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What Senate 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

$96.1M

spent by Senate, less revenues it kept

Share, 2018-19

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Senate spend its budget in 2018-19?

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, 2018-19

Personnel

Transportation and communications

Professional and special services

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Rentals

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Information

Transfer payments

Other subsidies and payments

$77.5M

$9.3M

$4.1M

$1.3M

$1.1M

$897K

$748K

$543K

$492K

$89K

Total: $96.1M.

Spending by program, 2018-19

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $96.1M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2018-19

Personnel spending

$77.5M

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.

Transfer payment programs, 2018-19

The grants, contributions and other transfers Senate paid, program by program: $492K in all, against $492K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to Parliamentary AssociationsPaymentsContribution$440,472
Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund for pensions to widows of former membersPaymentsGrant$51,148
2 programs$491,620

Senate’s share of federal net spending