Spending program
Law Enforcement and Policing
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 $127 million on Law Enforcement and Policing, down from $292 million in 2023–24. That is $4.25 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$127M
0.7% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Down $164M from $292M in 2023–24.
$4.25per tax filer$3.09per 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.
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| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $13.8M |
| 2019–20 | $8.0M |
| 2020–21 | $9.6M |
| 2021–22 | $36.9M |
| 2022–23 | $150M |
| 2023–24 | $292M |
| 2024–25 | $127M |
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