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Environment and Climate Change Canada

What Environment and Climate Change Canada spent in fiscal year 2017-18: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Environment and Climate Change Canada does

Environment and Climate Change Canada is responsible for federal environmental protection, climate change policy, weather and meteorological services, and the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity. Its portfolio includes Parks Canada, which manages the national parks, national marine conservation areas, and national historic sites system, and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, which oversees federal environmental assessments of major projects.

Spending, 2017-18

Net spending, 2017-18

$1.16B

spent by Environment and Climate Change Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2017-18

0.4%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Environment and Climate Change Canada 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

Personnel

Transfer payments

Professional and special services

Rentals

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transportation and communications

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Repair and maintenance

Other subsidies and payments

Information

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Internal revenues

External revenues

$694M

$200M

$158M

$45.6M

$37.5M

$34M

$32.4M

$21.1M

$13.9M

$5.3M

$980K

-$25.2M

-$53.1M

Total: $1.16B.

Workforce, 2017-18

Full-time equivalents

6,530

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

Personnel spending

$694M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$106K

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 Environment and Climate Change Canada paid, program by program: $200M in all, against $200M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the Green Municipal FundPaymentsContribution$62,500,000
Contributions in support of Biodiversity - Wildlife and HabitatPaymentsContribution$30,905,600
Contributions in support of Climate Change and Clean AirPaymentsContribution$24,920,210
Grant in support of The Natural Areas Conversation ProgramPaymentsGrant$22,500,000
Contributions in support of the Science Horizons Youth Internship programs under the Career Focus stream under the federal Youth Employment StrategyPaymentsContribution$13,828,184
Habitat Stewardship Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$12,841,337
Contributions in support of Sustainable EcosystemsPaymentsContribution$8,785,205
Contributions in support of the Low Carbon Economy FundPaymentsContribution$7,293,000
EcoAction Community Funding ProgramPaymentsContribution$4,011,551
Assessed contribution to the Commission for Environmental CooperationPaymentsContribution$2,746,235
Assessed Contribution in the World Meteorological OrganizationPaymentsContribution$2,402,351
Contributions in support of Weather and Environmental Services for CanadiansPaymentsContribution$2,265,044
Grants for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layerPaymentsGrant$2,254,462
Contributions in support of Substances and Waste ManagementPaymentsContribution$1,271,198
Contributions in support of Water ResourcesPaymentsContribution$860,000
21 programs$200,135,164
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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
2024$1,230,264$3,441,745$278,679$47,858,236$52,808,924
2023$1,137,598$3,319,801$364,551$45,381,757$50,203,706
2022$1,451,127$3,258,637$264,929$66,885,246$71,859,938
2021$19,667,146$19,667,146$2,518,578$34,297,421$76,150,292
2020$1,486,935$3,890,558$349,716$29,071,204$34,798,412
2019$2,523,937$4,551,159$348,612$39,677,219$47,100,927
2018$2,800,018$5,942,967$387,129$37,244,551$46,374,665
2017$3,658,823$6,328,281$811,524$28,437,108$39,235,736

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s share of federal net spending

Other organizations in Environment and Climate Change