Federal spending by Veterans Affairs Canada

7,371 records totalling $38,072,468,204.72 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Contracting

$7,262.0M

across 5,089 contracts over $10k

1.0%

of contract dollars awarded without competition (1,251 contracts)

85.9%

of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (1,238 reported)

"Without competition" counts solicitation codes TN (non-competitive) and AC (Advance Contract Award Notice). Non-competitive awards are legal and sometimes required; the rate is context, not a judgment.

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

IBM CANADA LTD $278,438.16
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0672 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT RELATED TO PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS ENVIRONMENT
FY 2014-2015
Canada
VON CANADA $278,300.00
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0451 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
FY 2011-2012
Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0670 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
FY 2011-2012
Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0453 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
FY 2012-2013
Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0453 PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
FY 2016-2017
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOURCED.

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Other Business services not Elsewhere Specified
FY 2023-2024
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOURCED

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0451 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
FY 2010-2011
Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0859 OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
FY 2013-2014
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOURCED

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Family Caregiver Relief Benefit
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Family Caregiver Relief Benefit

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Data and database access services
FY 2023-2024
Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0453 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
FY 2012-2013
Canada
ORACLE CANADA $269,790.28
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
MAIN LICENS - SOFTWARE
FY 2017-2018
Canada

THIS CONTRACT IS A CALL UP AGAINST A PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT CANADA PROCUREMENT TOOL

FREEBALANCE INC. $269,682.90
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0583 - SOFTWARE
FY 2019-2020
Canada

THIS CONTRACT IS A CALL UP AGAINST A PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT CANADA PROCUREMENT TOOL

FREEBALANCE INC. $269,682.90
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
MAIN LICENS
FY 2020-2021
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS NON-COMPETITIVELY SOURCED

COSSETTE MEDIA $268,997.35
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0301 ADVERTISING SERVICES
FY 2011-2012
Canada
FreeBalance Inc. $268,317.40
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0583 SOFTWARE
FY 2018-2019
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOURCED

CDW CANADA $268,096.54
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
1284 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - COMPUTERS
FY 2015-2016
Canada
MICROSOFT CANADA $267,221.36
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0583 - SOFTWARE
FY 2020-2021
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOURCED

Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0451 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
FY 2010-2011
Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
Other engineering works
FY 2025-2026
Canada
FREEBALANCE INC. $262,591.00
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
MAIN LICENS - SOFTWARE
FY 2018-2019
Canada

THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOURCED

FREEBALANCE INC. $262,591.00
Veterans Affairs Canada | Anciens Combattants Canada
0583 LICENSES MAINTENANCE FEES
FY 2016-2017
Canada

THIS CONTRACT IS A CALL UP AGAINST A PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT CANADA PROCUREMENT TOOL