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Health Canada

What Health Canada spent in fiscal year 2002-03: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Health Canada does

Health Canada is the federal department responsible for protecting and improving the health of Canadians. It develops health policy, regulates pharmaceuticals and medical devices, enforces food safety standards, and funds public health programs, working with provinces and territories to support the health-care system. Through the Public Health Agency of Canada it monitors health risks and manages disease outbreaks, and it funds medical research through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Spending, 2002-03

Net spending, 2002-03

$2.72B

spent by Health Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2002-03

1.7%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Health Canada spend its budget in 2002-03?

By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending.

Spending by standard object, 2002-03

Transfer payments

Personnel

Professional and special services

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transportation and communications

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Repair and maintenance

Information

Rentals

Other subsidies and payments

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Internal revenues

External revenues

$1.03B

$674M

$403M

$321M

$168M

$63.2M

$40.4M

$37.2M

$23.1M

$4.7M

$3.7M

-$4.3M

-$48.7M

Total: $2.72B.

Workforce, 2002-03

Personnel spending

$674M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

A full-time equivalent is a measure of employment, not a headcount: two half-time employees are one FTE. Personnel spending includes benefits and pension contributions, so per FTE it is not an average salary.

Contracts of $10,000 and under

Contracts this small are not published one by one: Treasury Board publishes each organization's totals, by calendar year, for contracts of $10,000 and under (their original value and their amendments) and for acquisition card purchases. They are the value of contracts entered into, not what was paid in a fiscal year, so they are not part of the net expenditure above, and the years are calendar years.

Calendar yearGoodsServicesConstructionAcquisition cardsTotal
2025$1,586,257$20,449,048$125,858$18,984,141$41,145,303
2024$1,719,703$18,592,277$140,086$22,588,626$43,040,692
2023$1,997,536$20,493,984$93,693$22,063,894$44,649,107
2022$2,898,595$22,712,290$220,940$18,278,759$44,110,583
2021$2,863,373$22,640,125$178,266$19,331,865$45,013,628
2020$2,692,383$17,778,158$180,636$15,939,582$36,590,760
2019$3,177,607$18,384,951$284,518$21,476,980$43,324,056
2018$4,031,471$15,656,293$146,617$20,496,340$40,330,721
2017$7,443,507$16,874,799$180,043$26,977,714$51,476,062

Health Canada’s share of federal net spending

Sources

Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.