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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

What Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spent in fiscal year 2019-20: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2019-20

Net spending, 2019-20

$6.24B

spent by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2019-20

2.1%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spend its budget in 2019-20?

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, 2019-20

Other subsidies and payments

Transfer payments

Personnel

Professional and special services

Transportation and communications

Information

Rentals

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Internal revenues

$3.01B

$2.8B

$220M

$171M

$12.2M

$6.8M

$6.4M

$2.7M

$2.3M

$1.6M

$858K

-$404K

Total: $6.24B.

Spending by program, 2019-20

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $6.24B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2019-20

Full-time equivalents

2,235

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

Personnel spending

$220M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$98K

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, 2019-20

The grants, contributions and other transfers Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada paid, program by program: $2.8B in all, against $2.8B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 RightsPaymentsGrant$823,972,543
Grants to First Nations to settle specific and special claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal, and to Indigenous groups to settle special claimsPaymentsGrant$800,220,688
Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiativesPaymentsContribution$412,876,101
Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific development for Indigenous Peoples and the NorthPaymentsContribution$145,503,811
Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communitiesPaymentsContribution$69,876,278
Contributions to support Land Management and Economic DevelopmentPaymentsContribution$59,671,063
Contributions to support the construction and maintenance of community infrastructurePaymentsContribution$58,346,642
Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and InuitPaymentsGrant$57,694,000
Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive claim settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement ActsPaymentsGrant$53,284,653
Contributions to supply public services in Indian Government Support and to build strong governance, administrative and accountability systemsPaymentsContribution$50,526,800
Contributions to support Métis housingPaymentsContribution$45,000,000
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$41,837,254
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy developmentPaymentsContribution$35,423,088
Contributions to support the basic organizational capacity of Indigenous representative organizationsPaymentsContribution$31,795,751
Contribution to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communitiesPaymentsContribution$23,491,560
30 programs$2,802,810,711
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s share of federal net spending

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