Royal Canadian Mounted Police
What Royal Canadian Mounted Police spent in fiscal year 2023-24: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs; the overview shows it in that ministry.
Spending, 2023-24
Net spending, 2023-24
$5.14B
spent by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, less revenues it kept
Share, 2023-24
1.1%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Royal Canadian Mounted Police 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
Transfer payments
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Transportation and communications
Utilities, materials and supplies
Rentals
Other subsidies and payments
Repair and maintenance
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Information
Public debt charges
Internal revenues
External revenues
$4.56B
$747M
$709M
$343M
$243M
$188M
$173M
$118M
$109M
$79M
$5.2M
$548K
-$1.3M
-$2.13B
Total: $5.14B.
Spending by program, 2023-24
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $5.14B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$1.47B
$718M
$621M
$303M
$290M
$205M
$168M
$153M
$112M
$106M
$102M
$91.1M
$89.8M
$88.3M
$83.6M
$83.3M
$82.9M
$55.8M
$54.2M
$53.8M
$51.2M
$37.9M
$27.4M
$19.2M
$17.9M
$17.9M
$13.4M
$12.3M
$8M
$7.3M
Workforce, 2023-24
Full-time equivalents
31,820
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$4.56B
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$143K
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 Royal Canadian Mounted Police paid, program by program: $709M in all, against $709M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| To compensate members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for injuries received in the performance of duty (R.S.C., 1985, c. R-11)Payments | Grant | $639,834,205 |
| Contributions to the provinces and territories and to aboriginal and/or other communities and organizations (not for profit)Payments | Contribution | $62,848,122 |
| Pensions under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act (R.S.C., 1970, c. R-10)Payments | Grant | $2,671,850 |
| RCMP Survivor Income PlanPayments | Grant | $2,629,010 |
| Grant to Promote Law Enforcement through Crime Prevention, Training and Public RelationsPayments | Grant | $943,878 |
| 5 programs | $708,927,065 | |
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 | $7,197,848 | $2,297,333 | $463,249 | $88,722,471 | $98,680,901 |
| 2024 | $6,740,652 | $3,783,767 | $217,934 | $102,356,724 | $113,099,077 |
| 2023 | $6,606,690 | $5,830,974 | $431,459 | $97,481,136 | $110,350,258 |
| 2022 | $6,050,850 | $4,752,563 | $618,418 | $84,254,449 | $95,676,280 |
| 2021 | $14,304,148 | $7,016,952 | $840,587 | $83,127,336 | $105,289,023 |
| 2020 | $5,757,242 | $5,796,371 | $893,237 | $80,782,364 | $93,229,214 |
| 2019 | $6,928,367 | $5,203,161 | $1,303,485 | $80,025,213 | $93,460,226 |
| 2018 | $7,892,588 | $4,437,967 | $1,362,596 | $85,421,869 | $99,115,019 |
| 2017 | $9,327,398 | $7,609,420 | $1,641,259 | $79,440,537 | $98,018,614 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Public Safety Canada
- Correctional Service Canada
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
- Parole Board of Canada
- Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
- Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
- Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
- The Correctional Investigator Canada
- RCMP External Review Committee
- Leaders’ Debates Commission
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.
