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Spending program

Healthy Child Development

Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Indigenous Services spent $258 million on Healthy Child Development, up from $204 million in 2021–22. That is $8.92 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2022–23

$258M

0.8% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2022–23.

Up $54.3M from $204M in 2021–22.

$8.92per tax filer$6.62per 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.

Healthy Child Development, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Healthy Child Development, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2019–20$158M
2020–21$211M
2021–22$204M
2022–23$258M

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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