Spending program
Payments pursuant to the Judges Act
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2024–25, Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs spent $789 million on Payments pursuant to the Judges Act, up from $738 million in 2023–24. That is $26.31 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$789M
4.4% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Up $50.1M from $738M in 2023–24.
$26.31per tax filer$19.16per 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 | $583M |
| 2019–20 | $615M |
| 2020–21 | $613M |
| 2021–22 | $656M |
| 2022–23 | $697M |
| 2023–24 | $738M |
| 2024–25 | $789M |
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