Spending program
Humanitarian Assistance
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development · International affairs and development
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development spent $841 million on Humanitarian Assistance, up from $726 million in 2023–24. That is $28.05 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$841M
8.1% of International affairs and development spending in 2024–25.
Up $114M from $726M in 2023–24.
$28.05per tax filer$20.42per 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 | $838M |
| 2019–20 | $799M |
| 2020–21 | $1.4B |
| 2021–22 | $1.0B |
| 2022–23 | $1.2B |
| 2023–24 | $726M |
| 2024–25 | $841M |
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 international affairs and development spendingHow the figures are calculated