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Spending program

Aboriginal Programs and Treaties

Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spent $297 million on Aboriginal Programs and Treaties, up from $275 million in 2023–24. That is $9.91 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$297M

0.7% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2024–25.

Up $22.2M from $275M in 2023–24.

$9.91per tax filer$7.22per 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.

Aboriginal Programs and Treaties, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Aboriginal Programs and Treaties, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$105M
2019–20$162M
2020–21$155M
2021–22$469M
2022–23$201M
2023–24$275M
2024–25$297M

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 indigenous services and reconciliation spendingHow the figures are calculated