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Spending program

War Veterans Allowance

Department of Veterans Affairs · Veterans

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Veterans Affairs spent $3.4 million on War Veterans Allowance, down from $3.7 million in 2023–24. That is $0.11 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$3.4M

0.0% of Veterans spending in 2024–25.

Down $277K from $3.7M in 2023–24.

$0.11per tax filer$0.08per 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.

War Veterans Allowance, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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War Veterans Allowance, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$6.8M
2019–20$27.1M
2020–21$13.7M
2021–22$4.4M
2022–23$4.0M
2023–24$3.7M
2024–25$3.4M

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.

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