Transport Canada
What Transport Canada spent in fiscal year 2020-21: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Transport; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Transport Canada does
The Department of Transport (Transport Canada) is the federal department responsible for developing and enforcing transportation policies, regulations, and infrastructure projects to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and goods across Canada. It oversees aviation, rail, marine, and road transportation systems, working to enhance national connectivity and economic growth.
Spending, 2020-21
Net spending, 2020-21
$1.9B
spent by Transport Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2020-21
0.4%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Transport 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
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Professional and special services
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Other subsidies and payments
Utilities, materials and supplies
Repair and maintenance
Rentals
Transportation and communications
Information
External revenues
Internal revenues
$727M
$660M
$214M
$171M
$82.8M
$64.3M
$13.1M
$13.1M
$12.3M
$6.5M
$6M
-$33.2M
-$40.4M
Total: $1.9B.
Spending by program, 2020-21
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $1.9B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$622M
$193M
$182M
$94.4M
$67.7M
$61.5M
$55.5M
$43.4M
$35.4M
$32.1M
$31.9M
$31.1M
$30.6M
$27.8M
$26.4M
$25.3M
$25M
$24.9M
$24.4M
$23.4M
$21.5M
$19M
$19M
$18.9M
$16.7M
$16.1M
$14.9M
$12.3M
$11.9M
$11.7M
$10.5M
$10.3M
$9.2M
$8M
$7.2M
$6.8M
$5.5M
$5.4M
$4.4M
$3.2M
$3M
$2.5M
$1.2M
Workforce, 2020-21
Full-time equivalents
6,251
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$727M
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 Transport Canada paid, program by program: $660M in all, against $660M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| National Trade Corridors FundPayments | Contribution | $164,585,882 |
| Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles ProgramPayments | Grant | $159,101,612 |
| Northumberland Strait Crossing Subsidy Payment under the Northumberland Strait Crossing Act (S.C., 1993, c. 43)Payments | Contribution | $68,603,289 |
| Contributions to Ensure Air Services to Remote CommunitiesPayments | Contribution | $68,347,000 |
| Ferry Services Contribution ProgramPayments | Contribution | $48,537,160 |
| Airports Capital Assistance ProgramPayments | Contribution | $37,040,655 |
| Grant to the Province of British Columbia in respect of the provision of ferry and coastal freight and passenger servicesPayments | Grant | $32,028,098 |
| Program to Protect Canada's Coastlines and WaterwaysPayments | Contribution | $16,222,773 |
| Rail Safety Improvement Contribution ProgramPayments | Contribution | $14,262,877 |
| Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Transportation Infrastructure FundPayments | Contribution | $13,342,871 |
| Remote Passenger Rail ProgramPayments | Contribution | $9,386,614 |
| Gateways and Border Crossings FundPayments | Contribution | $6,945,699 |
| Road Safety Transfer Payment ProgramPayments | Contribution | $6,566,546 |
| Payments to the Canadian National Railway Company in respect of the termination of the collection of tolls on the Victoria Bridge, Montreal and for rehabilitation work on the roadway portion of the Bridge (Vote 107, Appropriation Act No. 5, 1963, S.C., 1963, c. 42)Payments | Contribution | $3,300,000 |
| Airports Operations and Maintenance Subsidy ProgramPayments | Contribution | $2,461,492 |
| 36 programs | $660,280,843 | |
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 | $4,577,925 | $2,461,969 | $0 | $11,522,784 | $18,562,677 |
| 2024 | $4,048,384 | $4,217,960 | $0 | $12,368,659 | $20,635,003 |
| 2023 | $6,390,700 | $2,405,373 | $0 | $13,030,657 | $21,826,731 |
| 2022 | $4,132,073 | $3,908,583 | $0 | $10,842,568 | $18,883,225 |
| 2021 | $3,785,255 | $4,007,193 | $0 | $11,355,334 | $19,147,782 |
| 2020 | $6,714,675 | $2,462,442 | $29,717 | $10,180,807 | $19,387,642 |
| 2019 | $6,840,126 | $3,050,633 | $243,144 | $14,601,434 | $24,735,336 |
| 2018 | $7,091,533 | $3,644,945 | $22,604 | $16,044,464 | $26,803,546 |
| 2017 | $5,776,172 | $2,685,827 | $0 | $14,255,111 | $22,717,109 |
Transport Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Transport
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.
