Justice
How Justice spent its budget in fiscal year 2021-22, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2021-22,
$2.08B
was spent by Justice
In FY 2021-22,
0.4%
of federal spending was by Justice
How did Justice spend its budget in 2021-22?
Spending by entity, FY 2021-22
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
$907.4M
$670.8M
$201.4M
$100.4M
$72.3M
$48.6M
$39.4M
$35.8M
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 under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program | $184,972,994 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Criminal Legal Aid | $146,327,507 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid | $52,156,386 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Victims Fund | $24,935,929 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Justice Program | $17,994,583 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Canadian Family Justice Fund | $17,073,435 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program | $12,964,672 |
| 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 | $10,819,391 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Courtwork Program | $10,278,998 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Access to Justice Services in the Territories (being Legal Aid, Indigenous Courtwork and Public Legal Education and Information Services) | $8,415,213 |
| Contributions | Drug Treatment Court Funding Program | $5,882,900 |
| Contributions | Contributions for legal advice for complainants of workplace sexual harassment | $5,230,482 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the implementation of official languages requirements under the Contraventions Act | $4,579,471 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Youth Justice Fund | $4,528,150 |
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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.
