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
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2020-2021
Netherlands

Funding will support research and virtual roundtables on the strategic objectives of Russia, China, Iran, and Turkey.

Youri Cormier $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support the 89th Annual Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in March 2021 under the theme "Canada and the World: A Threat Assessment".

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

Funding will support a study on Canadian perceptions, in particular on the impact of COVID-19 on support for defence spending.

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

Funding will support virtual workshops in winter 2021 on how National Defence can adapt and respond to climate change.

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

Funding will support a series of webinars, research papers and graduate student presentations, from January to March 2021, on how Canada and the US can modernize continental defence amidst acceleratin...

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

Funding will support research on the effectiveness of different counter-narratives in the prevention of the dissemination of hateful and violent extremism speech on the web.

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

Circular City - Integrated Power, Water, and Waste Solution for Relocatable Temporary Camps - Our solution consists of the integration of 4 systems in order to meet or exceed the required reductions o...

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

SNC-Lavalin Integrated Utility Management System (IUMS) - The SNCL Integrated Utility Management System (IUMS) integrates all the required Pop Up City utility subsytems with monitoring, control, secur...

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

DEW Camp Sustainment (DCS) System - The DCS system will be a centrally controlled system of systems leveraging a combined system distribution framework to connect and integrate all subsystems.

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

On-Site Resource Generation Solution for Military Camps - In the proposed integrated approach, the renewable energy systems will be integrated with the centralized power grid of the RTC.

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

Robust, Efficient Solutions for Pop Up City -ATCO’s solution integrates proven technologies in energy, water, and both liquid and solid waste, to optimize operations of Relocatable Temporary Camps (RT...

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

Technologically Efficient Solutions for Pop Up City - ATCO’s solution integrates proven technologies in energy, water, and both liquid and solid waste, to optimize operations of Relocatable Temporary...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support the creation of a francophone website featuring short and practical analyses for French-speaking Canadian and non-Canadian defense professionals (academics and practitioners).

Avascent $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a survey and analysis of efforts by the US Department of Defense (DOD) to promote innovation in technology development and adoption, in an effort to draw on new commercial technol...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a study of efforts within the Government to protect democratic institutions, including the federal electoral process, against misinformation and cyber-attacks.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support public surveys to examine issues of public perception related to diversity and inclusion in the Canadian Armed Forces The project will explore how diversity and inclusion issues a...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a study of the intersections of Inuit interests and priorities and DND/CAF objectives pertaining to the Arctic, continental defence, and climate change, focused on operational eff...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a study adopting an intersectional perspective in assessing how chronic experiences with discrimination, violence, and microaggressions impact brain function among LBGTQ2S+ CAF me...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a study on the impact of sexual misconduct on male and male-identifying survivors with emphasis given to the mental and physical health, careers, and personal lives of CAF veteran...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a series of interviews with current and former LGBTQ2S+ members of the CAF to provide insights into the unique challenges affecting recruitment, retention, and upward mobility wit...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding would support a series of engagements examining strategic capability considerations and socio-economic objectives in Canadian defence procurement emerging from the resumption of great power co...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support the organization and facilitation of the second installment of the Middle East Security Forum: a hybrid conference on the geopolitics of the Middle East and Canadian defence polic...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a three-day international forum for thought leaders and senior government officials from around the world to inform Canadian decision-makers and provide a platform for Canada’s de...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Funding will support a series of webinars and research papers exploring the modernization of North American defence in a context defined by resurgent great power competition and the rise of powerful n...