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 2024-2025
Canada

The project will consist of a workshop examining how the practice of providing security force assistance to fragile and failed states is evolving amid heightened strategic competition.

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

Funding will support a year-long, weekly interview program offering analysis and discussion on defence, security and foreign policy. Interview guests will come from across policy, academic, think tank...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This project consists of an academic symposium and the establishment of a women‑led ‘Total Defence Working Group’ to address challenges and opportunities associated with building a total defence model...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This project consists of a study focused on deepfakes to provide DND/CAF with insights on how best to counter and/or leverage deepfakes in service of strategic defence priorities.

Alex S. Wilner $48,433.90
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) - Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A two-day academic conference to explore the nexus between AI and national defence, national security, and intelligence. Six panels along with one keynote lecture will be organized. Another 50 stakeho...

Nichola Batzel $48,400.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Indigenous Reconciliation Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this project is to support the partnership with Nicholas Batzel, as a facilitator of Inuit participation, for the Indigenous Reconciliation Gathering to showcase Indigenous cultures, wh...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Indigenous Reconciliation Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The purpose of this project is to support the partnership with the Southern Chiefs' Organization for the Indigenous Reconciliation Gathering to showcase Indigenous cultures, while promoting the opport...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Little is known about how the experience of moral injury may affect uniquely female and female-identified military members and veterans in Canada. Here, the institute plans to hold workshops to: i) di...

Dave Perry $48,148.79
National Defence | Défense nationale
Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Funding will support a conference on current and future threats to North America, the gaps they present, and how to address them. The event will explore a number of related issues, including NORAD mod...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Indigenous Reconcilation Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To enable continued participation in meetings between the nations and The Department of National Defence (DND)

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

Funding will support an assessment of critical infrastructure investment trends, current practices in security agreements, and how Chinese civil-military fusion policy impacts these assets.

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

Funding will support research examining the prospects of emerging technology in great power competition over the next 10-20 years.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2024-2025
United States

The project will consist of a workshop with policy experts, representatives from allied embassies, scholars, and American government personnel to explore the impact of climate change on the future of...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2024-2025
United States

The project will consist of a workshop in Washington, DC with representatives from allied Embassies, the private sector and the US government exploring ways to modernize Canada's defence industrial co...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Indigenous Reconciliation Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

This project supports the implementation of the Communications and Engagement Protocol between Tl'esqox and DND.

Yann Joly $47,647.50
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support research examining the application of epigenetics in a defence and security context, including tracking exposure to chemical weapons, monitoring mental health, and enhancement of...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2024-2025
United States

Funding will support a workshop in Washington DC, bringing together policy experts, key climate scholars, US government officials and representatives from Artic embassies, to discuss impacts of climat...

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

Funding will support the 2022 installment of ‘The Year Ahead’ conference in Ottawa, assembling academics, practitioners, and subject matter experts to discuss the most significant defence and security...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This project consists of grassroots research on issues such as housing, healthcare, spousal employment, and childcare, with the objective to enhance operational readiness, recruitment, and retention b...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Funding to support propaganda and disinformation strategies used by other countries.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Indigenous Reconciliation Program
FY 2023-2024
Canada

The Assembly of First Nations Yukon Region aim to respond to the Procurement, Continental Defence and NORAD Modernization, and Arctic Defence and Sovereignty MINDS Policy Challenges by engaging direct...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This project consists of a conference bringing together international experts and emerging researchers to discuss key issues concerning North American defence architecture, the Canadian defence indust...

National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2024-2025
Canada

The project will consist of a roundtable discussion on how Canada can collaborate with its allies to enhance multilateral diplomacy in governing emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence,...

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

Funding will support research on Chinese and Russian activities in the Mediterranean over the next 10-15 years, including a foresight study on the implications of these developments on Canadian, NATO,...