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Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

What Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada spent in fiscal year 2015-16: 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, 2015-16

Net spending, 2015-16

$3.19B

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

Share, 2015-16

1.3%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada spend its budget in 2015-16?

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, 2015-16

Transfer payments

Professional and special services

Personnel

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Rentals

Repair and maintenance

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Transportation and communications

Information

Utilities, materials and supplies

Other subsidies and payments

$3.08B

$47.4M

$38.6M

$20.7M

$1.6M

$1.5M

$1.4M

$619K

$263K

$131K

$124K

Total: $3.19B.

Spending by program, 2015-16

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $3.19B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2015-16

Full-time equivalents

357

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

Personnel spending

$38.6M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$108K

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, 2015-16

The grants, contributions and other transfers Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada paid, program by program: $3.08B in all, against $3.08B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Gas Tax FundPaymentsOther transfer$1,973,269,432
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Major Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$701,022,158
Contributions under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$141,733,441
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Communities ComponentPaymentsContribution$69,630,098
Contributions under the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway ProgramPaymentsContribution$51,375,000
Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding ProgramPaymentsOther transfer$50,000,000
Contributions under the New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - National and Regional ProjectsPaymentsContribution$41,528,898
Contributions under the Border Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$17,699,761
Contributions under the New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities FundPaymentsContribution$12,093,038
Contributions under the Green Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$11,378,170
Contributions under the National Recreational Trails programPaymentsContribution$4,990,154
Contributions under the New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$3,069,122
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund-Research and Planning ComponentPaymentsContribution$186,373
13 programs$3,077,975,645

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

Other organizations in Infrastructure and Communities