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What Canadian Heritage spent in fiscal year 2013-14: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Canadian Heritage does

Canadian Heritage is responsible for federal policy and programming related to arts, culture, heritage, sport, and Canadian identity, including support for official languages, multiculturalism, and Indigenous languages and cultures. It also funds and oversees a number of affiliated cultural organizations and Crown corporations.

Spending, 2013-14

Net spending, 2013-14

$1.33B

spent by Canadian Heritage, less revenues it kept

Share, 2013-14

0.6%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Canadian Heritage spend its budget in 2013-14?

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, 2013-14

Transfer payments

Personnel

Professional and special services

Information

Rentals

Transportation and communications

Utilities, materials and supplies

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Repair and maintenance

Other subsidies and payments

Internal revenues

External revenues

$1.13B

$171M

$16.6M

$5.2M

$3.5M

$2.8M

$2.8M

$2.6M

$1.3M

$736K

-$2.3M

-$4.6M

Total: $1.33B.

Spending by program, 2013-14

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $1.33B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2013-14

Full-time equivalents

1,713

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

Personnel spending

$171M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$100K

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, 2013-14

The grants, contributions and other transfers Canadian Heritage paid, program by program: $1.13B in all, against $1.13B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to support the Development of Official Language Communities ProgramPaymentsContribution$210,862,596
Contributions for the Sport Support ProgramPaymentsContribution$150,448,635
Contributions for the Games' hosting programPaymentsContribution$142,844,052
Contributions to support the Canada Media FundPaymentsContribution$134,146,077
Contributions to support the Enhancement of Official Languages ProgramPaymentsContribution$117,582,551
Grants to support Canadian periodicals through the Canada Periodical FundPaymentsGrant$67,847,089
Contributions to the Canada Book FundPaymentsContribution$34,943,918
Grants to the Athlete Assistance ProgramPaymentsGrant$26,345,000
Contributions to the Canada Cultural Spaces FundPaymentsContribution$23,608,376
Contributions to the Canada Music FundPaymentsContribution$23,547,884
Contributions to the Canada Arts Training FundPaymentsContribution$22,620,000
Contributions to the Canada Arts Presentation FundPaymentsContribution$19,550,438
Grants to the Canada Cultural Investment FundPaymentsGrant$19,038,432
Contributions in support of the Exchanges Canada InitiativePaymentsContribution$17,825,216
Contributions to support the Aboriginal peoples' programPaymentsContribution$15,680,383
49 programs$1,131,859,271
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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$273,708$1,907,496$12,501$2,164,069$4,357,774
2024$221,412$2,257,196$3,425$2,295,280$4,777,313
2023$167,552$2,450,535$5,720$1,989,225$4,613,031
2022$256,813$3,482,715$17,981$2,923,038$6,680,547
2021$262,955$2,610,998$12,888$1,661,622$4,548,463
2020$353,321$1,816,814$25,763$2,928,383$5,124,281
2019$417,814$2,698,369$32,324$3,538,857$6,687,364
2018$617,414$3,188,906$97,611$3,663,682$7,567,613
2017$897,953$3,402,062$33,351$3,793,328$8,126,693

Canadian Heritage’s share of federal net spending