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Library and Archives Canada

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

Spending, 2021-22

Net spending, 2021-22

$132M

spent by Library and Archives Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2021-22

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Library and Archives 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

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Other subsidies and payments

Rentals

Utilities, materials and supplies

Transfer payments

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Repair and maintenance

Transportation and communications

Information

External revenues

Internal revenues

$84.9M

$22.6M

$10.4M

$6.1M

$3.8M

$2.5M

$2.2M

$829K

$714K

$135K

$106K

-$148K

-$2.2M

Total: $132M.

Spending by program, 2021-22

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $132M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2021-22

Full-time equivalents

853

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

Personnel spending

$84.9M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$100K

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 Library and Archives Canada paid, program by program: $2.2M in all, against $2.2M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Supporting the Documentary Heritage Communities ProgramPaymentsContribution$1,495,883
Indigenous Documentary Heritage - Listen, Hear our Voices initiativePaymentsContribution$719,565
2 programs$2,215,448

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$286,290$198,289$0$949,182$1,433,761
2024$447,079$327,450$0$1,468,861$2,243,390
2023$277,091$327,747$0$1,280,153$1,884,991
2022$182,127$214,387$0$1,041,334$1,437,849
2021$175,076$113,607$0$505,232$793,915
2020$289,581$110,000$0$766,316$1,165,897
2019$478,963$311,641$0$1,582,663$2,373,267
2018$227,453$289,603$0$1,166,797$1,683,852
2017$349,839$325,651$15,385$1,718,570$2,409,444

Library and Archives Canada’s share of federal net spending