Global Affairs Canada
What Global Affairs Canada spent in fiscal year 2017-18: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Global Affairs; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Global Affairs Canada does
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is the federal department responsible for managing Canada's diplomatic relations, international trade, and development assistance. Established in 1909 as the Department of External Affairs, it oversees Canada's engagement in global affairs, negotiates international agreements, administers trade policy, and provides humanitarian aid. It also supports Canadian businesses expanding abroad, maintains ties through multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and NATO, and assists Canadian citizens overseas during emergencies.
Spending, 2017-18
Net spending, 2017-18
$6.57B
spent by Global Affairs Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2017-18
2.5%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Global Affairs 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
Transfer payments
Personnel
Professional and special services
Rentals
Transportation and communications
Other subsidies and payments
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Utilities, materials and supplies
Repair and maintenance
Information
Internal revenues
External revenues
$4.54B
$1.17B
$273M
$188M
$126M
$81.7M
$71.5M
$64.1M
$46.4M
$27.8M
$19.4M
-$1.1M
-$35.1M
Total: $6.57B.
Spending by program, 2017-18
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $6.57B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$2.69B
$893M
$892M
$724M
$534M
$263M
$244M
$205M
$85.9M
$47.2M
Workforce, 2017-18
Full-time equivalents
11,288
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$1.17B
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$104K
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 Global Affairs Canada paid, program by program: $4.54B in all, against $4.54B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Grants for Multilateral Programming: Grants in support of development assistance, humanitarian assistance or disaster preparedness, for global operations, programs, projects, activities and appeals for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transitionPayments | Grant | $2,065,734,193 |
| Contributions for Bilateral Programming: Contributions in support of development assistance, contributions for cooperation with countries in transition and contributions in support of regional or country specific development assistance programs, projects and activities for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transitionPayments | Contribution | $789,877,287 |
| Payments of Assessed Contributions to International OrganizationsPayments | Contribution | $566,886,080 |
| Payments to International Financial Institutions - Direct paymentsPayments | Other transfer | $232,251,950 |
| Contributions for Partnership with Canadians Programming: Contributions for development assistance programs, projects and activities intended to support development for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition or to enhance the awareness, understanding, and engagement of Canadians with respect to developmentPayments | Contribution | $218,805,735 |
| Contributions for Multilateral Programming: Contributions in support of development assistance, humanitarian assistance or disaster preparedness, for global operations, programs, projects, activities and appeals for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transitionPayments | Contribution | $211,291,248 |
| Grants in support of the Peace and Stabilization Operations ProgramPayments | Grant | $142,733,211 |
| Contributions in support of the Peace and Stabilization Operations ProgramPayments | Contribution | $110,127,787 |
| Contributions under the Global Partnership Program for the destruction, disposal and securing of weapons and materials of mass destruction and related expertisePayments | Contribution | $47,552,693 |
| Contribution for Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building ProgramPayments | Contribution | $27,077,571 |
| Global Partnership Program for the destruction, disposal and securing of weapons and materials of mass destruction and related expertisePayments | Grant | $17,072,053 |
| Global Commerce Support ProgramPayments | Contribution | $16,292,328 |
| Grants for Partnership with Canadians Programming: Grants for development assistance programs, projects and activities intended to support development for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition or to enhance the awareness, understanding, and engagement of Canadians with respect to developmentPayments | Grant | $15,470,316 |
| Canada Fund for Local InitiativesPayments | Contribution | $14,752,196 |
| Grants in lieu of taxes on diplomatic, consular and international organizations' property in Canada in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Governor in CouncilPayments | Grant | $13,523,934 |
| 29 programs | $4,539,007,348 | |
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 year | Goods | Services | Construction | Acquisition cards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,990,578 | $6,473,063 | $1,200,567 | $32,076,684 | $45,740,893 |
| 2024 | $6,854,705 | $7,945,694 | $1,453,973 | $22,447,636 | $38,702,007 |
| 2023 | $6,692,122 | $9,324,320 | $1,587,381 | $8,959,645 | $26,563,468 |
| 2022 | $6,701,869 | $10,601,870 | $1,870,797 | $8,500,154 | $27,674,691 |
| 2021 | $7,721,639 | $11,185,260 | $2,074,518 | $7,651,156 | $28,632,573 |
| 2020 | $8,847,239 | $11,977,142 | $1,925,744 | $11,838,839 | $34,588,965 |
| 2019 | $11,157,972 | $20,021,867 | $3,744,666 | $11,917,607 | $46,842,113 |
| 2018 | $12,287,067 | $20,020,943 | $3,757,775 | $11,286,233 | $47,352,018 |
| 2017 | $10,080,650 | $16,883,822 | $3,143,055 | $7,876,395 | $37,983,923 |
Global Affairs Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Global Affairs
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)
- Proactive Publication - Contracts: Aggregated Total - Contracts $10K and under
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.
