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Spending program

Communications Services

Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · Housing, infrastructure and transport

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities spent $15.4 million on Communications Services, up from $8.9 million in 2023–24. That is $0.51 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$15.4M

0.1% of Housing, infrastructure and transport spending in 2024–25.

Up $6.4M from $8.9M in 2023–24.

$0.51per tax filer$0.37per 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.

Communications Services, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Communications Services, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$6.6M
2019–20$7.1M
2020–21$6.4M
2021–22$5.2M
2022–23$5.5M
2023–24$8.9M
2024–25$15.4M

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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