Veterans Affairs
How Veterans Affairs 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,
$4.85B
was spent by Veterans Affairs
In FY 2020-21,
0.8%
of federal spending was by Veterans Affairs
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $487M in FY 2020-21 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Veterans Affairs spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Review and Appeal Board
$4.84B
$10.5M
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, P.C. 45/8848 of November 22, 1944, which shall be subject to the Pension Act; for former prisoners of war under the Pension Act, and Newfoundland special awards | $1,125,004,404 |
| Grants | Pain and Suffering Compensation | $1,085,547,081 |
| Grants | Income Replacement Benefit | $868,374,197 |
| Grants | Housekeeping and Grounds Maintenance | $267,137,081 |
| Grants | Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation | $154,052,414 |
| Contributions | Contributions to Veterans, under the Veterans Independence Program, to assist in defraying costs of extended health care not covered by provincial health programs | $71,945,770 |
| Grants | Education and Training Benefit | $23,413,408 |
| Grants | Payments to support veterans' organizations pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act | $19,999,420 |
| Grants | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | $11,476,215 |
| Grants | Caregiver Recognition Benefit | $10,617,875 |
| Grants | Earnings Loss and Supplementary Retirement Benefit | $7,050,551 |
| Contributions | Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other related mental health conditions | $6,265,285 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Research Funding Program | $6,106,099 |
| Grants | Last Post Fund | $5,934,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Veterans and Family Well-Being Fund | $5,636,057 |
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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.
