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Spending program

Family Reunification

Department of Citizenship and Immigration · Immigration, refugees and citizenship

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Citizenship and Immigration spent $88.4 million on Family Reunification, down from $94.6 million in 2023–24. That is $2.95 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$88.4M

1.3% of Immigration, refugees and citizenship spending in 2024–25.

Down $6.2M from $94.6M in 2023–24.

$2.95per tax filer$2.15per 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.

Family Reunification, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Family Reunification, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$59.5M
2019–20$62.0M
2020–21$62.4M
2021–22$77.8M
2022–23$87.7M
2023–24$94.6M
2024–25$88.4M

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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