
2021–22$12.9M
2022–23$13.5M

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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