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Spending program

Settlement

Department of Citizenship and Immigration · Immigration, refugees and citizenship

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Citizenship and Immigration spent $2.1 billion on Settlement, up from $1.9 billion in 2023–24. That is $68.50 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$2.1B

29.9% of Immigration, refugees and citizenship spending in 2024–25.

Up $132M from $1.9B in 2023–24.

$68.50per tax filer$49.87per 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.

Settlement, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Settlement, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$1.4B
2019–20$1.4B
2020–21$1.5B
2021–22$1.6B
2022–23$1.8B
2023–24$1.9B
2024–25$2.1B

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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