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Fisheries and Oceans Canada

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada spent in fiscal year 2017-18: 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, 2017-18

Net spending, 2017-18

$2.62B

spent by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2017-18

1.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Fisheries and Oceans 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

Professional and special services

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Repair and maintenance

Transfer payments

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transportation and communications

Other subsidies and payments

Rentals

Information

External revenues

$1.08B

$569M

$231M

$228M

$154M

$129M

$115M

$89.8M

$35.6M

$29.8M

$3.1M

-$42.4M

Total: $2.62B.

Workforce, 2017-18

Full-time equivalents

11,112

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

Personnel spending

$1.08B

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$97K

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 Fisheries and Oceans Canada paid, program by program: $129M in all, against $129M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to support increased Aboriginal participation in commercial fisheries, cooperative fisheries management arrangements and consultations respecting Aboriginal fisheries agreementsPaymentsContribution$52,049,909
Contributions under the Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management ProgramPaymentsContribution$19,883,727
Ocean and Freshwater Science Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$15,432,471
Coastal Restoration FundPaymentsContribution$9,679,316
Contributions to support the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships ProgramPaymentsContribution$8,956,715
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$6,534,400
Contribution to Support Establishment and Management of Conservation MeasuresPaymentsContribution$3,440,165
Contributions to support the Small Craft Harbours Class Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$1,805,819
Contributions to support the Academic Research Contribution Program for the support of academic research and development related to science prioritiesPaymentsContribution$1,651,605
Grant Program for the disposal of small craft harboursPaymentsGrant$1,555,000
Contribution to the Pacific Salmon FoundationPaymentsContribution$1,504,470
Emergency Ice Assistance for East Coast Commercial FishersPaymentsGrant$1,224,683
Indigenous Community-Boat Volunteer ProgramPaymentsContribution$1,035,000
Participant Funding Program for Reviews Related to Fish, Fish Habitat and NavigationPaymentsContribution$1,000,690
Contributions to support the Adoption of Clean Technology within the Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry through the Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption ProgramPaymentsContribution$878,043
22 programs$128,862,428
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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
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