warre & vavasourBudget 2026 Explorer

Chapter 5 · 5.2 Keeping Canadians safe at home

Engaging communities and preventing violence

Program spending

$64M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.

Net impact by year, CAD millions (accrual)
—2026-27$16M2027-28$16M2028-29$16M2029-30$16M2030-31

The cost line

Chapter 5 cost table, millions of dollars, accrual basis. Budget 2026, p. 283 (PDF p. 299).
Line2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Total
Engaging communities and preventing violence…1616161664

… 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 support this ongoing work, Budget 2026 proposes to provide: $64 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $9 million ongoing to Public Safety Canada to support the activities of the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, including $56 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $7 million ongoing to …”

Budget 2026, p. 273 (PDF p. 289)

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.

  • $64 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $9 million ongoing
  • $56 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $7 million ongoing

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