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Fisheries and Oceans Canada

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada spent in fiscal year 2021-22: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada does

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is responsible for managing Canada's fisheries and aquatic ecosystems, and for the Canadian Coast Guard's marine safety, search and rescue, and navigation services.

Spending, 2021-22

Net spending, 2021-22

$3.76B

spent by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2021-22

1.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Fisheries and Oceans Canada spend its budget in 2021-22?

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, 2021-22

Personnel

Professional and special services

Transfer payments

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Repair and maintenance

Utilities, materials and supplies

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Transportation and communications

Rentals

Other subsidies and payments

Information

Public debt charges

External revenues

$1.45B

$749M

$681M

$372M

$166M

$135M

$90.9M

$74.4M

$58.2M

$19.9M

$7.1M

$114K

-$40.9M

Total: $3.76B.

Workforce, 2021-22

Full-time equivalents

14,084

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

Personnel spending

$1.45B

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$103K

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, 2021-22

The grants, contributions and other transfers Fisheries and Oceans Canada paid, program by program: $681M in all, against $681M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions in Support of Indigenous Reconciliation PrioritiesPaymentsContribution$302,981,299
Contributions in Support of the Integrated Aboriginal Programs Management FrameworkPaymentsContribution$108,604,815
Contributions in Support of Aquatic Species and Aquatic HabitatPaymentsContribution$67,971,494
Contributions in Support of the Integrated Fish and Seafood Sector Management FrameworkPaymentsContribution$63,041,952
Contributions in Support of Ecosystems and Oceans SciencePaymentsContribution$35,955,892
Grants in Support of Self-employed Fish Harvesters in Canada Affected by COVID-19PaymentsGrant$32,835,382
Contributions in Support of the Sustainable Management of Canada's FisheriesPaymentsContribution$24,034,518
Contributions in Support of the Canadian Coast Guard Integrated ProgramPaymentsContribution$18,573,230
Contributions in Support of the Oceans Management Program to Support Development and Implementation of Oceans Conservation and Management ActivitiesPaymentsContribution$16,335,249
Contributions in Support of Salmon Enhancement ProgrammingPaymentsContribution$3,902,715
Contributions in Support of Organizations Associated with Research, Development, Management and Promotion of Fisheries and Oceans-related IssuesPaymentsContribution$2,223,371
Contributions in support the Small Craft Harbours Class ProgramPaymentsContribution$1,890,415
Contribution in Support of the Pacific Salmon FoundationPaymentsContribution$1,195,367
Grants in Support of Indigenous Participation in Consultation Related to Fish and Fish Habitat DecisionsPaymentsGrant$768,099
Grants in Support for the Disposal of Surplus LighthousesPaymentsGrant$472,500
20 programs$681,289,122
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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$19,201,588$70,929,259$13,993,833$46,814,807$150,939,486
2024$8,944,683$29,746,032$3,473,924$111,947,248$154,111,886
2023$9,435,162$38,040,239$3,500,114$126,526,905$177,502,420
2022$10,800,119$37,549,121$3,351,515$141,223,680$192,924,435
2021$69,126,511$38,280,915$4,514,620$131,027,599$242,949,645
2020$23,542,284$29,476,854$3,652,757$131,027,599$187,699,494
2019$21,871,001$35,761,150$5,399,328$136,059,567$199,091,045
2018$19,696,160$36,591,244$6,038,861$132,833,989$195,160,254
2017$17,656,561$26,874,768$6,988,264$143,249,123$194,768,716

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s share of federal net spending