Department of Justice Canada’s 2025–26 Departmental plan: At a glance

• Planned spending: $280,270,671
• Planned human resources: 4,051 full-time equivalents
• Departmental result:
  • Departments and agencies receive high-quality legal services.
• Plans to achieve results:
  Justice Canada will continue to deliver high-quality, integrated legal advisory, litigation, legislative drafting and regulatory drafting services in support of government and client priorities, such as:
  • The advancement of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, which includes furthering the Government of Canada’s commitment to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UN Declaration Act) and the associated Action Plan.
  • The advancement of the Government of Canada’s forward regulatory agenda, the implementation and evolution of existing legislative regimes, as well as the development of any new legislative initiatives.
  • The promotion of public safety and security, including measures that address organized crime and gang activity.
  • The growth of Canada’s economy and efforts to help make life more affordable for Canadians.
  • The development of legal positions and strategies for complex cases, by providing strategic litigation advice and guidance and when possible, strategic recommendations for dispute resolution or settlement.

More information about Legal Services can be found in the full plan.

• Planned spending: $793,916,044
• Planned human resources: 377 full-time equivalents
• Departmental results:
  • Justice Canada laws and policies abide by the rule of law and promote respect for rights and a fair, accessible and relevant legal framework in Canada.
  • The criminal justice system supports alternative ways of responding to the causes and consequences of offending.
  • Canadians in contact with the justice system have access to appropriate services enabling a fair, timely and accessible justice system.
• Plans to achieve results:
  • Contribute to a renewed relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis by implementing the UN Declaration Act Action Plan, responding to the justice-related Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the commitments in the Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People and the National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People.
  • Support the Government of Canada’s commitment to protecting and increasing access to justice for vulnerable groups and addressing hate crime in Canada through legislative initiatives and programs and services that respond to changing conditions affecting the Canadian justice system.
  • Address the overrepresentation of Indigenous people (e.g., through the Indigenous Justice Strategy), and Black people (e.g., through Canada’s Black Justice Strategy) and other racialized individuals in the criminal justice system.
  • Support Canada’s criminal justice priorities on the international stage.
  • Support the modernization of court operations to be accessible to everyone, including marginalized populations, through the Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations.

The Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime (OFOVC), an institution that operates at arm’s length from the Government of Canada, will continue to increase awareness of victim issues in the criminal justice system, advise on potential changes to the Criminal Code and enhance victims’ and survivors’ access to their rights under the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.

More information about Justice System Support can be found in the full plan.