Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
What Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat spent in fiscal year 2023-24: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Treasury Board; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat does
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat oversees government-wide expenditure management, financial management policy, and the administration of public service pay, pensions, and benefits, acting as the management board of the Government of Canada.
Spending, 2023-24
Net spending, 2023-24
$4.25B
spent by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, less revenues it kept
Share, 2023-24
0.9%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 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
Rentals
Information
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Transportation and communications
Repair and maintenance
Transfer payments
Utilities, materials and supplies
Other subsidies and payments
Internal revenues
External revenues
$5.01B
$182M
$34.5M
$3.5M
$1.8M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$1M
$373K
-$21.1M
-$364M
-$597M
Total: $4.25B.
Spending by program, 2023-24
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $4.25B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$3.85B
$106M
$53.9M
$52.4M
$27.7M
$26.5M
$24.2M
$21.7M
$17M
$13.7M
$13.2M
$12.7M
$11.3M
$4.8M
$4.5M
$4.3M
$2.7M
$1.7M
$1.3M
$1.1M
Workforce, 2023-24
Full-time equivalents
2,565
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$5.01B
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$2M
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 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat paid, program by program: $1M in all, against $1M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Payments, in the nature of Workers' Compensation, in accordance with the Public Service Income Benefit Plan for Survivors of Employees Slain on DutyPayments | Other transfer | $308,815 |
| Contributions to the Open Government PartnershipPayments | Contribution | $267,402 |
| Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance ProgramPayments | Contribution | $239,897 |
| International Federation of AccountantsPayments | Contribution | $200,000 |
| Payments under the Public Service Pension Adjustment Act (R.S.C., 1970, c. P-33)Payments | Other transfer | $1,514 |
| 5 programs | $1,017,628 | |
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 | $158,250 | $264,497 | $0 | $2,430,144 | $2,852,890 |
| 2024 | $43,793 | $238,146 | $0 | $2,716,506 | $2,998,445 |
| 2023 | $52,314 | $303,057 | $4,259 | $3,236,261 | $3,595,890 |
| 2022 | $74,891 | $402,899 | $11,906 | $3,403,804 | $3,893,500 |
| 2021 | $73,648 | $203,419 | $0 | $2,489,930 | $2,766,997 |
| 2020 | $86,274 | $237,858 | $0 | $3,244,218 | $3,568,350 |
| 2019 | $128,996 | $325,727 | $0 | $4,294,455 | $4,749,177 |
| 2018 | $199,185 | $463,469 | $0 | $3,532,786 | $4,195,440 |
| 2017 | $104,889 | $347,828 | $0 | $2,394,238 | $2,846,956 |
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Treasury Board
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.
