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Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

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

What Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada does

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) is responsible for federal policies and programs that support public infrastructure, affordable housing, and community development. Working with provinces, territories, and municipalities, it funds major infrastructure projects and administers the National Housing Strategy, which supports the construction, repair, and preservation of affordable housing. It also oversees the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and supports public transit, clean energy, and community infrastructure through programs such as the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Spending, 2013-14

Net spending, 2013-14

$3.51B

spent by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2013-14

1.5%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada 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

Rentals

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Information

Transportation and communications

Utilities, materials and supplies

Other subsidies and payments

Repair and maintenance

$3.46B

$32.3M

$15.7M

$1.8M

$313K

$209K

$169K

$66K

$27K

$13K

Total: $3.51B.

Workforce, 2013-14

Full-time equivalents

285

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

Personnel spending

$32.3M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$113K

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 Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada paid, program by program: $3.46B in all, against $3.46B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Gas Tax FundPaymentsOther transfer$2,106,864,500
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund — Major Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$692,803,945
Contributions under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$196,634,325
Provincial‑territorial infrastructure base funding programPaymentsOther transfer$191,431,000
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund — Communities ComponentPaymentsContribution$120,382,787
Contributions under the Green Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$84,567,663
Contributions under the Municipal Rural Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$42,337,674
Contributions under the Border Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$28,196,496
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund — Strategic Research and PartnershipPaymentsContribution$5,000
9 programs$3,463,223,390

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$24,719$102,543$0$1,920,021$2,047,282
2024$39,404$41,293$0$1,339,631$1,420,328
2023$47,341$83,876$0$1,706,124$1,837,341
2022$45,465$47,246$0$1,351,511$1,444,222
2021$74,356$115,352$0$697,852$887,561
2020$39,084$62,843$0$492,154$594,082
2019$81,861$127,780$0$1,065,755$1,275,395
2018$89,673$193,725$0$883,578$1,166,976
2017$74,886$71,603$0$745,283$891,772

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada’s share of federal net spending