Natural Resources Canada
What Natural Resources Canada spent in fiscal year 2020-21: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Natural Resources; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Natural Resources Canada does
Natural Resources Canada is responsible for federal policy and science related to Canada's energy, forestry, and minerals and mining sectors, including geoscience, energy regulation, and nuclear energy research and safety.
Spending, 2020-21
Net spending, 2020-21
$1.4B
spent by Natural Resources Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2020-21
0.3%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Natural Resources Canada spend its budget in 2020-21?
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, 2020-21
Transfer payments
Personnel
Professional and special services
Utilities, materials and supplies
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Information
Rentals
Transportation and communications
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Repair and maintenance
Other subsidies and payments
Internal revenues
External revenues
$719M
$500M
$105M
$20.5M
$19.2M
$16.8M
$15.8M
$7.3M
$6.9M
$6.8M
$6.4M
-$6.2M
-$16.1M
Total: $1.4B.
Spending by program, 2020-21
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $1.4B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$229M
$146M
$113M
$84.2M
$83.2M
$72.7M
$62.7M
$57M
$42.6M
$39.1M
$33.9M
$33.4M
$23.9M
$21.3M
$20.5M
$20.5M
$20.4M
$20.1M
$19.6M
$18.8M
$18.7M
$18.1M
$16.9M
$16.5M
$16M
$14.7M
$13.7M
$12.9M
$12.4M
$12.1M
$12M
$10.8M
$10.6M
$8.8M
$8.7M
$7.5M
$7M
$5.1M
$5M
$4.9M
$3.7M
$1.6M
$1.3M
Workforce, 2020-21
Full-time equivalents
4,325
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$500M
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$116K
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, 2020-21
The grants, contributions and other transfers Natural Resources Canada paid, program by program: $719M in all, against $719M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Payments to the Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Resource Revenue Fund (Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act)Payments | Contribution | $211,837,167 |
| Contributions in support of ecoENERGY for Renewable PowerPayments | Contribution | $39,307,000 |
| Contributions in support of the Energy Innovation ProgramPayments | Contribution | $37,010,356 |
| Contributions in support of Clean Growth in Natural Resource Sectors Innovation ProgramPayments | Contribution | $35,917,996 |
| Contributions in support of the Emerging Renewable Power ProgramPayments | Contribution | $35,212,974 |
| Contributions in support of Clean Energy for Rural and Remote CommunitiesPayments | Contribution | $29,968,132 |
| Contributions in support of the Forest Innovation programPayments | Contribution | $29,816,699 |
| Contributions in support of COVID-19 Safety Measures in Forest Sector OperationsPayments | Contribution | $29,362,034 |
| Contributions in support of the Emissions Reduction FundPayments | Contribution | $28,583,574 |
| Contributions in support of Investments in the Forest Industry Transformation ProgramPayments | Contribution | $20,693,994 |
| Contributions in support of the Smart Grids ProgramPayments | Contribution | $20,285,540 |
| Contributions in support of Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure DeploymentPayments | Contribution | $18,986,864 |
| Contributions in support of Clean Technology ChallengesPayments | Contribution | $17,886,445 |
| Payments to the Nova Scotia Offshore Revenue AccountPayments | Contribution | $16,964,221 |
| Contributions in support of Zero Emission Vehicle InfrastructurePayments | Contribution | $15,858,038 |
| 41 programs | $718,900,272 | |
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 | $3,003,699 | $5,166,434 | $217,865 | $30,275,691 | $38,663,689 |
| 2024 | $3,517,529 | $5,425,329 | $159,068 | $40,241,394 | $49,343,319 |
| 2023 | $2,505,445 | $4,840,142 | $194,326 | $37,745,630 | $45,285,543 |
| 2022 | $2,469,141 | $4,136,573 | $99,613 | $30,143,193 | $36,848,519 |
| 2021 | $2,921,723 | $4,830,770 | $121,339 | $22,228,409 | $30,102,242 |
| 2020 | $2,700,229 | $3,775,953 | $196,616 | $17,338,158 | $24,010,956 |
| 2019 | $3,948,738 | $5,217,998 | $244,868 | $25,174,787 | $34,586,392 |
| 2018 | $3,804,814 | $6,289,409 | $188,497 | $25,355,521 | $35,638,241 |
| 2017 | $3,810,248 | $6,421,480 | $268,194 | $21,854,875 | $32,354,796 |
Natural Resources Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Natural Resources
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2021, 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.
