Spending program
Legal Services
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development · International affairs and development
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development spent $16.7 million on Legal Services, up from $14.7 million in 2023–24. That is $0.56 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$16.7M
0.2% of International affairs and development spending in 2024–25.
Up $2.1M from $14.7M in 2023–24.
$0.56per tax filer$0.41per 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 | $8.9M |
| 2019–20 | $8.6M |
| 2020–21 | $9.1M |
| 2021–22 | $11.4M |
| 2022–23 | $14.1M |
| 2023–24 | $14.7M |
| 2024–25 | $16.7M |
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