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Polar Knowledge Canada

What Polar Knowledge Canada spent in fiscal year 2020-21: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2020-21

Net spending, 2020-21

$22.3M

spent by Polar Knowledge Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2020-21

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Polar Knowledge 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

Personnel

Transfer payments

Repair and maintenance

Professional and special services

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transportation and communications

Rentals

Information

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Other subsidies and payments

$9M

$4.2M

$2.6M

$1.9M

$1.5M

$1.3M

$1.2M

$198K

$189K

$115K

Total: $22.3M.

Spending by program, 2020-21

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $22.3M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2020-21

Full-time equivalents

79

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

Personnel spending

$9M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$115K

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 Polar Knowledge Canada paid, program by program: $4.2M in all, against $4.2M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to support the advancement of Northern Science and TechnologyPaymentsContribution$2,536,293
Grants to support the advancement of Northern Science and TechnologyPaymentsGrant$1,290,000
Grants to individuals, organizations, associations and institutions to support research and activities relating to the polar regionsPaymentsGrant$336,571
3 programs$4,162,864

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
2023$18,763$21,477$0$460,023$500,263
2022$15,851$41,182$0$1,223,581$1,280,614

Polar Knowledge Canada’s share of federal net spending

Other organizations in Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs