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Spending program

Business Services

Department of Western Economic Diversification · Northern and regional development

In fiscal year 2021–22, Department of Western Economic Diversification spent $52.2 million on Business Services, down from $286 million in 2020–21. That is $1.86 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2021–22

$52.2M

1.9% of Northern and regional development spending in 2021–22.

Down $234M from $286M in 2020–21.

$1.86per tax filer$1.37per person

Per tax filer uses 28,104,130 tax filers (2021); per person uses a population of 38,239,864 (2021). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Business Services, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Business Services, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$46.8M
2019–20$45.5M
2020–21$286M
2021–22$52.2M

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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