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What Statistics 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

$883M

spent by Statistics Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2021-22

0.2%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Statistics Canada spend its budget in 2021-22?

By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending.

Spending by standard object, 2021-22

Personnel

Professional and special services

Transportation and communications

Information

Rentals

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Other subsidies and payments

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

External revenues

Internal revenues

$722M

$162M

$61.5M

$26.6M

$25M

$10.1M

$1.4M

$1.3M

$1.3M

$579K

-$16M

-$112M

Total: $883M.

Workforce, 2021-22

Full-time equivalents

7,899

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

Personnel spending

$722M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$91K

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.

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$280,882$181,648$0$2,152,681$2,615,211
2024$306,482$391,543$0$2,933,751$3,631,775
2023$147,691$246,021$0$1,829,351$2,223,064
2022$194,331$191,092$0$2,699,310$3,084,733
2021$335,410$376,048$0$2,349,456$3,060,913
2020$410,053$214,688$0$2,208,500$2,833,242
2019$260,251$271,672$0$2,514,477$3,046,400
2018$243,836$304,099$0$2,951,338$3,499,272
2017$795,827$365,363$0$1,991,453$3,152,643

Statistics Canada’s share of federal net spending