Justice
How Justice spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
The Department of Justice provides legal advice to the federal government, drafts and reviews legislation, and develops policy on criminal and civil law matters. The broader justice portfolio also includes the bodies that support the judiciary, criminal prosecutions, the administration of federal courts, and a range of administrative tribunals and oversight offices.
In fiscal year 2024–25, Justice recorded total spending of $2.78B, representing 0.5% of federal spending on this basis.
The Department of Justice is the largest entity within the portfolio, 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 portfolio also includes smaller entities such as the Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada, the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Among transfer payments, the largest categories include contributions for criminal legal aid, contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program, contributions for immigration and refugee legal aid, contributions under the Victims Fund, and contributions under the Indigenous Justice Program.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$2.78B
was spent by Justice
In FY 2024-25,
0.5%
of federal spending was by Justice
How did Justice spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
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
$1.35B
$804.2M
$254.2M
$135.7M
$86M
$55M
$51.3M
$41.6M
$4M
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 | $212,827,506 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Youth Justice Services Funding Program | $184,972,994 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid | $100,607,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Victims Fund | $39,154,198 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Justice Program | $30,076,171 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program | $26,868,513 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Canadian Family Justice Fund | $22,188,904 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund | $15,397,610 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Indigenous Courtwork Program | $13,836,898 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Program | $12,289,195 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Access to Justice Services in the Territories (being Legal Aid, Indigenous Courtwork and Public Legal Education and Information Services) | $12,271,010 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Drug Treatment Court Funding Program | $10,131,276 |
| Grants | Grants under the Indigenous Partnership Fund | $8,959,600 |
| Grants | Grants under the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program | $6,242,089 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the Implementation of Official Languages Requirements under the Contraventions Act | $6,037,220 |
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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.
