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 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project to provide DND/CAF with a detailed cybersecurity framework focusing on cybersecurity risks, threat preparedness, and specific steps to improve the security of connected...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project to conduct a comparative study of Germany and Canada to explore the strategic implications of the threat posed by quantum computers on the continued defence of Canada.

Youri Cormier $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support the delivery of a 3 day security and defence conference (hybrid in-person/virtual).

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project to examine policy solutions for government and industry stakeholders to enhance digitally connected, autonomous, shared, and electric (CASE) vehicle security frameworks...

Justin Massie $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support the delivery of a hybrid conference to discuss the practices and the capacities of nuclear powers, their allies and key partners to anticipate future challenges. Experts will focu...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project to evaluate the Believe, Empower, Support, Together (B.E.S.T) trauma-informed sexual misconduct training for CAF leaders.

Zachary Paikin $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project that will hold a public webinar series that addresses: (1) The implications of the war in Ukraine for NATO; (2) lessons learned about the 21st century use of force and...

Jeffrey Reeves $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a two-day conference in South Korea in April 2023 to map the Asian cybersecurity landscape for the purpose of informing the implementation of Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a conference at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in August 2023 exploring what happens to women leaders in post-conflict settings when peace agreements begin to break d...

Helen Kerr $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a workshop with foresight experts and CAF/DND to support the development a handbook of 10 adapted foresight tools for use in defence and security contexts.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project that will crowdsource the development of wargaming systems and mechanics to aid security organizations in anticipating and adapting to climate change and the evolving do...

David Perry $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a one day conference in Ottawa that will examine procurement/acquisition aspect of implementing the updated Defence Policy.

David Perry $50,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a one-day conference in Ottawa that will examine the CAF's current and future anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support the Middle East Strategy Forum, a two-day conference hosted in a hybrid format in Ottawa to provide insights to policy-makers on Canada's defence strategy in the region.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support the 2023 Canada-Korea Energy Forum. Marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations, the Forum will examine implications of Russian invasion of Ukrain...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

The funding will support an exploration of generational differences in Canada's defense policy through a survey to determine how generational identities shape Canada's defense outlook, including how C...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support a project to host a two-day hybrid conference in Yellowknife to explore gendered dimensions of security in the Canadian Arctic North and the circumpolar world.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

The funding will support the development of a moral harm assessment tool for sexual minorities using a large online dataset from veterans and civilian participants to provide the Department of Defense...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support the publication of three volumes of Le Rubicon academic journal to provide DND/CAF with policy recommendations on deterrence strategies in the Arctic, Asia, and Europe.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
France

Funding will support virtual workshops and meetings as well as two in-person conferences (Paris, Ottawa / greater Montréal) that will help establish a network of emerging experts from Canada and Franc...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support the second annual Montréal Climate Security Summit which will foster discussions on the intersection of climate change and Canadian national security.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support the third annual East Asia Strategy Forum which will focus on geopolitical developments and Canada’s defence posture in the Indo-Pacific.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support the development of a tool to support facilitation of climate security workshops that explore trends and emerging issues to increase foresight among DND/CAF.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support two workshops on interpersonal and organizational interactions around sensitive topics to enable DND/CAF to better understand how culture influences choices and outcomes at the sm...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Funding will support a series of roundtables and complementing papers studying the perspectives of Canada’s NATO allies on the war in Ukraine.