Spending program
Protective Operations
Royal Canadian Mounted Police · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2024–25, Royal Canadian Mounted Police spent $289 million on Protective Operations, up from $205 million in 2023–24. That is $9.65 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$289M
1.6% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Up $84.3M from $205M in 2023–24.
$9.65per tax filer$7.02per 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 |
|---|---|
| 2019–20 | $186M |
| 2020–21 | $129M |
| 2021–22 | $206M |
| 2022–23 | $259M |
| 2023–24 | $205M |
| 2024–25 | $289M |
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