Justice
How Justice spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2020-21,
$1.94B
was spent by Justice
In FY 2020-21,
0.3%
of federal spending was by Justice
How did Justice spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
Department of Justice
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Courts Administration Service
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian Human Rights Commission
$832.9M
$627.1M
$192.5M
$104.7M
$68.2M
$47.9M
$39.2M
$31M
Justice’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 ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces and territories in support of the youth justice services | $141,692,415 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces to assist in the operation of criminal legal aid | $138,727,507 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces to assist in the operation of immigration and refugee legal aid | $48,527,293 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the Victims Fund | $22,091,213 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Canadian Family Justice Fund | $15,870,366 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Justice Program Fund | $13,183,912 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces and territories in support of the youth justice services—Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Program | $11,048,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund | $8,674,958 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces under the Indigenous Courtwork Program | $7,718,671 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Access to Justice Services to the Territories (being Legal Aid, Indigenous Courtwork and Public Legal Education and Information Services) | $7,686,593 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program | $7,538,036 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the implementation of official languages requirements under the Contraventions Act | $4,809,227 |
| Contributions | Contributions for legal advice for complainants of sexual harassment in the workplace | $4,299,253 |
| Contributions | Drug Treatment Court Funding Program | $3,746,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Youth Justice Fund | $3,534,126 |
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Justice 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.
