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Spending program

Supplementary Health Benefits

Department of Indigenous Services · Indigenous services and reconciliation

In fiscal year 2018–19, Department of Indigenous Services spent $1.4 billion on Supplementary Health Benefits. That is $52.63 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2018–19

$1.4B

8.9% of Indigenous services and reconciliation spending in 2018–19.

$52.63per tax filer$38.89per person

Per tax filer uses 27,394,970 tax filers (2018); per person uses a population of 37,072,620 (2018). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

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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