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What Infrastructure Canada spent in fiscal year 2019-20: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Published as Infrastructure Canada that year; it is now Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada.

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, 2019-20

Net spending, 2019-20

$8.95B

spent by Infrastructure Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2019-20

2.9%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Infrastructure 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

Transfer payments

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Personnel

Professional and special services

Other subsidies and payments

Repair and maintenance

Rentals

Transportation and communications

Information

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Utilities, materials and supplies

$7.62B

$1.18B

$70.7M

$56.2M

$9.5M

$8.9M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$556K

$490K

$163K

Total: $8.95B.

Workforce, 2019-20

Full-time equivalents

640

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

Personnel spending

$70.7M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$110K

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 Infrastructure Canada paid, program by program: $7.62B in all, against $7.62B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Gas Tax Fund (Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act)PaymentsOther transfer$4,340,912,262
New Building Canada Fund-Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component-National and Regional ProjectsPaymentsContribution$870,134,452
Public Transit Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$729,201,008
Clean Water and Wastewater FundPaymentsContribution$382,996,046
Payments for commitments of P3 Canada Fund of PPP CanadaPaymentsContribution$295,146,755
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Major Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$259,881,671
New Building Canada Fund-Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component-Small Communities FundPaymentsContribution$205,857,064
Investing in Canada Infrastructure ProgramPaymentsContribution$146,494,087
New Building Canada Fund-National Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$127,884,993
Transfer payments in connection with the Budget Implementation ActPaymentsOther transfer$60,000,000
Contributions under the Green Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$56,287,618
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization InitiativePaymentsContribution$45,076,314
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Communities ComponentPaymentsContribution$40,542,169
Capacity Building for Climate Change Challenges FundPaymentsContribution$15,082,321
Contributions under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$13,790,570
19 programs$7,616,737,618
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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

Other organizations in Infrastructure and Communities