Spending program
Crime Prevention
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness spent $240 million on Crime Prevention, up from $217 million in 2023–24. That is $8.00 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$240M
1.3% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Up $22.8M from $217M in 2023–24.
$8.00per tax filer$5.82per 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 | $67.2M |
| 2019–20 | $84.6M |
| 2020–21 | $95.9M |
| 2021–22 | $114M |
| 2022–23 | $140M |
| 2023–24 | $217M |
| 2024–25 | $240M |
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