Spending program
Income Assistance
Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation
In fiscal year 2018–19, Department of Indigenous Services spent $1.0 billion on Income Assistance. That is $37.60 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2018–19
$1.0B
6.4% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2018–19.
$37.60per tax filer$27.79per person
Per tax filer uses 27,394,970 tax filers (2018); per person uses a population of 37,072,620 (2018). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
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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