Polar Knowledge Canada
What Polar Knowledge 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
$37.4M
spent by Polar Knowledge Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2023-24
0.0%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Polar Knowledge 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
Personnel
Transfer payments
Professional and special services
Repair and maintenance
Transportation and communications
Utilities, materials and supplies
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Rentals
Other subsidies and payments
Information
$13.2M
$7.7M
$5M
$3.1M
$2.8M
$2.2M
$1.6M
$1.4M
$197K
$160K
Total: $37.4M.
Spending by program, 2023-24
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $37.4M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
Workforce, 2023-24
Full-time equivalents
103
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$13.2M
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 Polar Knowledge Canada paid, program by program: $7.7M in all, against $7.7M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Contributions to support the advancement of Northern Science and TechnologyPayments | Contribution | $5,990,216 |
| Grants to support the advancement of Northern Science and TechnologyPayments | Grant | $1,356,000 |
| Grants to individuals, organizations, associations and institutions to support research and activities relating to the polar regionsPayments | Grant | $400,000 |
| 3 programs | $7,746,216 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $18,763 | $21,477 | $0 | $460,023 | $500,263 |
| 2022 | $15,851 | $41,182 | $0 | $1,223,581 | $1,280,614 |
Polar Knowledge 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)
- 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.
