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Spending program

Protecting Oceans and Waterways

Department of Transport · Housing, infrastructure and transport

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Transport spent $170 million on Protecting Oceans and Waterways, up from $152 million in 2023–24. That is $5.68 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$170M

0.9% of Housing, infrastructure and transport spending in 2024–25.

Up $18.2M from $152M in 2023–24.

$5.68per tax filer$4.13per 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.

Protecting Oceans and Waterways, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Protecting Oceans and Waterways, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$75.7M
2019–20$105M
2020–21$94.4M
2021–22$105M
2022–23$119M
2023–24$152M
2024–25$170M

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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