Department of Justice Canada
What Department of Justice Canada spent in fiscal year 2019-20: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Justice; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Department of Justice Canada does
Department of Justice Canada provides legal advice to the Government of Canada, supports the administration of the federal justice system, and develops federal justice policy. Its portfolio includes bodies responsible for federal prosecutions, the courts, federal judicial appointments, and administrative tribunals.
Spending, 2019-20
Net spending, 2019-20
$813M
spent by Department of Justice Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2019-20
0.3%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Department of Justice 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
Personnel
Transfer payments
Professional and special services
Other subsidies and payments
Transportation and communications
Rentals
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Repair and maintenance
Utilities, materials and supplies
Information
External revenues
Internal revenues
$629M
$440M
$37.9M
$12.9M
$10M
$8.2M
$8M
$5.9M
$3.1M
$2.6M
-$1.1M
-$344M
Total: $813M.
Spending by program, 2019-20
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $813M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$194M
$157M
$108M
$104M
$38M
$28.7M
$24.6M
$23.2M
$20M
$18.4M
$16.1M
$15.5M
$14.4M
$12.7M
$12.5M
$9.9M
$5.1M
$4.9M
$3.7M
$1.5M
$1.2M
Workforce, 2019-20
Full-time equivalents
4,570
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$629M
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$138K
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 Department of Justice Canada paid, program by program: $440M in all, against $440M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Contributions to the provinces and territories in support of the youth justice servicesPayments | Contribution | $141,692,415 |
| Contributions to the provinces to assist in the operation of criminal legal aidPayments | Contribution | $127,327,507 |
| Contributions to the provinces to assist in the operation of immigration and refugee legal aidPayments | Contribution | $54,488,320 |
| Contributions from the Victims FundPayments | Contribution | $26,260,872 |
| Contributions in support of the Canadian Family Justice FundPayments | Contribution | $16,045,868 |
| Contributions under the Indigenous Justice Program FundPayments | Contribution | $13,006,109 |
| Contributions to the provinces and territories in support of the youth justice services - Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision ProgramPayments | Contribution | $11,048,000 |
| Contributions under the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support FundPayments | Contribution | $8,962,934 |
| Contributions to the provinces under the Indigenous Courtwork ProgramPayments | Contribution | $7,989,918 |
| Contributions for Access to Justice Services to the Territories (being Legal Aid, Indigenous Courtwork and Public Legal Education and Information Services)Payments | Contribution | $7,086,592 |
| Contributions under the Justice Partnership and Innovation ProgramPayments | Contribution | $5,592,354 |
| Contributions to support the implementation of official languages requirements under the Contraventions ActPayments | Contribution | $4,866,243 |
| Drug Treatment Court Funding ProgramPayments | Contribution | $3,692,000 |
| Contributions in support of the Youth Justice FundPayments | Contribution | $3,185,217 |
| Grants under the Justice Partnership and Innovation ProgramPayments | Grant | $2,894,288 |
| 25 programs | $440,049,591 | |
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 | $442,202 | $3,373,205 | $0 | $4,859,480 | $8,674,886 |
| 2024 | $674,199 | $3,194,784 | $0 | $5,844,446 | $9,713,430 |
| 2023 | $679,988 | $2,655,514 | $0 | $5,867,524 | $9,203,026 |
| 2022 | $469,812 | $2,103,421 | $0 | $4,970,312 | $7,543,545 |
| 2021 | $495,497 | $1,845,836 | $0 | $4,698,414 | $7,039,748 |
| 2020 | $571,594 | $1,805,340 | $0 | $4,002,071 | $6,379,005 |
| 2019 | $965,716 | $2,528,360 | $0 | $6,337,542 | $9,831,618 |
| 2018 | $991,103 | $3,425,419 | $0 | $5,262,167 | $9,678,689 |
| 2017 | $1,181,104 | $3,461,780 | $0 | $4,622,773 | $9,265,657 |
Department of Justice Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Justice
- Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
- Public Prosecution Service of Canada
- Courts Administration Service
- Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada
- Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada
- Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2020, 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.
