Spending program
Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program
Department of Employment and Social Development · Indigenous services and reconciliation
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $292 million on Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program, up from $268 million in 2023–24. That is $9.73 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$292M
0.7% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2024–25.
Up $23.6M from $268M in 2023–24.
$9.73per tax filer$7.09per 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.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $330M |
| 2019–20 | $268M |
| 2020–21 | $272M |
| 2021–22 | $403M |
| 2022–23 | $270M |
| 2023–24 | $268M |
| 2024–25 | $292M |
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