Spending program
Legal Services
Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Indigenous Services spent $44.2 million on Legal Services, up from $33.1 million in 2023–24. That is $1.48 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$44.2M
0.1% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2024–25.
Up $11.1M from $33.1M in 2023–24.
$1.48per tax filer$1.07per 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 | $11.4M |
| 2019–20 | $7.9M |
| 2020–21 | $17.5M |
| 2021–22 | $27.4M |
| 2022–23 | $32.2M |
| 2023–24 | $33.1M |
| 2024–25 | $44.2M |
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