Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Speed meets strategy: Building Canada’s hypersonic innovation network. The Department of National...
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
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% deviation of average daily meal cost from the standard allowance
Target: — · Actual: 15.3
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% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction relative to a 2005 baseline
Target: — · Actual: 39.1
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% of Canadian Armed Forces families who feel they meet the challenges of military life
Target: — · Actual: 81.7
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% of goods and services contracts that are awarded within established performance targets
Target: — · Actual: 93.9
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% of the target Canadian youth population that participates in Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers
Target: — · Actual: 1.89
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