Spending program
Legal Representation
Department of Justice · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Justice spent $328 million on Legal Representation, up from $298 million in 2023–24. That is $10.95 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$328M
1.8% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Up $29.6M from $298M in 2023–24.
$10.95per tax filer$7.97per 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 | $159M |
| 2019–20 | $194M |
| 2020–21 | $202M |
| 2021–22 | $216M |
| 2022–23 | $243M |
| 2023–24 | $298M |
| 2024–25 | $328M |
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