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Spending program

Education

Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2022–23, Department of Indigenous Services spent $3.0 billion on Education, up from $2.7 billion in 2021–22. That is $104 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2022–23

$3.0B

9.3% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2022–23.

Up $362M from $2.7B in 2021–22.

$104per tax filer$77.43per 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.

Education, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Education, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2019–20$2.4B
2020–21$2.4B
2021–22$2.7B
2022–23$3.0B

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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