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Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

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

What Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada does

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) is responsible for federal policies and programs that support public infrastructure, affordable housing, and community development. Working with provinces, territories, and municipalities, it funds major infrastructure projects and administers the National Housing Strategy, which supports the construction, repair, and preservation of affordable housing. It also oversees the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and supports public transit, clean energy, and community infrastructure through programs such as the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Spending, 2017-18

Net spending, 2017-18

$4.33B

spent by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2017-18

1.7%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Housing, Infrastructure and Communities 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

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Other subsidies and payments

Professional and special services

Personnel

Repair and maintenance

Rentals

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Transportation and communications

Information

Utilities, materials and supplies

$3.61B

$547M

$63.3M

$51.2M

$49.6M

$2.3M

$1.9M

$1.4M

$988K

$384K

$120K

Total: $4.33B.

Spending by program, 2017-18

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $4.33B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2017-18

Full-time equivalents

429

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

Personnel spending

$49.6M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$116K

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 Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada paid, program by program: $3.61B in all, against $3.61B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Gas Tax FundPaymentsOther transfer$2,071,932,904
Contributions under the Clean Water and Wastewater FundPaymentsContribution$420,793,815
Contributions under the New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - National and Regional ProjectsPaymentsContribution$322,424,763
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Major Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$249,699,901
Contributions under the Public Transit Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$244,294,838
Contributions under the New Building Canada Fund - Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - Small Communities FundPaymentsContribution$148,368,056
Contributions under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$47,672,911
Contributions under the Green Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$28,542,018
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Communities ComponentPaymentsContribution$27,008,051
Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding ProgramPaymentsOther transfer$22,500,000
Contributions under the Capacity Building for Climate Change Challenges FundPaymentsContribution$9,326,415
Contributions under the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway ProgramPaymentsContribution$6,350,000
Contributions under the Asset Management FundPaymentsContribution$5,793,398
Contributions under the New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$3,694,035
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund-Research and Planning ComponentPaymentsContribution$236,487
16 programs$3,608,705,632
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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$24,719$102,543$0$1,920,021$2,047,282
2024$39,404$41,293$0$1,339,631$1,420,328
2023$47,341$83,876$0$1,706,124$1,837,341
2022$45,465$47,246$0$1,351,511$1,444,222
2021$74,356$115,352$0$697,852$887,561
2020$39,084$62,843$0$492,154$594,082
2019$81,861$127,780$0$1,065,755$1,275,395
2018$89,673$193,725$0$883,578$1,166,976
2017$74,886$71,603$0$745,283$891,772

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada’s share of federal net spending