Spending program
Youth Justice
Department of Justice · Public safety, policing and justice
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Justice spent $202 million on Youth Justice, down from $202 million in 2023–24. That is $6.73 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$202M
1.1% of Public safety, policing and justice spending in 2024–25.
Down $338K from $202M in 2023–24.
$6.73per tax filer$4.90per 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 | $158M |
| 2019–20 | $157M |
| 2020–21 | $157M |
| 2021–22 | $201M |
| 2022–23 | $202M |
| 2023–24 | $202M |
| 2024–25 | $202M |
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.
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