Spending program
Disability Benefits
Department of Veterans Affairs · Veterans
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Veterans Affairs spent $4.2 billion on Disability Benefits, up from $3.0 billion in 2023–24. That is $140 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$4.2B
54.8% of Veterans spending in 2024–25.
Up $1.2B from $3.0B in 2023–24.
$140per tax filer$102per 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 | $2.5B |
| 2020–21 | $2.5B |
| 2021–22 | $2.9B |
| 2022–23 | $2.7B |
| 2023–24 | $3.0B |
| 2024–25 | $4.2B |
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.