3.0 Program Expenditure Overview

The information below provides a breakdown of departmental spending by program.

Table 3.1 Expenditures by Program - Actuals

Expenditures By Program (in $ millions)	Actual as of March 31, 2022
Expenditures By Program (in $ millions)	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22
Disability Pensions	$1,261.2	$1,215.9	$1,227.0	$1,125.0	$1,064.6
Disability Awards^{Footnote 1}	$1,621.4	$1,323.7	$115.6	$3.0	$1.7
Pain and Suffering Compensation	-	-	$917.0	$1,085.5	$1,543.0
Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation	-	-	$119.1	$154.1	$180.3
Other Health Purchased Services	$583.3	$621.6	$630.2	$627.6	$699.8
Veterans Independence Program (Includes Housekeeping & Grounds Maintenance)	$344.6	$342.2	$339.2	$339.1	$340.4
Earnings Loss	$420.1	$527.7	$13.9	$7.0	$7.7
Career Impact Allowance (CIA)^{Footnote 2}	$123.1	$189.0	$0.0	$0.1	$0.0
Income Replacement Benefit	-	-	$777.5	$868.4	$962.9
Canadian Forces Income Support	$1.5	$1.5	$1.9	$2.1	$2.0
Supplementary Retirement Benefit^{Footnote 3}	$0.3	$0.6	$40.6	$0.9	$1.4
War Veterans Allowance	$6.1	$5.7	$4.6	$3.8	$3.3
Rehabilitation	$33.8	$36.9	$48.3	$55.2	$69.3
Veterans Support Services	$8.1	$14.7	$12.1	$8.0	$8.1
Career Transition Services	$1.7	$1.6	$1.8	$2.3	$2.4
Education and Training Benefit	-	$12.3	$20.6	$23.4	$25.8
Retirement Income Security Benefit	$0.9	$1.6	$0.1	$0.0	$0.0
Veterans Emergency Fund	-	$1.2	$1.5	$1.5	$1.3
Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund	-	$3.0	$4.8	$7.0	$8.0
Critical Injury Benefit	$1.2	$0.7	$0.8	$1.4	$1.1
Caregiver Recognition Benefit	-	$6.6	$9.5	$10.6	$13.1
Family Caregiver Relief Benefit^{Footnote 4}	$2.8	$0.3	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0
Subtotal: Program Expenditures^{Footnote 5}	$4,410.2	$4,306.8	$4,285.9	$4,326.0	$4,936.1
Other Program Expenditures^{Footnote 6}^{Footnote 7}^{Footnote 8}	$31.4	$23.9	$55.1	$54.9	$38.2
Total: Program Expenditures^{Footnote 5}	$4,441.6	$4,330.7	$4,341.0	$4,380.9	$4,974.3

Table 3.2 Expenditures by Program - Forecasts

Expenditure by Program (in $ millions)	Forecast^{Footnote 9}
Expenditure by Program (in $ millions)	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26	2026–27
Disability Pensions ^{Footnote 10}	$1,046.6	$1,022.4	$1,003.1	$986.8	$974.1
Disability Awards ^{Footnote 11} ^{Footnote 12}	$1.5	$1.5	$1.4	$1.0	$0.7
Pain and Suffering Compensation	$1,506.2	$1,579.7	$1,018.4	$1,020.7	$1,059.3
Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation	$228.0	$274.5	$306.3	$340.4	$376.9
Other Health Purchased Services	$793.7	$880.2	$950.5	$1,028.3	$1,093.5
Veterans Independence Program (Includes Housekeeping & Grounds Maintenance)	$347.5	$354.7	$358.8	$365.7	$375.4
Earnings Loss	$6.5	$5.0	$2.5	$2.5	$2.5
Career Impact Allowance (CIA)^{Footnote 13}	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0
Income Replacement Benefit	$1,114.0	$1,245.2	$1,371.2	$1,498.8	$1,628.6
Canadian Forces Income Support	$2.3	$2.4	$2.6	$2.8	$3.0
Supplementary Retirement Benefit^{Footnote 14}	$0.5	$0.2	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0
War Veterans Allowance	$3.1	$2.8	$2.5	$2.2	$2.0
Rehabilitation	$81.3	$82.4	$84.6	$86.8	$89.1
Veterans Support Services	$10.6	$11.2	$9.9	$10.2	$10.6
Career Transition Services	$3.8	$2.6	$2.7	$2.7	$2.8
Education and Training Benefit	$31.9	$33.2	$33.9	$34.3	$34.7
Retirement Income Security Benefit	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1
Veterans Emergency Fund^{Footnote 15}	$1.0	$1.0	$1.0	$1.0	$1.0
Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund	$7.0	$7.0	$3.0	$3.0	$3.0
Critical Injury Benefit	$1.8	$1.7	$1.7	$1.7	$1.8
Caregiver Recognition Benefit	$17.3	$22.4	$29.0	$37.5	$48.4
Subtotal: Program Expenditures^{Footnote 16}	$5,204.7	$5,530.1	$5,183.2	$5,426.6	$5,707.6
Other Program Expenditures ^{Footnote 17}	$40.5	$43.5	$43.0	$43.0	$43.0
Total: Program Expenditures^{Footnote 16}	$5,245.2	$5,573.6	$5,226.2	$5,469.6	$5,750.6

Source: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Services Branch

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Includes Financial Counseling expenditures

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Footnote 2

Includes CIA Supplement.

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Footnote 3

On April 1, 2019, the Supplementary Retirement Benefit (SRB) was terminated with the introduction of the Income Replacement Benefit (IRB). As part of the transition to IRB, and termination of SRB, all clients who were in receipt of the Earnings Loss benefit and had a favorable Diminished Earning Capacity (DEC) decision rendered prior to April 1, 2019, are being paid out what they had accrued in SRB up to March 31, 2019.

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Footnote 4

The Family Caregiver Relief Benefit was replaced by the Caregiver Recognition Benefit as of April 1, 2018.

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Footnote 5

Totals may not add due to rounding.

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Footnote 6

Includes Other Grants & Contributions such as the Last Post Fund, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Commemorative Partnership Program, Flying Accidents Compensation and Gallantry Awards, etc.

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Footnote 7

Expenditures 2019-2020: Government of Canada invests $30 million in order to recognize the Métis veterans of the second world war for their experiences before and after the war and to support commemorative initiatives to promote awareness of the Métis people and the general Canadian population to the sacrifices and contributions of Métis veterans.

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Footnote 8

Expenditures 2020-2021: Government of Canada invested $20 million for statutory payments to support Veterans organizations.

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Footnote 9

VAC Client and Expenditure Forecast is prepared in October 2022 by the Statistics Directorate, Finance.

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Footnote 10

Forecast does not include Disability Pension Corrective Payments.

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Footnote 11

Includes Financial Counseling expenditures.

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Footnote 12

The Pain and Suffering Compensation replaces the Disability Award (DA) as the new non-taxable monthly benefit on April 1, 2019.

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Footnote 13

On April 1, 2019, the Earnings loss Benefit, Career Impact Allowance/Supplement, Retirement Income Security Benefit; and Supplementary Retirement Benefit were consolidated into one new monthly Income Replacement Benefit (IRB).

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Footnote 15

Future VEF expenditures are set at the approved budget of $1 million per year which is not reflective of changes in expected demand.

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Footnote 16

Totals may not add due to rounding.

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Footnote 17

Includes Other Grants & Contributions such as the Last Post Fund, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Commemorative Partnership Program, Flying Accidents Compensation and Gallantry Awards, etc.

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3.0 Program Expenditure Overview

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