Federal spending by Department of Justice Canada

5,111 records totalling $9,363,043,821.67 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $1,367,742,326 $1,350,941,125 98.8%
2023-2024 $1,140,940,678 $1,109,986,229 97.3%
2022-2023 $1,011,723,963 $983,322,572 97.2%
2021-2022 $939,656,436 $907,417,603 96.6%
2020-2021 $892,549,647 $832,853,145 93.3%
2019-2020 $837,290,562 $812,721,034 97.1%
2018-2019 $803,110,545 $788,807,345 98.2%
2017-2018 $733,527,103 $707,002,071 96.4%
2016-2017 $724,383,928 $689,819,446 95.2%
2015-2016 $711,335,706 $683,219,807 96.0%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

22

of 45 targets met

9

targets not met

14

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets
  • Number of restorative justice programs available.

    Target: The target has been adjusted to reflect a change in reporting methodology in which some jurisdictions now report their restorative justice p... · Actual: 395.0

  • Percentage of Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime client inquiries or complaints that are assessed and acted upon.

    Target: — · Actual: 98.8

  • Percentage of Canadians who have confidence that the Canadian criminal justice system is fair to all people.

    Target: The 2022–23 fiscal year is the first year that targets have been set for this indicator, and it therefore does not apply to previously repor... · Actual: 51.0

  • Percentage of Canadians who have confidence that the Canadian criminal justice system is accessible to all people.

    Target: The 2022–23 fiscal year is the first year that targets have been set for this indicator, and it therefore does not apply to previously repor... · Actual: 59.0

  • Percentage of Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime client inquiries or complaints that are assessed and acted upon.

    Target: — · Actual: 98.8

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2018-2019
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The organization will continue to deliver public education and legal information about the Canadian legal system with the view to increasing knowledge and making the justice system more accessible to...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Legal Aid
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Jurisdictional funding agreement for State-Funded Counsel in Québec.

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Youth Justice Fund
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Through this project, Radius Child and Youth Services will enhance and expand the current Youth Dating Violence Intervention Program. It will do so by accepting court-mandated clients as a new referr...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Legal Aid
FY 2022-2023
Canada

This project will provide funding to the Government of Alberta, over four years, to prepare Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) for qualified legal aid clients in the province of Alberta. I...

Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Indigenous Partnership Fund
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This multi-year project supports core capacity for ongoing consultation and cooperation activities in the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Decla...