Federal spending by Department of Justice Canada
9,648 records totalling $10,052,993,711.32 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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Where the money flows
Contracting
$689.9M
across 4,537 contracts over $10k
30.6%
of contract dollars awarded without competition (1,936 contracts)
92.5%
of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (2,361 reported)
"Without competition" counts solicitation codes TN (non-competitive) and AC (Advance Contract Award Notice). Non-competitive awards are legal and sometimes required; the rate is context, not a judgment.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.
This contract was sole-sourced.
Services to ensure that the Department of Justice Canada's National Capital Region security system infrastructure and each of its components and software modules operates and functions without error.
Juralingo will provide legal language training sessions in the other official language to provincially and territorially appointed judges in Canada. These training courses focus on the development of...
The organization will develop and deliver a complete French and English legal terminology language training program for provincial and territorial judges to help them to increase their capacity to off...
The Recipient agrees to: contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.
This project will strengthen and improve the legal services offered by the CFGT through its legal clinic by complementing funding from Legal Aid Ontario to enable victims of sexual assault to have acc...
The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.
The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through activities such as Gladue aftercare, civil/family mediation, prevent...
Provision of legal aid information on matters related to workplace sexual harassment across Canada.
The recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through Public awareness and prevention, Diversion, Dispute resolution or me...
The therapeutic justice program pilot project will provide traditional counselling and clinical therapy to individuals involved in the justice system as a result of mental health and addictions arisi...
The organization will provide independent legal advice for people who have experienced intimate partner violence, including physical violence, sexual violence, threats of violence, forcible confinemen...
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...
Over the next five years, the TOBA Centre for Children and Youth will develop and deliver services that are evidence-based, child focus, trauma informed and culturally responsive. Project will include...
The recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through Public awareness and prevention, Diversion, Dispute resolution or me...
The Recipient agrees to: contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.
This contract includes one or more amendments. This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a multi-year contract. For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the con...
This contract includes one or more amendments. This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a multi-year contract. For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the con...
Criminal legal aid helps support legal services for economically-disadvantaged persons accused of serious criminal offences and for youth charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Immigration and...
The Recipient agrees to: contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.
The Recipient agrees to: contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.