Budget 2026 · Chapter 5 · pp. 255–286
A safe and sovereign Canada
Defence and security: drones, Operation REASSURANCE, the defence industrial base and sovereign intelligence, plus online safety, AI for All, fraud and financial crime, and disaster preparedness.
Chapter 5 in numbers
- Net impact, five years
- $6.59B
- Of which capital
- $2B
- Measures
- 37
- With a cost line
- 27
5.1 Defending Canada
$755M over five years
- Protecting Canada through sovereign intelligence$384MProgram spendingDefence & security
- Advancing the Defence Drone Initiative$382MProgram spendingBusinessesDefence & securityPublic work
- Supporting Canadian Armed Forces members and their families after the Wainwright tragedy$28MProgram spendingDefence & security
- Expanding Operation REASSURANCE$0MProgram spendingDefence & security
- Strengthening Canada's defence industrial base−$39MSavings or revenueLoans, equity or financingBusinessesInvestmentDefence & securityPublic work
Announced without a cost line
- Investing in Canada's defence capabilitiesno cost lineNo cost lineDefence & security
- Establishing the Defence, Security and Resilience Bankno cost lineNo cost lineLoans, equity or financingInvestmentDefence & security
- Investing in northern and Arctic readinessno cost lineNo cost lineDefence & securityInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Fulfilling our NATO commitmentsno cost lineNo cost lineDefence & security
5.2 Keeping Canadians safe at home
$2.95B over five years
- Delivering the benefits of AI for all Canadians - AI for All$2.04BProgram spendingLoans, equity or financingBusinessesInvestmentTraining & skillsAI & digital
- Addressing gender-based violence$607MProgram spending
- Making online spaces safe for everyone$177MProgram spendingAI & digital
- Engaging communities and preventing violence$64MProgram spending
- Supporting victims of crime and reducing repeat offending$49MProgram spending
- Supporting the Canadian Centre for Child Protection$8MProgram spending
- Delivering the benefits of AI for all Canadians - Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence$6MProgram spendingAI & digital
5.3 Protecting Canadians from digital and financial threats
$128M over five years
- Cracking down on tax evasion and financial crime$122MProgram spending
- Delivering Canada's National Anti-Fraud Strategy$6MProgram spendingAI & digital
Announced without a cost line
- Modernising privacy legislationno cost lineNo cost line
- Protecting against economic abuseno cost lineNo cost line
- Detect, disrupt, deter financial crimesno cost lineNo cost line
- Addressing national security risks from investments by financial institutionsno cost lineNo cost line
- Consulting on Canada's Common Reporting Standard rulesno cost lineNo cost line
5.4 Strengthening disaster preparedness
$2.56B over five years
- Strengthening emergency preparedness in First Nations communities$2.71BProgram spendingIndigenous communities
- Preparing for and responding to wildfires$8MProgram spendingLoans, equity or financingBusinesses
- Protecting against catastrophic earthquake risks−$154MSavings or revenue
Announced without a cost line
- Enhancing the Memorial Grant Program for First Respondersno cost lineNo cost line
Additional investments
$197M over five years
- Supporting the integrity of the immigration system$73MProgram spending
- Combatting auto theft$26MProgram spending
- Delivering Canada's sanctions regime$25MProgram spending
- Administering the Criminal Code Authorisation Regime for humanitarian assistance$23MProgram spending
- Supporting enforcement activities related to Canada's Afghanistan resettlement initiatives$14MProgram spending
- Preventing the smuggling of migrants$13MProgram spending
- Supporting the Canadian Cyber Defence Collective's Strategic Forum$12MProgram spendingDefence & securityAI & digital
- Supporting the Strategic Cooperation Centre on Information Sharing$4MProgram spending
- Canada in a Changing Climate$4MProgram spending
- Strengthening flood resilience$3MProgram spending
The chapter cost table
| Section | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 Defending Canada | −166 | 501 | 39 | 240 | 141 | 755 |
| 5.2 Keeping Canadians safe at home | 264 | 565 | 791 | 808 | 521 | 2,949 |
| 5.3 Protecting Canadians from digital and financial threats | 1 | 25 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 128 |
| 5.4 Strengthening disaster preparedness | 866 | 463 | 419 | 408 | 408 | 2,564 |
| 5.x Additional investments – A safe and sovereign Canada | — | 63 | 61 | 55 | 18 | 197 |
| Net fiscal impact | 966 | 1,617 | 1,342 | 1,543 | 1,126 | 6,593 |
| Of which, capital investment | 196 | 674 | 505 | 422 | 206 | 2,004 |