Spending program
Legal Policies, Laws and Governance
Department of Justice · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Justice spent $65.1 million on Legal Policies, Laws and Governance, up from $60.6 million in 2023–24. That is $2.17 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$65.1M
0.4% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Up $4.5M from $60.6M in 2023–24.
$2.17per tax filer$1.58per 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 | $41.1M |
| 2019–20 | $38.0M |
| 2020–21 | $41.8M |
| 2021–22 | $44.5M |
| 2022–23 | $53.0M |
| 2023–24 | $60.6M |
| 2024–25 | $65.1M |
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 public safety, policing and justice spendingHow the figures are calculated