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Spending program

Research and Innovation

Department of Veterans Affairs · Veterans

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Veterans Affairs spent $26.4 million on Research and Innovation, down from $27.3 million in 2023–24. That is $0.88 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$26.4M

0.3% of Veterans spending in 2024–25.

Down $932K from $27.3M in 2023–24.

$0.88per tax filer$0.64per 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.

Research and Innovation, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Research and Innovation, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2020–21$40.1M
2021–22$24.5M
2022–23$24.9M
2023–24$27.3M
2024–25$26.4M

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 veterans spendingHow the figures are calculated