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What Senate 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

$96.4M

spent by Senate, less revenues it kept

Share, 2021-22

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Senate 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

Transportation and communications

Professional and special services

Rentals

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Information

Repair and maintenance

Transfer payments

Utilities, materials and supplies

Other subsidies and payments

$83.9M

$3.2M

$2.5M

$2.2M

$1.7M

$1M

$847K

$476K

$311K

$197K

Total: $96.4M.

Spending by program, 2021-22

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $96.4M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2021-22

Personnel spending

$83.9M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

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 Senate paid, program by program: $476K in all, against $476K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to Parliamentary Associations and Group(s)PaymentsContribution$449,680
Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund for pensions to widows of former membersPaymentsGrant$25,977
2 programs$475,657

Senate’s share of federal net spending