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Spending program

Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories

Department of Finance · General support to provinces and territories

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Finance spent $40.0 billion on Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories, up from $38.9 billion in 2023–24. That is $1,335 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$40.0B

100.0% of General support to provinces and territories spending in 2024–25.

Up $1.2B from $38.9B in 2023–24.

$1,335per tax filer$972per 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.

Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Fiscal Arrangements with Provinces and Territories, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$31.9B
2019–20$32.7B
2020–21$54.0B
2021–22$35.2B
2022–23$36.6B
2023–24$38.9B
2024–25$40.0B

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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