Refocusing Government Spending: Results for 2024–25, 2025–26, and 2026–27
To ensure prudent spending that is best aligned with current priorities, in Budget 2023, the government announced the refocusing of $14.1 billion over five years (starting in 2023–24) for departments, agencies and appropriated crown corporations, and $4.1 billion annually thereafter. In 2023–24, $500.0 million was refocused to current government priorities as reported in Supplementary Estimates (B), 2023–24.
In the 2023 Fall Economic Statement, the government announced that it will extend and expand its Budget 2023 efforts to refocus government spending by reallocating an additional $345.6 million in 2025–26, and $691.0 million ongoing. Combined with the Budget 2023 announcement, the government will be refocusing $4.8 billion per year in 2026–27 and ongoing from organizations included in the Main Estimates.
Below are the totals for the planned spending reallocations that will be implemented in 2024–25, 2025–26, and 2026–27.
| Organizations | 2024–25 | 2025–26 | 2026–27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada | 1,344,000 | 1,560,225 | 1,826,849 |
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 1,346,550 | 1,840,350 | 2,515,950 |
| Atomic Energy of Canada Limited | 2,137,000 | 4,469,000 | 7,660,000 |
| Canada Border Services Agency | 66,106,000 | 87,144,000 | 115,941,000 |
| Canada Council for the Arts | 3,634,000 | 7,325,000 | 9,877,000 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | 33,682,937 | 49,141,598 | 62,363,844 |
| Canada Revenue Agency | 65,672,000 | 103,279,000 | 154,753,000 |
| Canada School of Public Service | 1,273,000 | 1,908,000 | 2,776,000 |
| Canadian Air Transport Security Authority | 2,255,302 | 6,004,821 | 11,935,499 |
| Canadian Energy Regulator | 2,859,000 | 3,763,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | 12,370,000 | 18,337,000 | 26,506,000 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 1,440,000 | 1,440,000 | 1,440,000 |
| Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency | 308,480 | 480,000 | 714,560 |
| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | 1,354,000 | 1,855,000 | 2,540,000 |
| Canadian Space Agency | 11,087,139 | 21,543,000 | 17,240,000 |
| Canadian Tourism Commission | 894,000 | 1,868,000 | 3,202,000 |
| Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board | 277,000 | 889,033 | 889,033 |
| Canadian Transportation Agency | 561,000 | 831,000 | 1,202,000 |
| Communications Security Establishment | 5,581,000 | 11,669,000 | 20,003,000 |
| Correctional Service of Canada | 48,527,000 | 60,459,000 | 85,551,000 |
| Department for Women and Gender Equality | 1,000,000 | 1,500,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food | 17,504,000 | 26,763,000 | 39,434,000 |
| Department of Canadian Heritage | 14,369,375 | 25,161,954 | 39,671,151 |
| Department of Citizenship and Immigration | 97,250,042 | 103,125,479 | 116,896,479 |
| Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs | 15,745,357 | 23,230,234 | 33,672,245 |
| Department of Employment and Social Development | 40,464,000 | 69,950,000 | 118,523,000 |
| Department of Finance | 2,705,000 | 3,861,000 | 5,445,000 |
| Department of Fisheries and Oceans | 85,412,750 | 105,165,250 | 135,370,800 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development | 118,718,936 | 179,214,936 | 243,374,436 |
| Department of Health | 20,682,000 | 28,948,000 | 40,057,000 |
| Department of Indigenous Services | 64,716,653 | 108,603,653 | 170,702,653 |
| Department of Industry | 141,182,000 | 158,071,000 | 313,701,000 |
| Department of Justice | 6,654,000 | 9,692,500 | 15,114,000 |
| Department of National Defence | 810,449,000 | 851,437,000 | 907,539,000 |
| Department of Natural Resources | 58,388,000 | 86,998,000 | 126,157,000 |
| Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | 482,443 | 482,443 | 1,505,549 |
| Department of Public Works and Government Services | 148,161,000 | 154,107,000 | 162,246,000 |
| Department of the Environment | 43,061,850 | 63,482,805 | 91,008,473 |
| Department of Transport | 39,414,000 | 70,390,000 | 114,788,000 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 6,387,000 | 8,848,500 | 11,500,000 |
| Department of Western Economic Diversification | 904,000 | 904,000 | 904,000 |
| Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec | 772,000 | 1,205,000 | 1,799,000 |
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | 168,000 | 410,000 | 505,000 |
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | 604,900 | 713,900 | 863,050 |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada | 1,342,000 | 1,675,000 | 2,132,000 |
| Immigration and Refugee Board | 8,266,000 | 10,536,000 | 13,644,000 |
| Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | 2,527,000 | 3,359,000 | 4,499,000 |
| International Development Research Centre | 1,420,000 | 2,968,000 | 5,088,000 |
| Invest in Canada Hub | 908,000 | 1,228,000 | 1,666,000 |
| Library and Archives of Canada | 2,324,000 | 3,610,000 | 5,368,000 |
| Marine Atlantic Inc. | 921,000 | 1,926,000 | 3,301,000 |
| National Capital Commission | 1,080,000 | 1,657,000 | 2,440,000 |
| National Research Council of Canada | 10,443,461 | 14,928,288 | 21,064,962 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | 1,472,000 | 1,472,000 | 1,472,000 |
| Office of Infrastructure of Canada | 26,171,063 | 69,029,402 | 47,794,515 |
| Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1,766,000 | 1,766,000 | 1,766,000 |
| Parks Canada Agency | 23,694,000 | 26,834,000 | 34,555,000 |
| Parole Board of Canada | 1,190,000 | 1,794,000 | 2,621,000 |
| Privy Council Office | 3,930,000 | 5,486,000 | 7,616,000 |
| Public Health Agency of Canada | 13,218,000 | 19,027,000 | 27,642,000 |
| Public Service Commission | 1,414,000 | 2,219,000 | 3,322,000 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 24,811,546 | 31,401,484 | 33,724,610 |
| Shared Services Canada | 83,608,000 | 92,054,000 | 113,347,000 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | 1,355,000 | 1,355,000 | 1,355,000 |
| Statistics Canada | 4,194,288 | 5,889,036 | 8,208,865 |
| Telefilm Canada | 1,568,000 | 3,005,000 | 4,973,000 |
| The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. | 431,000 | 901,000 | 1,545,000 |
| Treasury Board Secretariat | 32,340,665 | 22,083,329 | 25,501,329 |
| VIA Rail Canada Inc. | 2,506,000 | 5,240,000 | 8,982,000 |
| Total Spending Refocused to Date | 2,250,806,737 | 2,799,515,220 | 3,610,341,852 |
| Responsible Government Spending announced in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement | -- | 345,550,914 | 691,101,828 |
| Additional reallocations through Responsible Government Spending | -- | 314,711,412 | 520,886,780 |
| Total Planned Reallocations | 2,250,806,737 | 3,459,777,546 | 4,822,330,460 |
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