Spending program
Humanitarian/Compassionate and Discretionary Immigration
Department of Citizenship and Immigration · Immigration, refugees and citizenship
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Citizenship and Immigration spent $23.1 million on Humanitarian/Compassionate and Discretionary Immigration, down from $28.2 million in 2023–24. That is $0.77 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$23.1M
0.3% of Immigration, refugees and citizenship spending in 2024–25.
Down $5.1M from $28.2M in 2023–24.
$0.77per tax filer$0.56per 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 | $13.0M |
| 2019–20 | $14.1M |
| 2020–21 | $17.8M |
| 2021–22 | $19.2M |
| 2022–23 | $23.2M |
| 2023–24 | $28.2M |
| 2024–25 | $23.1M |
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