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What Senate 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

$97.9M

spent by Senate, less revenues it kept

Share, 2019-20

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Senate 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

Transportation and communications

Professional and special services

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Rentals

Information

Repair and maintenance

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transfer payments

Other subsidies and payments

$81.1M

$7.4M

$3.5M

$1.5M

$1.2M

$952K

$929K

$882K

$459K

$37K

Total: $97.9M.

Spending by program, 2019-20

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $97.9M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2019-20

Personnel spending

$81.1M

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, 2019-20

The grants, contributions and other transfers Senate paid, program by program: $459K in all, against $459K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to Parliamentary AssociationsPaymentsContribution$434,813
Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund for pensions to widows of former membersPaymentsGrant$24,086
2 programs$458,899

Senate’s share of federal net spending