Veterans Affairs
How Veterans Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2015-16, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2015-16,
$3.61B
was spent by Veterans Affairs
In FY 2015-16,
1.2%
of federal spending was by Veterans Affairs
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $894.4M in FY 2015-16 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Veterans Affairs spend its budget in 2015-16?
Spending by entity, FY 2015-16
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Review and Appeal Board
$3.6B
$11M
Veterans Affairs’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025
Line items
Every transfer-payment (grant and contribution) program, in dollars. These are the named programs behind the transfer-payments object in the chart above. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Pensions for disability and death, including pensions granted under the authority of the Civilian Government Employees (War) Compensation Order, PC45/8848 of November 22, 1944, which shall be subject to the Pension Act; for compensation for former prisoners of war under the Pension Act, and Newfoundland special awards | $1,404,329,502 |
| Grants | Disability awards and allowances | $659,960,662 |
| Grants | Housekeeping and grounds maintenance | $271,345,644 |
| Grants | Earnings loss and supplementary retirement benefit | $231,917,515 |
| Contributions | Contributions to Veterans, under the Veterans independence program, to assist in defraying costs of extended health care not covered by provincial health programs | $81,270,261 |
| Grants | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | $12,040,538 |
| Grants | Last Post Fund | $9,050,000 |
| Grants | Critical injury benefit | $7,939,400 |
| Grants | War Veterans Allowances and Civilian War Allowances | $7,490,919 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Commemorative partnerships program, to organizations, institutions and other levels of government, in support of projects related to the health and well-being of the veteran population, and commemoration activities and events | $3,066,326 |
| Grants | Family caregiver relief benefit | $1,290,058 |
| Grants | Canadian Forces income support allowance | $892,108 |
| Grants | Payments under the Flying Accidents Compensation regulations | $681,063 |
| Grants | Children of deceased veterans education assistance | $676,600 |
| Grants | Grant for commemorative partnerships | $653,113 |
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Veterans Affairs figures are net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II, and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
