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What Transport Canada spent in fiscal year 2012-13: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Transport Canada does

The Department of Transport (Transport Canada) is the federal department responsible for developing and enforcing transportation policies, regulations, and infrastructure projects to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and goods across Canada. It oversees aviation, rail, marine, and road transportation systems, working to enhance national connectivity and economic growth.

Spending, 2012-13

Net spending, 2012-13

$1.33B

spent by Transport Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2012-13

0.6%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Transport Canada spend its budget in 2012-13?

By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending. Transfer payments are broken into their largest named programs.

Spending by standard object, 2012-13

Transfer payments

Personnel

Professional and special services

Other subsidies and payments

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Transportation and communications

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Rentals

Information

Internal revenues

External revenues

$608M

$505M

$107M

$81.2M

$38M

$21.6M

$18.2M

$16M

$13.5M

$8.6M

$2.9M

-$32.7M

-$54.9M

Total: $1.33B.

Workforce, 2012-13

Full-time equivalents

4,957

the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them

Personnel spending

$505M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$102K

personnel spending divided by full-time equivalents

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.

Transfer payment programs, 2012-13

The grants, contributions and other transfers Transport Canada paid, program by program: $608M in all, against $608M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Gateways and Border Crossings FundPaymentsContribution$223,207,249
Asia‑Pacific Gateway and Corridor Transportation Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$154,409,327
Northumberland strait crossing subsidy payment under the Northumberland Strait Crossing ActPaymentsContribution$60,529,578
Ferry services contribution programPaymentsContribution$32,806,343
Airports capital assistance programPaymentsContribution$29,823,513
Grant to the Province of British Columbia in respect of the provision of ferry and coastal freight and passenger servicesPaymentsGrant$28,077,609
Contributions to provinces toward highway improvements to enhance overall efficiency and promote safety while encouraging industrial development and tourism from a regional economic perspective: Outaouais Road Development AgreementPaymentsContribution$21,625,877
Contribution program for operating, capital and start‑up funding requirement for regional and remote passenger rail servicesPaymentsContribution$13,923,011
Port Divestiture FundPaymentsContribution$12,949,644
Payments in support of crossing improvements approved under the Railway Safety ActPaymentsContribution$11,949,960
Road safety transfer payment programPaymentsContribution$4,442,284
Payments to the Canadian National Railway Company in respect of the termination of the collection of tolls on the Victoria Bridge, Montreal and for rehabilitation work on the roadway portion of the bridgePaymentsContribution$2,279,260
Labrador coast airstrips restoration programPaymentsContribution$2,166,021
Airports operations and maintenance subsidy programPaymentsContribution$2,053,463
Airports policing contribution programPaymentsContribution$1,278,692
31 programs$607,971,822
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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$4,577,925$2,461,969$0$11,522,784$18,562,677
2024$4,048,384$4,217,960$0$12,368,659$20,635,003
2023$6,390,700$2,405,373$0$13,030,657$21,826,731
2022$4,132,073$3,908,583$0$10,842,568$18,883,225
2021$3,785,255$4,007,193$0$11,355,334$19,147,782
2020$6,714,675$2,462,442$29,717$10,180,807$19,387,642
2019$6,840,126$3,050,633$243,144$14,601,434$24,735,336
2018$7,091,533$3,644,945$22,604$16,044,464$26,803,546
2017$5,776,172$2,685,827$0$14,255,111$22,717,109

Transport Canada’s share of federal net spending