Spending program
Business Growth
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency · Northern and regional development
In fiscal year 2024–25, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency spent $150 million on Business Growth, down from $193 million in 2023–24. That is $5.00 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$150M
5.6% of Northern and regional development spending in 2024–25.
Down $42.8M from $193M in 2023–24.
$5.00per tax filer$3.64per 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 | $85.2M |
| 2019–20 | $112M |
| 2020–21 | $246M |
| 2021–22 | $143M |
| 2022–23 | $141M |
| 2023–24 | $193M |
| 2024–25 | $150M |
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 northern and regional development spendingHow the figures are calculated