Justice
How Justice spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2020-21,
$2.34B
was spent by Justice
In FY 2020-21,
0.4%
of federal spending was by Justice
How did Justice spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
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
$1.19B
$627.2M
$206.5M
$104.7M
$93.5M
$48.2M
$39.2M
$32.6M
Justice’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025
Line items
Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Vote | Description | Total available | Used ▼ | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $708,869,669 | $659,851,138 | $49,018,531 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $614,430,140 | $614,430,140 | $0 |
| Vote 5 | Grants and contributions | $458,202,423 | $447,525,686 | $10,676,737 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $217,873,095 | $187,507,211 | $30,365,884 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $102,788,861 | $95,358,494 | $7,430,367 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $85,574,597 | $85,573,363 | $1,234 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $106,448,472 | $83,518,875 | $22,929,597 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $33,779,174 | $29,265,887 | $4,513,287 |
| Vote 5 | Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada—Program expenditures | $29,523,091 | $28,726,639 | $796,452 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $29,407,229 | $28,013,515 | $1,393,714 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $18,953,002 | $18,953,002 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada—Program expenditures | $15,460,887 | $14,504,595 | $956,292 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $11,218,676 | $11,218,676 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs—Operating expenditures | $11,293,853 | $10,163,135 | $1,130,718 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $9,947,947 | $9,947,533 | $414 |
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Justice figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
