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

SNC-Lavalin Inc $2,499,874.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
FY 2021-2022
Canada

SNC-Lavalin Integrated Utility Management System - The SNCL Integrated Utility Management System integrates all the required Pop Up City utility subsystems with monitoring, control, security, design p...

Makivik Corporation $2,403,810.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Canadian Coast Guard Marine Operations and Response Transfer Payment Program
FY 2023-2024
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
Capital Assistance Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

NSPI will design the initial upgrade to the Jetty NB Transformer Vault and a new power supply to support the additional future requirements at CFB Halifax.

ONCOVIR CANADA INC $2,099,792.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

The overall goal of this project is to advance the clinical development of Poly-ICLC (Hiltonol®), a broad-spectrum antiviral drug candidate, as an innovative solution to strengthen medical preparednes...

Oncovir Canada Inc $2,099,792.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Develop immunoassay kits that can measure all three classes of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies simultaneously or individually.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Capital Assistance Program
FY 2016-2017
Canada

The purpose of this contribution is to construct a replacement of the Quadra Sewage line to accommodate CFB Comox HMCS Quadra sewage requirements.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for defence and security. The...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for defence and security. The...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for defence and security. Def...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for defence and security. The...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for defence and security. The...

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

Modernization of Canada’s 155mm Munitions Production and Supply - Considering the technological advancements required, and to ensure that Canada is able to continue supporting war efforts in Ukraine a...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support concept development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Concept Development 2024. Defence Research and Development Canada...

InDro Robotics Inc. $2,000,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support advancements in mobility, manipulation, sensing, localization of threats, advanced modeling, information synthesis, or by using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, sup...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support advancements in mobility, manipulation, sensing, localization of threats, advanced modeling, information synthesis, or by using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, sup...

Rival Lab Inc. $2,000,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

Funding will support concept development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Concept (CUAS) Development 2024. Defence Research and Development Canada...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

Funding will support concept development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Concept Development 2024. Defence Research and Development Canada...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support concept development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Concept Development 2024. Defence Research and Development Canada...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support concept development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Concept Development 2024. Defence Research and Development Canada...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support concept development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Concept Development 2023. Defence Research and Development Canada and it...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Lighting the path with AI: Advanced analytics and decision support for first responders. Defence Re...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Lighting the path with AI: Advanced analytics and decision support for first responders. Defence Re...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Capital Assistance Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

Forty-Mile Gas Co-Op will develop and design the upgrade to the gas infrastructure required to improve the reliability of the distribution system at CFB Suffield.

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

Modernization of Canada’s 155mm Munitions Production and Supply - Considering the technological advancements required, and to ensure that Canada is able to continue supporting war efforts in Ukraine a...