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Spending program

Food Services

Correctional Service of Canada · Public safety, policing and justice

In fiscal year 2024–25, Correctional Service of Canada spent $120 million on Food Services, up from $107 million in 2023–24. That is $4.02 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$120M

0.7% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.

Up $13.7M from $107M in 2023–24.

$4.02per tax filer$2.92per 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.

Food Services, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Food Services, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$71.3M
2019–20$80.8M
2020–21$96.5M
2021–22$88.6M
2022–23$88.4M
2023–24$107M
2024–25$120M

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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