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 one-day workshop to discuss the impacts of capacity-building engagement led by Canada and more broadly by NATO on Ukrainian resilience.

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

Funding will support the organization of a workshop with subsequent publication of a report focusing on emerging Arctic security threats, with an emphasis on the involvement of young scholars and Indi...

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

Funding will support the development of two youth roundtables, a hackathon, and a series of research briefs on the use of technologies in information warfare and examine possible responses through str...

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

The project aims to organize a North American Arctic Security Youth Symposium on May 24, 2024, involving participants from Canada, the US, and Greenland, to promote reconciliation and consultations wi...

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

The student-led research project will revisit concerns about hypersonic missiles and focus on the role of hypersonic grand strategy, as well as the impact of their deployment on North American securit...

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

The student-led one-day workshop in Yellowknife in summer 2024 will bring together experts from Northern, military, and academic sectors to discuss ways to improve engagement in the Canadian North, pa...

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

The student-led project plans a hybrid study day in Montreal and online to discuss Arctic security, Canada's role in transatlantic cooperation, and future contributions to the region amid geopolitical...

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

The project aims to assess Canada's national security amidst global re-ordering and rising inter-state tensions. It focuses on Halifax as a case study due to its economic and strategic significance, a...

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

The project will explore Canada's role in a proliferating global artifical intelligence (AI) arms race, investigating the risks for Canadian security amidst rising AI-driven geopolitical tensions.

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

The project will consist of a one-day student-led research conference on how Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender-based Analysis Plus principles can be embedded into defence policy and Canadian...

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

The project will examine the causal relationship between organizational culture within the Defence Team and gaps in recruitment and retention while providing policymakers with novel frameworks and rec...

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

The project consists of exploring the consequences of climate, environmental and geopolitical changes on the future defence requirements in the Artic and the Canadian North.

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

This project consists of a one-day hybrid conference, entitled "Reacting Together," that will bring together students, experts, and stakeholders from the Canadian and European defence sectors to explo...

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

This project consists of a research report examining allied approaches to force posture in the North. The goal of the report is to identify force design models and produce policy recommendations to su...

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

Funding will support research, including the development of policy briefs, on China's rising interest in the Arctic and its implications on Canada's sovereignty, as well as on NORADs deterrence and de...

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

This project consists of a series of seven workshops exploring different aspects of the Canada-U.S. defence relationship. The workshops will address specific defence priorities such as NORAD moderniza...

Anna McAlpine $9,920.00
National Defence | Défense nationale
Targeted Engagement Grant Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Funding will support research on sexual misconduct in the CAF, focusing on the experiences of Indigenous and other racialized groups, and comparing Operation HONOUR to similar initiatives around the w...

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

Funding will support research on the potential impacts of COVID-19 disinformation campaigns from violent non-state actors on Canadian Armed Forces operations. Interviews with subject matter experts an...

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

Funding will support two roundtables and an immersive wargame simulation to explore the impact of COVID-19 on great power competition and the various ways by which to navigate it. A post-simulation ro...

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

Funding will support work to improve the online tools and resources of the Servicewomen’s Salute Canada Portal, as well as efforts to conduct a scan of existing research on servicewomen’s experiences...

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

Funding will support a workshop on defence and security in the Asia-Pacific with a focus on great power dynamics, civil conflict and unconventional threats. Speakers from Canada and other Asia-Pacific...

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

The project consists of examining how the defence against disinformation is articulated and addressed in defence policies of NATO member states with the purpose to produce recommendations to improve C...

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

The project explores the role of Northern Indigenous women in shaping Canadian security policy, advocating for Indigenous rights, environmental preservation, and developing new security concepts.

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

Funding will support research on the experiences of CAF members who have accessed distance counselling via four sexual assault centres in Ontario prior to and during COVID-19. Qualitative data will be...

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

Funding will support comparative research on the various government strategies employed in the Arctic region to limit the propagation of COVID-19. In addition, the project will explore and evaluate th...