Public Safety
How Public Safety spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Public Safety Canada is responsible for coordinating national security and public safety policy, including emergency management, crime prevention, and border integrity. The portfolio brings together the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Correctional Service of Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the Parole Board of Canada, among other agencies.
Public Safety spent $14.64B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 2.7% of total federal spending. The largest share was recorded under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, followed by the Correctional Service of Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
The portfolio's largest transfer program provided contributions to the provinces for assistance related to natural disasters. Other major transfer payments supported the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, the Building Safer Communities Fund, the Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund, and the Safer Communities Initiative.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$14.64B
was spent by Public Safety
In FY 2024-25,
2.7%
of federal spending was by Public Safety
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $18.45B in FY 2024-25 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Public Safety spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Correctional Service of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Parole Board of Canada
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
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
$5.74B
$3.6B
$3.01B
$1.34B
$813M
$76.9M
$26.1M
$16.2M
$6.9M
$6.7M
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 | $343,140,732 |
| 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 and Inuit Policing Program | $260,430,914 |
| Contributions | Building Safer Communities Fund | $78,191,399 |
| Contributions | Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund | $78,123,079 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Safer Communities Initiative | $47,687,237 |
| Grants | Memorial Grant Program for First Responders | $40,650,000 |
| Contributions | Supporting a humanitarian workforce to respond to COVID-19 and other large-scale emergencies | $31,665,997 |
| Contributions | Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime | $29,441,767 |
| Contributions | Contributions for supporting the Canadian Red Cross's urgent relief efforts related to COVID-19, floods and wildfires | $26,617,976 |
| Contributions | Community Resilience Fund | $17,585,776 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces and territories and to aboriginal and/or other communities and organizations (not for profit) | $16,876,159 |
| Grants | Assault Style Firearms Compensation Program | $15,197,539 |
| Contributions | Funding for First Nation and Inuit policing facilities | $14,415,994 |
| Contributions | Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program | $12,653,071 |
| Contributions | Major International Events Security Cost Framework | $9,128,395 |
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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.
