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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

What Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spent in fiscal year 2022-23: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2022-23

Net spending, 2022-23

$9.13B

spent by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2022-23

2.3%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spend its budget in 2022-23?

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, 2022-23

Transfer payments

Other subsidies and payments

Professional and special services

Personnel

Rentals

Transportation and communications

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Information

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Internal revenues

$7.11B

$1.39B

$402M

$240M

$6.1M

$5.6M

$3.8M

$823K

$726K

$678K

$394K

-$33.8M

Total: $9.13B.

Workforce, 2022-23

Full-time equivalents

2,075

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

Personnel spending

$240M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$116K

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, 2022-23

The grants, contributions and other transfers Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada paid, program by program: $7.11B in all, against $7.11B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Grants to First Nations to settle specific claims negotiated by Canada and/or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal, and to Indigenous groups to settle special claimsPaymentsGrant$3,556,998,173
Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 RightsPaymentsGrant$1,878,534,219
Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiativesPaymentsContribution$481,785,963
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution ProgramPaymentsContribution$154,122,630
Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communitiesPaymentsContribution$133,781,970
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy developmentPaymentsContribution$132,938,465
Contributions to support the establishment and revitalization of cultural spaces in Indigenous communitiesPaymentsContribution$112,135,583
Grants to reimburse treaty negotiation loans to Indigenous groups who have settled a comprehensive land claimPaymentsGrant$94,135,251
Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific developmentPaymentsContribution$80,943,061
Grants to Promote Social and Political Development in the North and for northernersPaymentsGrant$78,000,000
Grants to land claim organizations, self-government agreement holders and First Nations organizations to support harvesting of country foods and Grants to Northern Communities in support of market food accessPaymentsGrant$71,507,434
Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and InuitPaymentsGrant$61,226,000
Grant to the University of Manitoba to support the construction of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation's new headquartersPaymentsGrant$59,665,068
Contributions to support Métis housingPaymentsContribution$56,192,560
Contributions to supply public services in Indian Government Support and to build strong governance, administrative and accountability systemsPaymentsContribution$48,475,060
28 programs$7,113,283,613
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s share of federal net spending

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