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National Defence

How National Defence spent its budget in fiscal year 2016-17, on a Volume II appropriations basis.

Department Spending

In FY 2016-17,

$20.1B

was spent by National Defence

In FY 2016-17,

6.7%

of federal spending was by National Defence

How did National Defence spend its budget in 2016-17?

Spending by entity, FY 2016-17

National Defence

$20.1B

National Defence’s share of federal spending

Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025

Line items

Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.

VoteDescriptionTotal availableUsedLapsed
All votesTotal appropriations (vote-level detail not published for this edition)$21,135,036,098$20,102,858,369$1,032,177,729
1 line items · all figures in dollars

National Defence figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.