Chapter 5 · 5.3 Protecting Canadians from digital and financial threats
Delivering Canada's National Anti-Fraud Strategy
$6M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.
The cost line
| Line | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivering Canada's National Anti-Fraud Strategy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.
What the budget says
“To combat fraud and protect Canadians' bank accounts, Budget 2026 announces the government's intention to: Introduce a legislated Multi-Sector Anti-Fraud Framework, as a cornerstone of the National Anti-Fraud Strategy, to enhance fraud-related protections for Canadians across the financial and telecommunications sectors and on digital platforms.”
Budget 2026, p. 276 (PDF p. 292)
Amounts named in the text
Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.
- $704 million
Also in this section
- Cracking down on tax evasion and financial crime$122MProgram spending
- 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