Spending program
Disability Awards, Critical Injury and Death Benefits
Department of Veterans Affairs · Veterans
In fiscal year 2018–19, Department of Veterans Affairs spent $1.4 billion on Disability Awards, Critical Injury and Death Benefits. That is $50.23 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2018–19
$1.4B
29.3% of Veterans spending in 2018–19.
$50.23per tax filer$37.12per person
Per tax filer uses 27,394,970 tax filers (2018); per person uses a population of 37,072,620 (2018). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
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.