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Spending program

Food and Nutrition

Department of Health · Health

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Health spent $75.7 million on Food and Nutrition, down from $82.7 million in 2023–24. That is $2.53 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$75.7M

0.1% of Health spending in 2024–25.

Down $7.0M from $82.7M in 2023–24.

$2.53per tax filer$1.84per 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.

Food and Nutrition, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Food and Nutrition, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$67.1M
2019–20$72.3M
2020–21$76.3M
2021–22$77.8M
2022–23$76.0M
2023–24$82.7M
2024–25$75.7M

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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