Public Safety
How Public Safety spent its budget in fiscal year 2022-23, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2022-23,
$15.49B
was spent by Public Safety
In FY 2022-23,
3.2%
of federal spending was by Public Safety
How did Public Safety spend its budget in 2022-23?
Spending by entity, FY 2022-23
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Correctional Service of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Parole Board of Canada
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee
$5.81B
$3.31B
$3.02B
$2.59B
$672.4M
$68.8M
$12.5M
$5.8M
$4.9M
Public Safety’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025
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 for assistance related to natural disasters | $2,423,638,161 |
| Grants | To compensate members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for injuries received in the performance of duty (R.S.C., 1985, c. R-11) | $523,620,448 |
| Contributions | Payments to the provinces, territories, municipalities, Indian band councils and recognized authorities representing Indians on reserve, Indian communities on Crown land and Inuit communities, for the First Nations Policing Program | $178,500,462 |
| Contributions | Contribution in support of the Nation's Capital Extraordinary Policing Costs Program | $86,600,000 |
| Contributions | Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund | $74,065,297 |
| Contributions | Supporting a humanitarian workforce to respond to COVID-19 and other large-scale emergencies | $52,071,605 |
| Grants | Memorial Grant Program for First Responders | $41,700,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Safer Communities Initiative | $34,206,927 |
| Contributions | Funding for First Nation and Inuit policing facilities | $32,554,416 |
| Contributions | Contributions for supporting the Canadian Red Cross's urgent relief efforts related to COVID-19, floods and wildfires | $27,567,365 |
| Contributions | Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime | $19,449,184 |
| Contributions | Building Safer Communities Fund | $15,728,172 |
| Contributions | Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program | $12,175,837 |
| Contributions | Financial assistance to the Province of Quebec for response and recovery costs from the explosion following the train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec | $9,987,742 |
| Contributions | Contribution Program in support of the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund | $8,226,254 |
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Public Safety 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.
