Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
What Office of the Secretary to the Governor General spent in fiscal year 2023-24: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Office of the Governor General's Secretary; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Office of the Secretary to the Governor General does
The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General supports the Governor General, the representative of the Crown in Canada, in carrying out constitutional, ceremonial, and representational duties, including summoning and dissolving Parliament, granting royal assent to legislation, and representing Canada at official occasions.
Spending, 2023-24
Net spending, 2023-24
$26.4M
spent by Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, less revenues it kept
Share, 2023-24
0.0%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 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
Personnel
Professional and special services
Transportation and communications
Transfer payments
Utilities, materials and supplies
Rentals
Information
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Other subsidies and payments
Repair and maintenance
$20.6M
$1.4M
$1.1M
$952K
$932K
$501K
$462K
$428K
$31K
$10K
Total: $26.4M.
Spending by program, 2023-24
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $26.4M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
Workforce, 2023-24
Personnel spending
$20.6M
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, 2023-24
The grants, contributions and other transfers Office of the Secretary to the Governor General paid, program by program: $952K in all, against $952K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Annuities payable under the Governor General's Act (R.S.C., 1985 c. G-9)Payments | Grant | $952,367 |
| 1 programs | $952,367 | |
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 year | Goods | Services | Construction | Acquisition cards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $102,978 | $106,049 | $0 | $624,578 | $833,605 |
| 2024 | $156,866 | $151,750 | $0 | $673,500 | $982,115 |
| 2023 | $122,268 | $46,040 | $0 | $387,925 | $556,233 |
| 2022 | $184,327 | $173,268 | $0 | $718,719 | $1,076,314 |
| 2021 | $107,170 | $68,324 | $0 | $598,081 | $773,575 |
| 2020 | $65,520 | $114,906 | $0 | $629,002 | $809,428 |
| 2019 | $138,491 | $151,795 | $0 | $946,277 | $1,236,564 |
| 2018 | $124,927 | $233,026 | $0 | $1,020,406 | $1,378,359 |
| 2017 | $136,222 | $309,711 | $0 | $705,747 | $1,151,680 |
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General’s share of federal net spending
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)
- Proactive Publication - Contracts: Aggregated Total - Contracts $10K and under
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.
