Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
What Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development spent in fiscal year 2017-18: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Indigenous Services; the overview shows it in that ministry.
Spending, 2017-18
Net spending, 2017-18
$4.29B
spent by Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, less revenues it kept
Share, 2017-18
1.6%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development spend its budget in 2017-18?
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, 2017-18
Transfer payments
Professional and special services
Utilities, materials and supplies
Personnel
Transportation and communications
Other subsidies and payments
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Repair and maintenance
Rentals
Information
Internal revenues
External revenues
$3.55B
$194M
$178M
$164M
$146M
$47.5M
$19.9M
$1.4M
$903K
$334K
$2K
-$13M
Total: $4.29B.
Spending by program, 2017-18
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $4.29B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$1.21B
$820M
$770M
$563M
$384M
$252M
$185M
$45.1M
$37.4M
$25.4M
Workforce, 2017-18
Full-time equivalents
1,452
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$164M
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, 2017-18
The grants, contributions and other transfers Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development paid, program by program: $3.55B in all, against $3.55B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructurePayments | Contribution | $1,069,511,644 |
| Contributions to support First Nations Elementary and Secondary Educational AdvancementPayments | Contribution | $666,506,112 |
| Contributions to provide women, children and families with Protection and Prevention ServicesPayments | Contribution | $401,883,263 |
| Contributions to provide income support to on-reserve residentsPayments | Contribution | $356,640,220 |
| Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Primary Health CarePayments | Contribution | $258,861,903 |
| Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Health Infrastructure SupportPayments | Contribution | $239,136,659 |
| Contributions to support First Nations and Inuit Post-Secondary Educational AdvancementPayments | Contribution | $107,841,796 |
| Contributions for First Nations and Inuit Supplementary Health BenefitsPayments | Contribution | $103,385,642 |
| Grant for Band Support FundingPayments | Grant | $99,125,808 |
| Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on reservesPayments | Contribution | $88,442,988 |
| Contributions to supply public services in Indian Government Support and to build strong governance, administrative and accountability systemsPayments | Contribution | $65,448,210 |
| Contributions to support Urban Programming for Indigenous PeoplesPayments | Contribution | $36,673,321 |
| Contributions to increase First Nations and Inuit Youth Participation in Education and Labour Market OpportunitiesPayments | Contribution | $27,574,355 |
| Contributions in connection with the First Nations infrastructurePayments | Contribution | $19,518,646 |
| Grants to provide income support to on-reserve residentsPayments | Grant | $3,039,539 |
| 21 programs | $3,547,984,530 | |
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2018, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II: Transfer payments (multi-year open data)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Spending (programs_spending.csv)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Employees (programs_ftes.csv)
Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.
