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Spending program

Indigenous Policing

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness spent $288 million on Indigenous Policing, up from $253 million in 2023–24. That is $9.61 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$288M

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

Up $35.5M from $253M in 2023–24.

$9.61per tax filer$7.00per 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.

Indigenous Policing, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Indigenous Policing, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$112M
2019–20$126M
2020–21$144M
2021–22$153M
2022–23$241M
2023–24$253M
2024–25$288M

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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