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Fisheries and Oceans Canada

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada spent in fiscal year 2016-17: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada does

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is responsible for managing Canada's fisheries and aquatic ecosystems, and for the Canadian Coast Guard's marine safety, search and rescue, and navigation services.

Spending, 2016-17

Net spending, 2016-17

$2.35B

spent by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2016-17

1.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Fisheries and Oceans Canada spend its budget in 2016-17?

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, 2016-17

Personnel

Professional and special services

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Repair and maintenance

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transfer payments

Transportation and communications

Other subsidies and payments

Rentals

Information

Internal revenues

External revenues

$910M

$465M

$289M

$209M

$204M

$103M

$99.6M

$67.1M

$25M

$18.8M

$2.6M

-$4K

-$40.7M

Total: $2.35B.

Workforce, 2016-17

Full-time equivalents

10,104

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

Personnel spending

$910M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$90K

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, 2016-17

The grants, contributions and other transfers Fisheries and Oceans Canada paid, program by program: $99.6M in all, against $99.6M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to support increased Native participation in commercial fisheries, cooperative fisheries management arrangements and consultations respecting Aboriginal fisheries agreementsPaymentsContribution$45,679,412
Contributions under the Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management ProgramPaymentsContribution$21,611,394
Contributions to support the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships ProgramPaymentsContribution$9,840,246
Contribution agreements to permit the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA) Associations to carry out authorized activities related to maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, SAR prevention and other safety related activitiesPaymentsContribution$5,521,000
Ocean and Freshwater Science Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$4,273,033
Grant Program for the disposal of small craft harboursPaymentsGrant$3,400,000
Contributions to support the Academic Research Contribution Program for the support of academic research and development related to science prioritiesPaymentsContribution$2,300,368
Participant Funding Program for Reviews Related to Fish, Fish Habitat and NavigationPaymentsContribution$2,058,553
Contribution to the Pacific Salmon FoundationPaymentsContribution$1,586,277
Contributions to support organizations associated with research, development, management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans-related issuesPaymentsContribution$1,239,719
Contributions to support the Small Craft Harbours Class Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$1,090,919
Grants for the Disposal of Surplus LighthousesPaymentsGrant$455,000
Contribution to the Salmon Sub-Committee of the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board for implementing responsibilities pursuant to comprehensive land claim settlementsPaymentsContribution$254,300
Grants to support organizations associated with research, development, management, and promotion of fisheries and oceans-related issuesPaymentsGrant$201,308
Contribution to Support Establishment and Management of Conservation MeasuresPaymentsContribution$40,763
15 programs$99,552,292

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$19,201,588$70,929,259$13,993,833$46,814,807$150,939,486
2024$8,944,683$29,746,032$3,473,924$111,947,248$154,111,886
2023$9,435,162$38,040,239$3,500,114$126,526,905$177,502,420
2022$10,800,119$37,549,121$3,351,515$141,223,680$192,924,435
2021$69,126,511$38,280,915$4,514,620$131,027,599$242,949,645
2020$23,542,284$29,476,854$3,652,757$131,027,599$187,699,494
2019$21,871,001$35,761,150$5,399,328$136,059,567$199,091,045
2018$19,696,160$36,591,244$6,038,861$132,833,989$195,160,254
2017$17,656,561$26,874,768$6,988,264$143,249,123$194,768,716

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s share of federal net spending