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
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the water domain for deployed camps.

National Defence | Défense nationale
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

A prize for submitting a successful proposal to the Pop-up City Contest under the energy domain for deployed camps.

David Perry $10,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support a project focused on exploring the means by which DND/CAF spending can be redirected to facilitate Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19. Drawing on the expertise of experts fr...

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

Funding will support research on the roles, impact, and local perception of the Canadian Rangers in their response to COVID-19. Through community-based research, a comprehensive analysis and evaluatio...

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

Funding will support research on the impact of border closures at community, national, regional, and international scales. Conclusions will be presented in the form of a virtual international conferen...

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

Funding will support the organisation and execution of a series of virtual seminars aimed at fostering a multidisciplinary dialogue about the practical, methodological, and normative aspects of studyi...

Bijan Ahmadi $10,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support a series of panel discussions on the geopolitical impacts of COVID-19, with a focus on Canadian grand strategy, Middle East and Asia-Pacific policy, and global supply chains. A co...

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

Funding will support a panel discussion with leading experts on the impact of COVID-19 on cybersecurity and disinformation campaigns, with the intention of increasing preparedness and resilience in go...

Leah West $10,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support a study on the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces’ current capabilities, role, and contribution to anticipate, prevent, and manage public health crises,...

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

Funding will support a study of Canadian conspiracy theories that potentially promote hateful attitudes, conduct, and radicalization within the Canadian Armed Forces.

Morgan Fox $10,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Funding will support research on defence policy and evolving role of middle powers, to identify the best-practice defence policies that Canada should consider to promote the rules-based order and dete...

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

Funding will support a hackathon to inspire new thinking on how to respond to grey-zone threats facing Canada. The event will bring together analysts, CAF members, and students to identify creative an...

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

Funding will support a conference on the emerging US-China rivalry and its impact on Canadian interests, assembling experts with diverse perspectives to identify strategies Canada can adopt in the yea...

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

Funding will support the examination of online incel communities, scholarly research and news media reports to prepare a reports outlining the vocabulary and iconography associated with radicalization...

Morgan Fox $10,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support the development of a monograph composed of papers by masters and undergraduate students on the war in Ukraine.

Owen Wong $10,000.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Funding will support a project that will examine hybrid warfare through a gendered lens, specifically by examining the disparate impacts of disinformation, cyber, and economic threats on men and women...