Justice
How Justice spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$3.31B
was spent by Justice
In FY 2024-25,
0.6%
of federal spending was by Justice
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 $3.31B, representing 0.6% 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.
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
$1.83B
$804.2M
$269.3M
$135.7M
$117.7M
$55.2M
$51.3M
$43.5M
$4M
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 | $997,014,667 | $991,756,738 | $5,257,929 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $789,739,126 | $789,739,126 | $0 |
| Vote 5 | Grants and contributions | $729,172,195 | $717,631,358 | $11,540,837 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $256,414,476 | $243,527,631 | $12,886,845 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $124,225,991 | $124,223,556 | $2,435 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $194,546,817 | $123,276,425 | $71,270,392 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $114,899,974 | $104,714,319 | $10,185,655 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $39,502,468 | $38,607,100 | $895,368 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $37,763,880 | $36,670,250 | $1,093,630 |
| Vote 5 | Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada—Program expenditures | $34,018,431 | $33,081,382 | $937,049 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $25,778,743 | $25,776,880 | $1,863 |
| Vote 1 | Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada—Program expenditures | $16,635,783 | $16,109,571 | $526,212 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $14,651,744 | $14,651,744 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $12,998,490 | $12,998,490 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $12,459,494 | $12,444,882 | $14,612 |
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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.
