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Spending program

Emergency Management Assistance

Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Indigenous Services spent $491 million on Emergency Management Assistance, down from $668 million in 2021–22. That is $16.98 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2022–23

$491M

1.5% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2022–23.

Down $177M from $668M in 2021–22.

$16.98per tax filer$12.62per person

Per tax filer uses 28,934,120 tax filers (2022); per person uses a population of 38,945,628 (2022). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Emergency Management Assistance, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Emergency Management Assistance, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2019–20$241M
2020–21$790M
2021–22$668M
2022–23$491M

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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