Federal Government Spending
What the federal government took in and spent, and what each ministry spent, from the audited Public Accounts of Canada.
Spending by ministry, 2002-03
Each ministry’s departments, agencies, Crown corporations and, for Parliament, its offices, with what each spent net of the revenues it kept (Public Accounts, Volume II). Open a ministry to see its organizations.
›Finance$67.1B
- Department of Finance Canada$67B
- Office of the Auditor General of Canada$71.7M
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada$40.8M
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal$10.1M
- Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada$7.5M
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada$5.3M
- 6 organizations
›Human Resources Development$28.1B
›National Defence$12.4B
- National Defence$12.4B
- Military Grievances External Review Committee$8.9M
- Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada$3.6M
- 3 organizations
›Indian Affairs and Northern Development$5.37B
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada$5.37B
- Canadian Polar Commission$932K
- 2 organizations
›Industry$4.73B
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada$1.3B
- Prairies Economic Development Canada$247M
- National Research Council Canada$719M
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada$651M
- Statistics Canada$423M
- Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec$367M
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency$360M
- Canadian Space Agency$329M
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada$186M
- Destination Canada$86.3M
- Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation$35M
- Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada$12.1M
- Standards Council of Canada$6.6M
- Copyright Board Canada$2.4M
- Registry of the Competition Tribunal$1.7M
- 15 organizations
›Foreign Affairs and International Trade$4.31B
- Global Affairs Canada$1.75B
- Canadian International Development Agency$2.31B
- Export Development Canada$120M
- International Development Research Centre$102M
- Canadian Commercial Corporation$16.6M
- International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)$9.5M
- NAFTA Secretariat - Canadian Section$2.1M
- Northern Pipeline Agency Canada$312K
- 8 organizations
›National Revenue$3.82B
›Solicitor General$3.81B
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police$1.84B
- Correctional Service Canada$1.54B
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service$253M
- Department of the Solicitor General$132M
- Parole Board of Canada$36.5M
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission$4.8M
- The Correctional Investigator Canada$3.1M
- RCMP External Review Committee$822K
- 8 organizations
›Canadian Heritage$3.61B
- Canadian Heritage$1.12B
- Women and Gender Equality Canada$24.4M
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation$1.05B
- Parks Canada$461M
- Canada Council for the Arts$154M
- Public Service Commission of Canada$146M
- Telefilm Canada$138M
- National Capital Commission$125M
- Canadian Museum of History$81.3M
- National Film Board$66.3M
- National Archives of Canada$59.9M
- National Library$45.3M
- National Gallery of Canada$42.9M
- Canadian Museum of Nature$28.4M
- National Museum of Science and Technology$27.9M
- National Arts Centre Corporation$26.6M
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission$9.3M
- The National Battlefields Commission$8.8M
- 18 organizations
›Transport$3.5B
- Transport Canada$1.25B
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation$1.98B
- Canada Post$237M
- Canadian Transportation Agency$28M
- Civil Aviation Tribunal$1.1M
- 5 organizations
›Health$3.35B
- Health Canada$2.72B
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research$621M
- Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada$4.2M
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission$3.5M
- 4 organizations
›Agriculture and Agri-Food$3.21B
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada$2.69B
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency$476M
- Canadian Grain Commission$33.5M
- Canadian Dairy Commission$3.1M
- 4 organizations
›Public Works and Government Services$2.61B
- Public Services and Procurement Canada$2.42B
- Communication Canada$126M
- Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada$55.8M
- 3 organizations
›Veterans Affairs$2.48B
- Veterans Affairs Canada$2.48B
›Fisheries and Oceans$1.52B
›Treasury Board$1.47B
›Justice$1.38B
- Department of Justice Canada$942M
- Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada$316M
- Registry of the Federal Court of Canada$42.5M
- Canadian Human Rights Commission$23.6M
- Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada$22.4M
- Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada$17.7M
- Registry of the Tax Court of Canada$13.2M
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal$3.8M
- Law Commission of Canada$3.1M
- 9 organizations
›Natural Resources$1.28B
- Natural Resources Canada$992M
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited$145M
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission$63.8M
- Cape Breton Development Corporation$46.5M
- Canada Energy Regulator$35.4M
- 5 organizations
›Citizenship and Immigration$1.11B
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$993M
- Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada$117M
- 2 organizations
›Environment$771M
- Environment and Climate Change Canada$757M
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency$13.4M
- 2 organizations
›Parliament$419M
- House of Commons$323M
- Senate$67.8M
- Library of Parliament$27.7M
- 3 organizations
›Privy Council$311M
- Privy Council Office$138M
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer$73.6M
- Canadian Centre for Management Development$32.5M
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada$31.3M
- Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages$16.7M
- Public Service Staff Relations Board$6.5M
- National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy$5.3M
- Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat$5M
- National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat$2.1M
- 9 organizations
›Governor General$20.6M
Sources
Each organization is under the ministry it was under that year, and each ministry has the name it was published under that year; see the methodology.
