Justice
How Justice spent its budget in fiscal year 2023-24, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Justice provides legal advice to the Government of Canada, supports the administration of the federal justice system, and develops federal justice policy. Its portfolio includes bodies responsible for federal prosecutions, the courts, federal judicial appointments, and administrative tribunals.
In fiscal year 2023-24, Justice spent $2.45B, or 0.5% of total federal spending.
The largest share of spending was administered through the Department of Justice itself, followed by the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Courts Administration Service, and the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada. The department's largest transfer payments funded legal aid and related justice programming, including contributions for criminal legal aid, the Youth Justice Services Funding Program, immigration and refugee legal aid, the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program, and the Victims Fund.
Department Spending
In FY 2023-24,
$2.45B
was spent by Justice
In FY 2023-24,
0.5%
of federal spending was by Justice
How did Justice spend its budget in 2023-24?
Spending by entity, FY 2023-24
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
Law Commission of Canada
$1.11B
$752.7M
$223.1M
$125.1M
$88.7M
$52.8M
$48.4M
$44.9M
$1.8M
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 for Criminal Legal Aid | $193,827,507 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program | $184,972,994 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid | $86,772,946 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program | $34,286,492 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Victims Fund | $32,392,853 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Justice Program | $29,351,956 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Canadian Family Justice Fund | $22,088,092 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund | $12,978,922 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Courtwork Program | $12,489,232 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Program | $12,148,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Access to Justice Services in the Territories (being Legal Aid, Indigenous Courtwork and Public Legal Education and Information Services) | $11,195,935 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Drug Treatment Court Funding Program | $10,131,276 |
| Grants | Grants under the Indigenous Partnership Fund | $9,000,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Legal Advice for Complainants of Workplace Sexual Harassment | $5,475,800 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Implementation of Official Languages Requirements under the Contraventions Act | $5,408,420 |
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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.
