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Fisheries and Oceans Canada

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada spent in fiscal year 2022-23: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

What Fisheries and Oceans Canada does

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is responsible for managing Canada's fisheries and aquatic ecosystems, and for the Canadian Coast Guard's marine safety, search and rescue, and navigation services.

Spending, 2022-23

Net spending, 2022-23

$3.78B

spent by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, less revenues it kept

Share, 2022-23

1.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Fisheries and Oceans 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

Personnel

Professional and special services

Transfer payments

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Utilities, materials and supplies

Acquisition of land, buildings and works

Repair and maintenance

Transportation and communications

Rentals

Other subsidies and payments

Information

Public debt charges

External revenues

$1.51B

$809M

$402M

$372M

$186M

$175M

$154M

$104M

$68.9M

$35.8M

$10.8M

$125K

-$47.1M

Total: $3.78B.

Workforce, 2022-23

Full-time equivalents

14,681

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

Personnel spending

$1.51B

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

Personnel spending per FTE

$103K

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 Fisheries and Oceans Canada paid, program by program: $402M in all, against $402M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions in Support of the Integrated Aboriginal Programs Management FrameworkPaymentsContribution$137,032,072
Contributions in Support of Aquatic Species and Aquatic HabitatPaymentsContribution$109,281,814
Contributions in Support of the Integrated Fish and Seafood Sector Management FrameworkPaymentsContribution$55,226,364
Contributions in Support of the Sustainable Management of Canada's FisheriesPaymentsContribution$29,901,106
Contributions in Support of Ecosystems and Oceans SciencePaymentsContribution$28,492,074
Contributions in Support of the Canadian Coast Guard Integrated ProgramPaymentsContribution$17,875,660
Contributions in Support of Indigenous Reconciliation PrioritiesPaymentsContribution$9,006,985
Contributions in Support of Salmon Enhancement ProgrammingPaymentsContribution$4,606,983
Grants in Support of Asset Disposal ProgrammingPaymentsGrant$2,920,400
Contributions in Support of the Small Craft Harbours Class ProgramPaymentsContribution$2,514,351
Contributions in Support of Organizations Associated with Research, Development, Management and Promotion of Fisheries and Oceans-related IssuesPaymentsContribution$1,440,960
Contributions in Support of the Pacific Salmon FoundationPaymentsContribution$1,404,426
Grants in Support of Aquatic Species and Aquatic HabitatPaymentsGrant$1,112,008
Grants in Support of Self-employed Fish Harvesters in Canada Affected by COVID-19PaymentsGrant$701,539
Contributions in Support of the Salmon Sub-Committee of the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management BoardPaymentsContribution$300,500
19 programs$402,101,250
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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$19,201,588$70,929,259$13,993,833$46,814,807$150,939,486
2024$8,944,683$29,746,032$3,473,924$111,947,248$154,111,886
2023$9,435,162$38,040,239$3,500,114$126,526,905$177,502,420
2022$10,800,119$37,549,121$3,351,515$141,223,680$192,924,435
2021$69,126,511$38,280,915$4,514,620$131,027,599$242,949,645
2020$23,542,284$29,476,854$3,652,757$131,027,599$187,699,494
2019$21,871,001$35,761,150$5,399,328$136,059,567$199,091,045
2018$19,696,160$36,591,244$6,038,861$132,833,989$195,160,254
2017$17,656,561$26,874,768$6,988,264$143,249,123$194,768,716

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s share of federal net spending