Page Proofs – National Defence
Raison d’être
On behalf of the people of Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Department of National Defence (DND) stand ready to support a vision in which Canada is:
- Strong at home, its sovereignty well defended by a CAF also ready to assist in times of natural disaster, other emergencies and search and rescue;
- Secure in North America, active in a renewed defence partnership in North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and with the United States; and
- Engaged in the world, with the Canadian Armed Forces doing its part in Canada’s contributions to a more stable, peaceful world, including through peace support operations and peacekeeping.
The National Defence Act establishes DND and the CAF as separate entities, operating within an integrated National Defence Headquarters, as they pursue their primary responsibility of providing defence for Canada and Canadians.
The Minister of National Defence is responsible for DND.
Additional information can be found in the Organization’s Departmental Plan.
Organizational Estimates
Budgetary | 2021–22 Expenditures | 2022–23 | 2023–24 Main Estimates | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main Estimates | Estimates to Date | |||||
Voted |
(dollars) | |||||
1 |
Operating expenditures | 17,026,335,819 | 17,574,151,036 | 18,168,297,605 | 17,912,761,663 | |
5 | Capital expenditures | 4,641,317,354 | 5,956,536,653 | 5,943,966,796 | 6,076,583,477 | |
10 | Grants and contributions | 313,285,109 | 314,401,113 | 1,326,255,113 | 319,808,513 | |
15 | Payments in respect of the long-term disability and life insurance plan for members of the Canadian Forces | 517,142,045 | 446,727,532 | 446,727,532 | 446,727,532 | |
Total Voted |
22,498,080,327 | 24,291,816,334 | 25,885,247,046 | 24,755,881,185 | ||
Total Statutory |
1,628,064,634 | 1,658,531,222 | 1,695,363,469 | 1,733,243,058 | ||
Total Budgetary | 24,126,144,961 | 25,950,347,556 | 27,580,610,515 | 26,489,124,243 | ||
Non-budgetary | ||||||
Voted |
||||||
Working capital advance account |
(1,248,045) | - | - | - | ||
Total Voted |
(1,248,045) | - | - | - | ||
Total non-budgetary | (1,248,045) | - | - | - |
2023–24 Main Estimates by Purpose
Budgetary | Operating | Capital | Transfer Payments | Revenues and other reductions | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ready Forces | 10,565,305,724 | 316,872,281 | 2,450,000 | (108,818,582) | 10,775,809,423 |
Procurement of Capabilities | 499,419,279 | 4,251,372,989 | - | (9,051) | 4,750,783,217 |
Sustainable Bases, Information Technology Systems and Infrastructure | 3,446,148,771 | 1,210,367,703 | 45,367,129 | (170,980,190) | 4,530,903,413 |
Defence Team | 3,851,882,074 | 20,387,769 | 4,395,000 | (61,779,243) | 3,814,885,600 |
Future Force Design | 634,706,593 | 223,076,660 | 29,602,976 | (334,443) | 887,051,786 |
Operations | 551,228,545 | 35,307,098 | 238,663,408 | (219,449) | 824,979,602 |
Internal Services | 900,012,238 | 19,198,977 | - | (14,500,013) | 904,711,202 |
Total | 20,448,703,224 | 6,076,583,477 | 320,478,513 | (356,640,971) | 26,489,124,243 |
Listing of the 2023–24 Transfer Payments
- | 2021–22 Expenditures | 2022–23 Main Estimates | 2023–24 Main Estimates |
---|---|---|---|
- | (dollars) | ||
Grants | |||
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program | 25,023 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Grant program | 1,876,427 | 2,731,911 | 3,209,005 |
Grants in support of the Compensation for Employers of Reservists Program | 230,147 | 2,450,000 | 2,450,000 |
Community Support for Sexual Misconduct Survivors Program | - | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Grants in support of the Indigenous Reconciliation Program | - | - | 1,050,000 |
Grant Program to the National Offices of the Cadet Leagues of Canada: Navy League of Canada | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Grant Program to the National Offices of the Cadet Leagues of Canada: Army Cadet League of Canada | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Grant Program to the National Offices of the Cadet Leagues of Canada: Air Cadet League of Canada | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Contributions | |||
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Military Budget (NATO Programs) | 135,000,528 | 157,083,876 | 163,324,729 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Security Investment Program (NATO Programs) | 68,461,276 | 62,890,532 | 56,649,679 |
Contributions in support of the Capital Assistance Program | 31,132,623 | 35,450,000 | 35,538,667 |
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program | 16,518,711 | 22,000,000 | 19,000,000 |
Contributions in Support of the Military Training and Cooperation Program | 4,842,409 | 11,389,000 | 11,389,000 |
Contributions for the remediation of former Mid-Canada Line radar sites in Quebec | - | - | 6,970,462 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contribution Program: NATO Other Activities | 5,311,464 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 |
Contribution to the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 |
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Contribution Program | 2,250,000 | 2,250,000 | 2,250,000 |
Remediation of the North Bay Jack Garland Airport Site | 237,742 | 1,488,950 | 1,358,000 |
Contributions in support of the Indigenous Reconciliation Program | - | - | 450,000 |
Vancouver Principles Contribution Program | 225,000 | 225,000 | 225,000 |
Contribution to the Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee | 139,747 | 141,844 | 143,971 |
Total Statutory | 762,242 | 1,000,000 | 670,000 |
Listing of Statutory Authorities
- | 2021–22 Expenditures | 2022–23 Estimates to Date | 2023–24 Main Estimates |
---|---|---|---|
- | (dollars) | ||
Budgetary | |||
Contributions to employee benefit plans – Members of the military | 1,312,114,523 | 1,351,417,141 | 1,402,013,774 |
Contributions to employee benefit plans | 307,511,604 | 342,853,828 | 330,464,584 |
Payments under the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act | 626,966 | 800,000 | 550,000 |
Payments under Parts I-IV of the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act (R.S.C., 1970, c. D-3) | 135,276 | 200,000 | 120,000 |
Minister of National Defence – Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act) | 90,700 | 92,500 | 94,700 |
Unless specifically identified under the Changes in 2023–24 Main Estimates section, all vote wordings have been provided in earlier appropriation acts.
Vote No. | Items | Amount ($) | Total ($) |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
|
17,912,761,663 | - |
5 | – Capital expenditures | 6,076,583,477 | |
10 |
|
319,808,513 | - |
15 | — Payments
|
446,727,532 | - |
- | - | - | 24,755,881,185 |
- | - | - | 24,755,881,185 |
Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Object
This table shows the forecast of total expenditures by Standard Object, which includes the types of goods or services to be acquired, or the transfer payments to be made and the revenues to be credited to the vote. Definitions of standard objects available at: 7. Object codes for 2022 to 2023. Interest payments relating to capital leases are included under "Public debt charges". These payments are voted expenditures and are not included under the "Public Debt" heading on the Composition of Estimates and Expenditures table.
- | Personnel | Transportation and communications | Information | Professional and special services | Rentals | Purchased repair and maintenance | Utilities, materials and supplies | Acquisition of land, buildings and works | Acquisition of machinery and equipment | Transfer payments | Public debt charges | Other subsidies and payments | Less: Revenues and other reduction | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
Department of National Defence | 11,226,026,237 | 726,447,531 | 26,837,106 | 5,007,160,944 | 679,055,892 | 1,965,730,829 | 1,226,005,730 | 705,756,854 | 4,614,452,396 | 320,478,513 | 3,674,586 | 352,851,327 | 356,640,971 | 26,489,124,243 |
Total | 11,226,026,237 | 726,447,531 | 26,837,106 | 5,007,160,944 | 679,055,892 | 1,965,730,829 | 1,226,005,730 | 705,756,854 | 4,614,452,396 | 320,478,513 | 3,674,586 | 352,851,327 | 356,640,971 | 26,489,124,243 |
Statutory Forecasts
- | 2021–22 Expenditures | 2022–23 Estimates to Date | 2023–24 Main Estimates |
---|---|---|---|
- | (dollars) | ||
Budgetary | |||
Department of National Defence | |||
Contributions to employee benefit plans – Members of the military |
1,312,114,523 | 1,351,417,141 | 1,402,013,774 |
Contributions to employee benefit plans |
307,511,604 | 342,853,828 | 330,464,584 |
Payments under the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act |
626,966 | 800,000 | 550,000 |
Payments under Parts I-IV of the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act (R.S.C., 1970, c. D-3) |
135,276 | 200,000 | 120,000 |
Minister of National Defence – Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act) |
90,700 | 92,500 | 94,700 |
Payments to dependants of certain members of the Royal Canadian Air Force killed while serving as instructors under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (Appropriation Act No. 4, 1968) |
8,820 | - | - |
Other Statutory items listed in the Public Accounts of Canada |
7,576,745 | - | - |
Total budgetary | 1,628,064,634 | 1,695,363,469 | 1,733,243,058 |
Expenditures by Purpose
- | 2021–22 Expenditures | 2022–23 Main Estimates | 2023–24 Main Estimates | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | Operating | Capital | Transfer Payments | Revenues and other reductions | Total |
- | - | (dollars) | |||||
Department of National Defence | |||||||
Ready Forces | 9,984,959,562 | 10,453,990,709 | 10,565,305,724 | 316,872,281 | 2,450,000 | (108,818,582) | 10,775,809,423 |
Procurement of Capabilities | 3,747,686,232 | 4,792,013,007 | 499,419,279 | 4,251,372,989 | - | (9,051) | 4,750,783,217 |
Sustainable Bases, Information Technology Systems and Infrastructure | 3,945,280,646 | 4,129,651,499 | 3,446,148,771 | 1,210,367,703 | 45,367,129 | (170,980,190) | 4,530,903,413 |
Defence Team | 3,648,870,768 | 3,738,769,207 | 3,851,882,074 | 20,387,769 | 4,395,000 | (61,779,243) | 3,814,885,600 |
Future Force Design | 749,733,042 | 820,654,966 | 634,706,593 | 223,076,660 | 29,602,976 | (334,443) | 887,051,786 |
Operations | 915,502,440 | 794,902,544 | 551,228,545 | 35,307,098 | 238,663,408 | (219,449) | 824,979,602 |
Internal Services | 1,134,112,271 | 1,220,365,624 | 900,012,238 | 19,198,977 | - | (14,500,013) | 904,711,202 |
Total | 24,126,144,961 | 25,950,347,556 | 20,448,703,224 | 6,076,583,477 | 320,478,513 | (356,640,971) | 26,489,124,243 |
Interim Supply Requirements
Department of National Defence
Approved and Pending Items (dollars) (triage items included)
Vote No. | Vote wording and explanation(s) of Additional Twelfths | Total Main Estimates | Amount Granted |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
|
17,912,761,663 | 4,478,190,416 |
- | No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths | - | - |
5 | – Capital expenditures | 6,076,583,477 | 1,519,145,870 |
- | No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths | - | - |
10 | – The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year and contributions, which grants and contributions may include
|
319,808,513 | 293,157,804 |
- | No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths | - | - |
15 | — Payments
|
446,727,532 | 111,681,883 |
- | No additional twelfths beyond the normal three-twelfths | - | - |
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