Federal spending by Veterans Affairs Canada

2,282 records totalling $30,810,432,234.30 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 $7,787,161,807 $7,630,043,185 98.0%
2023-2024 $6,104,533,351 $6,053,066,202 99.2%
2022-2023 $5,693,979,309 $5,422,344,598 95.2%
2021-2022 $6,327,387,481 $5,406,391,796 85.4%
2020-2021 $5,471,167,584 $4,836,633,503 88.4%
2019-2020 $5,288,765,735 $4,832,374,356 91.4%
2018-2019 $4,795,897,822 $4,690,462,953 97.8%
2017-2018 $4,922,536,867 $4,773,891,081 97.0%
2016-2017 $3,914,430,576 $3,770,808,741 96.3%
2015-2016 $3,675,963,783 $3,595,034,204 97.8%

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.

8

of 47 targets met

13

targets not met

26

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets
  • % of Veterans Affairs Canada clients who are satisfied with the quality of Veterans Affairs Canada’s programs and services offered

    Target: — · Actual: 78.0

  • % of Veteran clients of Veterans Affairs Canada 65 years and older living in their own homes who report satisfaction with their housing.

    Target: — · Actual: 95.0

  • % of Veterans Affairs Canada clients who are satisfied with the quality of service delivery they receive from Veterans Affairs Canada.

    Target: — · Actual: 77.0

  • % of Veterans Affairs Canada clients who are satisfied with the way Veterans Affairs Canada's commemorative initiatives honour Veterans and those who died in service

    Target: — · Actual: 74.0

  • % of Veterans who have high level of mastery of their life skills.

    Target: — · Actual: 27.0

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Team Rubicon Canada is a community-based organization that unites the skills and experiences of volunteering Veterans to rapidly deploy emergency response teams. The funding they receive from the Vete...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

The Saint John Human Development Council identifies and addresses social issues in New Brunswick through research, information, coordination and networking. With funding from the Veteran and Family We...

Can Praxis $450,000.00
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The Family Program provides children of Veterans with an operational stress injury (OSI) with the tools to understand their parent’s injury. They can then safely engage with their parent on a bad day...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The proposed project is to deliver nature-based and creative workshops to underserved Veterans and their family members, including Women and 2SLGBTQ+ people who have served in the Canadian Armed Force...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Online psychoeducative grief supports for Veterans and their families: Filling a national gap

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Lest We Forget Community Veterans Committee is a non-profit charitable organization committed to ensuring all PEI veterans who served, are serving, and will yet serve, will never be forgotten. Funding...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

With funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund, the Ontario based Roland Gossage Foundation will provide their program “Soldiers in the Arts” to use theatre as a way to address traumatic str...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Serene View Ranch in Stratford, PE will use funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to provide community-based multidisciplinary, multi-modal, individualized and culturally sensitive traum...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
FY 2024-2025
Canada

The Red River Métis Veterans Program Development Project will expand its capacity to identify the needs and record the untold history of our Red River Métis Veterans (RRMV) and their families. In the...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The National Métis Veteran Gathering will invite at least 100 Métis Veterans and their families to gather in Ottawa over a two-day period. Métis Veterans are an under-served group who will benefit fro...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2019-2020
Canada

This project will support and intervene on behalf of Veterans who face barriers to attaining and retaining housing, promote their health and dignity and strive to ensure they achieve their housing, he...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veterans and Family Well-Being Fund
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Veterans and Family Well-Being Fund

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This project builds upon the success of Challenge Factory’s Veteran Ready Employer program and is dedicated to following VAC’s employment strategy by piloting the program under a selected operational...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Established in 1995, Centre CASA is an addiction prevention and treatment centre located in Québec. With funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund, they will implement expanded services for...

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Treatment and related Allowances
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Treatment and related Allowances

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Trauma-Informed Psychological Treatment and Adjunct Therapies for Veterans and their families.

Egale Canada $350,000.00
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Over 18 months, Egale Canada will work with Rainbow Veterans Canada to survey 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans and identify areas of focus for research regarding the social determinants of health. They will conduct...

Respect Campaign $344,000.00
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Respect Forum Initiative

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
FY 2021-2022
Canada

True Patriot Love Foundation, a national charity based in Toronto, ON, will use funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to create a “Military Creative Arts” framework. Through discussions...