Spending program
Asylum
Department of Citizenship and Immigration · Immigration, refugees and citizenship
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Citizenship and Immigration spent $2.3 billion on Asylum, up from $1.4 billion in 2023–24. That is $76.32 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$2.3B
33.3% of Immigration, refugees and citizenship spending in 2024–25.
Up $894M from $1.4B in 2023–24.
$76.32per tax filer$55.56per 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 | $165M |
| 2019–20 | $566M |
| 2020–21 | $440M |
| 2021–22 | $404M |
| 2022–23 | $904M |
| 2023–24 | $1.4B |
| 2024–25 | $2.3B |
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.
← All immigration, refugees and citizenship spendingHow the figures are calculated