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Communications Security Establishment Canada

What Communications Security Establishment Canada spent in fiscal year 2018-19: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2018-19

Net spending, 2018-19

$682M

spent by Communications Security Establishment Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2018-19

0.2%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Communications Security Establishment Canada spend its budget in 2018-19?

By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending.

Spending by standard object, 2018-19

Other subsidies and payments

Personnel

Public debt charges

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

External revenues

Internal revenues

$312M

$305M

$66.5M

$9.8M

-$371K

-$11.2M

Total: $682M.

Workforce, 2018-19

Personnel spending

$305M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

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.

Communications Security Establishment Canada’s share of federal net spending

Sources

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.