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Infrastructure Canada

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

Published as Infrastructure Canada that year; it is now Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada.

What Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada does

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) is responsible for federal policies and programs that support public infrastructure, affordable housing, and community development. Working with provinces, territories, and municipalities, it funds major infrastructure projects and administers the National Housing Strategy, which supports the construction, repair, and preservation of affordable housing. It also oversees the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and supports public transit, clean energy, and community infrastructure through programs such as the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Spending, 2021-22

Net spending, 2021-22

$8.96B

spent by Infrastructure Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2021-22

2.4%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Infrastructure 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

Transfer payments

Personnel

Professional and special services

Public debt charges

Repair and maintenance

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Rentals

Transportation and communications

Other subsidies and payments

Information

Utilities, materials and supplies

$8.73B

$113M

$44.7M

$43.1M

$16.7M

$6.7M

$3.6M

$3.1M

$1.9M

$679K

$581K

$52K

Total: $8.96B.

Workforce, 2021-22

Full-time equivalents

956

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

Personnel spending

$113M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$119K

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 Infrastructure Canada paid, program by program: $8.73B in all, against $8.73B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions related to the Canada Community-Building Fund (Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act)PaymentsOther transfer$4,490,082,497
Investing in Canada Infrastructure ProgramPaymentsContribution$1,543,486,307
New Building Canada Fund-Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component-National and Regional ProjectsPaymentsContribution$1,192,693,013
Public Transit Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$303,994,202
New Building Canada Fund-National Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$228,924,894
Contributions to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, municipal governments, Band/tribal councils and other Indigenous organizations, public health and educational institutions, Régies régionales, for-profit enterprises, research organizations and research institutes to support activities to help alleviate and prevent homelessness across Canada and to carry out research on homelessness to help communities better understand and more effectively address homelessness issuesPaymentsContribution$206,024,649
New Building Canada Fund-Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component-Small Communities FundPaymentsContribution$161,828,287
Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Major Infrastructure ComponentPaymentsContribution$151,774,468
Support to the Government of British Columbia to extend leases for those experiencing homelessness as a result of the COVID-19 pandemicPaymentsGrant$120,000,000
Payments for commitments of P3 Canada Fund of PPP CanadaPaymentsContribution$89,548,188
Clean Water and Wastewater FundPaymentsContribution$69,865,354
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization InitiativePaymentsContribution$50,439,840
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation FundPaymentsContribution$43,340,988
Contributions under the Green Infrastructure FundPaymentsContribution$24,334,000
Contributions under the Smart Cities ChallengePaymentsContribution$18,829,143
22 programs$8,727,609,762
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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$24,719$102,543$0$1,920,021$2,047,282
2024$39,404$41,293$0$1,339,631$1,420,328
2023$47,341$83,876$0$1,706,124$1,837,341
2022$45,465$47,246$0$1,351,511$1,444,222
2021$74,356$115,352$0$697,852$887,561
2020$39,084$62,843$0$492,154$594,082
2019$81,861$127,780$0$1,065,755$1,275,395
2018$89,673$193,725$0$883,578$1,166,976
2017$74,886$71,603$0$745,283$891,772

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada’s share of federal net spending