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National Research Council Canada

What National Research Council 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

$1.44B

spent by National Research Council Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2021-22

0.4%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did National Research Council 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

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Professional and special services

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Other subsidies and payments

Rentals

Transportation and communications

Information

$591M

$521M

$85.9M

$79.3M

$52.6M

$47.4M

$22.2M

$20.8M

$12.7M

$2.4M

$1.1M

Total: $1.44B.

Workforce, 2021-22

Full-time equivalents

4,286

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

Personnel spending

$521M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$122K

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 National Research Council Canada paid, program by program: $591M in all, against $591M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Industrial Research Assistance Program-Contributions to FirmsPaymentsContribution$370,211,099
Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Youth Employment and Skills StrategyPaymentsContribution$63,419,443
Contribution to TRIUMF (Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics)PaymentsContribution$62,225,000
Contributions to the International Astronomical Observatories ProgramPaymentsContribution$27,537,242
Industrial Research Assistance Program-Contributions to OrganizationsPaymentsContribution$24,651,202
Grant under the Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation ProgramPaymentsGrant$24,159,401
Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada programPaymentsGrant$9,697,295
Contributions under the Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation ProgramPaymentsContribution$7,731,419
Payment of an assessed contribution for the Bureau International des Poids et MesuresPaymentsContribution$608,795
International AffiliationsPaymentsGrant$564,958
10 programs$590,805,854

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$6,914,223$5,220,000$143,080$39,533,419$51,810,722
2024$8,257,315$6,697,310$183,203$36,503,854$51,641,682
2023$10,531,972$6,906,388$248,018$31,310,077$48,996,455
2022$12,872,257$7,933,666$291,120$28,931,043$50,028,086
2019$18,619,808$28,372,858$540,951$21,800,753$69,334,369
2018$18,781,447$28,223,786$549,480$19,430,930$66,985,644
2017$20,149,958$8,936,451$558,449$20,498,741$50,143,598

National Research Council Canada’s share of federal net spending