Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
What Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spent in fiscal year 2023-24: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs; the overview shows it in that ministry.
Spending, 2023-24
Net spending, 2023-24
$16.4B
spent by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2023-24
3.4%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada spend its budget in 2023-24?
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, 2023-24
Other subsidies and payments
Transfer payments
Professional and special services
Personnel
Transportation and communications
Rentals
Repair and maintenance
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Utilities, materials and supplies
Information
Internal revenues
$9.28B
$6.23B
$587M
$280M
$7.8M
$3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$849K
$766K
-$36.5M
Total: $16.4B.
Spending by program, 2023-24
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $16.4B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$9.31B
$2.82B
$1.99B
$445M
$432M
$251M
$198M
$192M
$185M
$106M
$84.6M
$68.6M
$64.5M
$36.5M
$24.6M
$20.8M
$19.6M
$19.4M
$19.2M
$15.2M
$14.7M
$10.7M
$9.4M
$4.6M
$1.3M
$680K
$243K
$909
Workforce, 2023-24
Full-time equivalents
2,185
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$280M
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$128K
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, 2023-24
The grants, contributions and other transfers Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada paid, program by program: $6.23B in all, against $6.23B 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 claimsPayments | Grant | $2,787,365,501 |
| Grants to implement comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements and other agreements to address Section 35 RightsPayments | Grant | $1,834,366,350 |
| Contributions to support the negotiation and implementation of Treaties, Claims and self-government agreements or initiativesPayments | Contribution | $498,495,821 |
| Contributions to support access to healthy foods in isolated northern communitiesPayments | Contribution | $145,906,120 |
| Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and protection of the North's natural resources, and promoting scientific developmentPayments | Contribution | $102,521,549 |
| Contributions to address the legacy of residential schoolsPayments | Contribution | $101,020,526 |
| Contributions for Métis Nation Early Learning Child CarePayments | Contribution | $98,826,418 |
| Grants to reimburse treaty negotiation loans to Indigenous groups who have settled a comprehensive land claimPayments | Grant | $94,135,251 |
| Grants to Promote Social and Political Development in the North and for northernersPayments | Grant | $75,000,000 |
| Federal Interlocutor's Contribution ProgramPayments | Contribution | $67,149,918 |
| Contributions to support Indigenous governments and institutions, and to build strong governancePayments | Contribution | $64,411,129 |
| Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and InuitPayments | Grant | $62,451,000 |
| Contributions to support Métis housingPayments | Contribution | $58,677,624 |
| Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy developmentPayments | Contribution | $56,797,942 |
| 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 accessPayments | Grant | $41,496,516 |
| 29 programs | $6,227,621,846 | |
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2024, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II: Transfer payments (multi-year open data)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Spending (programs_spending.csv)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Employees (programs_ftes.csv)
Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.
