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Spending program

Contraventions Regime

Department of Justice · Public safety, policing and justice

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Justice spent $7.2 million on Contraventions Regime, up from $6.3 million in 2023–24. That is $0.24 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$7.2M

0.0% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.

Up $921K from $6.3M in 2023–24.

$0.24per tax filer$0.17per 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.

Contraventions Regime, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Contraventions Regime, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$4.6M
2019–20$4.9M
2020–21$5.1M
2021–22$5.2M
2022–23$6.5M
2023–24$6.3M
2024–25$7.2M

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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