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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

What Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada spent in fiscal year 2004-05: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada does

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is the federal department responsible for managing immigration policy, issuing passports, processing visas and permanent residency applications, and supporting newcomers to Canada. It plays a central role in shaping Canada's immigration system, refugee protection policies, and pathways to citizenship.

Spending, 2004-05

Net spending, 2004-05

$883M

spent by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2004-05

0.5%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada spend its budget in 2004-05?

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

Spending by standard object, 2004-05

Transfer payments

Personnel

Professional and special services

Transportation and communications

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Other subsidies and payments

Repair and maintenance

Utilities, materials and supplies

Information

Rentals

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

$386M

$297M

$120M

$24.3M

$14.8M

$13.5M

$12.2M

$7.6M

$3.6M

$2.1M

$1.4M

Total: $883M.

Workforce, 2004-05

Personnel spending

$297M

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$365,002$1,003,541$0$5,804,407$7,172,950
2024$429,319$386,252$0$10,438,737$11,254,309
2023$534,029$932,652$0$13,493,219$14,959,899
2022$838,600$704,979$0$7,595,848$9,139,428
2021$1,226,532$994,254$0$5,849,169$8,069,955
2020$1,285,625$850,964$0$5,583,857$7,720,445
2019$4,119,663$1,401,205$0$7,681,491$13,202,359
2018$3,897,477$1,525,461$0$6,668,996$12,091,934
2017$4,537,691$1,920,230$0$4,294,448$10,752,370

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s share of federal net spending

Other organizations in Citizenship and Immigration

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.