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Spending program

Consultation and Policy Development

Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs spent $716 million on Consultation and Policy Development, up from $248 million in 2021–22. That is $24.74 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2022–23

$716M

2.2% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2022–23.

Up $468M from $248M in 2021–22.

$24.74per tax filer$18.38per 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.

Consultation and Policy Development, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Consultation and Policy Development, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$36.9M
2019–20$46.0M
2020–21$43.5M
2021–22$248M
2022–23$716M

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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