Federal spending by National Defence

1,110 records totalling $2,527,129,435.07 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 $34,711,513,470 $33,924,795,250 97.7%
2023-2024 $34,945,077,835 $33,469,476,787 95.8%
2022-2023 $28,501,032,979 $26,930,160,095 94.5%
2021-2022 $26,635,209,189 $24,126,144,961 90.6%
2020-2021 $28,053,562,425 $26,827,037,837 95.6%
2019-2020 $23,776,955,012 $22,839,438,337 96.1%
2018-2019 $22,105,709,253 $21,615,941,912 97.8%
2017-2018 $23,577,936,795 $22,877,086,721 97.0%
2016-2017 $19,470,364,449 $18,606,153,529 95.6%
2015-2016 $19,997,410,380 $18,666,073,243 93.3%

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.

81

of 214 targets met

89

targets not met

44

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets
  • % deviation of average daily meal cost from the standard allowance

    Target: — · Actual: 15.3

  • % of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction relative to a 2005 baseline

    Target: — · Actual: 39.1

  • % of Canadian Armed Forces families who feel they meet the challenges of military life

    Target: — · Actual: 81.7

  • % of goods and services contracts that are awarded within established performance targets

    Target: — · Actual: 93.9

  • % of the target Canadian youth population that participates in Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers

    Target: — · Actual: 1.89

National Defence | Défense nationale
Capital Assistance Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

The City of St.Jean will rehabilitate the Pumping station to provincial standards to a design meeting the requirements of both city and DND.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Canadian Coast Guard Marine Operations and Response Transfer Payment Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this program is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of codevelopment and sustainable economic d...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Canadian Coast Guard Marine Operations and Response Transfer Payment Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this program is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of codevelopment and sustainable economic d...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Canadian Coast Guard Marine Operations and Response Transfer Payment Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this program is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of codevelopment and sustainable economic d...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
FY 2023-2024
Canada

The Project will be comprised of stakeholder engagement, the facilitation of an ideation session and post-event analysis and reporting as it relates to mine clearance technologies that can be used dur...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and and Security
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Rapid Response: Real-time Insights for Pandemic Decision Making Challenge. Defence Research and Development C...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Community Support for Sexual Misconduct Survivors Grant Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

This project will ensure that Defence community members with cases that have been transferred to the criminal court in Ottawa would have access, on a voluntary basis, to restorative justice. CJP will...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Capital Assistance Program
FY 2018-2019
Canada

The City will construct a monument to commemorate the Royal 22 Regiment.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Defence Engagement Program
FY 2017-2018
United States

The purpose of this grant is to fund a 9- to 12-month research project aimed at determining if there are more comprehensive measures for security investment, beyond NATO’s 2% target for defence spendi...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The applicant is requesting funding to conduct focus groups with female and female-identified CAF members and veterans to explore the gendered experience of deployment between January and June 2020. I...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The project aims at researching into existing design and planning practices in the CAF and in other comparable militaries and gaps between them. It will comprise the conduct of a workshop of experts,...

David Perry $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The applicant proposes to hold a one-day conference in Ottawa that will examine new procurement models for DND, as well as examine how procurement can be streamlined to better deliver the capabilities...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The applicant is seeking funding for a workshop to co-design an education platform that will facilitate the instruction and dissemination of a common, agnostic design theory, to ensure allied commande...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The applicant proposes to bring together 20 international academics, military, and government personnel, and a host of members from the Defence Team for a 3-day seminar. The event will explore operati...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A two-day conference focused on international security, maritime security, developments in military aviation, and diversity and inclusion in French speaking militaries, among other topics. The first d...

Michael Byers $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Funding will support a workshop in Iqaluit to explore the security, safety and environmental risks associated with the disused rocket stages and satellites re-entering the atmosphere over Canada’s Arc...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Funding will support the development of training on shared and inclusive leadership for the CAF, which can also be used for training allied forces. The training will be supported by a website with res...

Jessica West $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Funding will support a workshop on how existing and emerging norms of responsible behaviour in outer space may apply to space-based military capabilities and activities. The goal is to produce a roadm...

John Conger $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
United States

Funding will support a study of the potential impact of climate change on Canadian Armed Forces’ missions and infrastructure in Canada, with a particular focus on the Arctic. This study will inform th...

National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support a conference and workshop on international security in the circumpolar north, the increased geopolitical and geospatial instability in the Arctic and its implication for future CA...

Jamil Jivani $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support a project aimed at fostering discussion on the issue of extremism in the CAF and the role of nationalism as a potentially constructive and destructive force. The project will cons...

Yun Sun $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
United States

Funding will support a 12-month research project, focused on Chinese military interests in the Arctic. The research, based on field visits and primary sources, will involve in-depth analysis on China’...

David Perry $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support a one-day conference in Ottawa focused on improving the Canadian defence procurement model. The event will focus on key issues in Canada’s defence procurement process and draw on...

Lee Windsor $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support the second phase of a project aimed at enhancing the decision-making skills of Canadian Army officers on the battlefield through virtual simulation. Working in close collaboration...