Spending program
Cannabis
Department of Health · Health
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Health spent $92.8 million on Cannabis, up from $92.8 million in 2023–24. That is $3.10 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$92.8M
0.1% of Health spending in 2024–25.
Up $44K from $92.8M in 2023–24.
$3.10per tax filer$2.25per 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.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $45.9M |
| 2019–20 | $66.2M |
| 2020–21 | $71.0M |
| 2021–22 | $95.6M |
| 2022–23 | $90.2M |
| 2023–24 | $92.8M |
| 2024–25 | $92.8M |
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.