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Spending program

Supplementary Health Benefits

Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Indigenous Services spent $2.4 billion on Supplementary Health Benefits, up from $2.2 billion in 2023–24. That is $80.41 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$2.4B

5.8% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2024–25.

Up $238M from $2.2B in 2023–24.

$80.41per tax filer$58.54per 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.

Supplementary Health Benefits, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Supplementary Health Benefits, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2023–24$2.2B
2024–25$2.4B

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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