National Research Council Canada
What National Research Council Canada spent in fiscal year 2025-26: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Innovation, Science and Economic Development; the overview shows it in that ministry.
Spending, 2025-26
Net spending, 2025-26
$1.99B
spent by National Research Council Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2025-26
0.4%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did National Research Council Canada spend its budget in 2025-26?
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, 2025-26
Transfer payments
Personnel
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Professional and special services
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Utilities, materials and supplies
Repair and maintenance
Rentals
Other subsidies and payments
Transportation and communications
Information
$811M
$643M
$211M
$118M
$62.4M
$54.2M
$29.8M
$20.3M
$18.3M
$15.8M
$1.4M
Total: $1.99B.
Workforce, 2025-26
Personnel spending
$643M
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, 2025-26
The grants, contributions and other transfers National Research Council Canada paid, program by program: $811M in all, against $811M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Industrial Research Assistance Program-Contributions to FirmsPayments | Contribution | $509,790,376 |
| Contribution to TRIUMF (Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics)Payments | Contribution | $75,777,000 |
| Contributions to the International Astronomical Observatories ProgramPayments | Contribution | $74,985,929 |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program-Contributions to OrganizationsPayments | Contribution | $38,791,506 |
| Grant for the Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation ProgramPayments | Grant | $34,982,173 |
| Biologics Manufacturing Centre Contribution ProgramPayments | Contribution | $25,890,523 |
| Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Youth Employment and Skills StrategyPayments | Contribution | $21,416,922 |
| Grants for the Industrial Research Assistance ProgramPayments | Grant | $18,065,720 |
| Contributions under the Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation ProgramPayments | Contribution | $7,213,518 |
| Grant under the Innovative Solutions Canada programPayments | Grant | $2,298,905 |
| International AffiliationsPayments | Grant | $897,494 |
| Payment of an assessed contribution for the Bureau International des Poids et MesuresPayments | Contribution | $759,841 |
| 12 programs | $810,869,907 | |
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 | $6,914,223 | $5,220,000 | $143,080 | $39,533,419 | $51,810,722 |
| 2024 | $8,257,315 | $6,697,310 | $183,203 | $36,503,854 | $51,641,682 |
| 2023 | $10,531,972 | $6,906,388 | $248,018 | $31,310,077 | $48,996,455 |
| 2022 | $12,872,257 | $7,933,666 | $291,120 | $28,931,043 | $50,028,086 |
| 2019 | $18,619,808 | $28,372,858 | $540,951 | $21,800,753 | $69,334,369 |
| 2018 | $18,781,447 | $28,223,786 | $549,480 | $19,430,930 | $66,985,644 |
| 2017 | $20,149,958 | $8,936,451 | $558,449 | $20,498,741 | $50,143,598 |
National Research Council Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
- Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Canadian Space Agency
- Statistics Canada
- Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
- Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
- Destination Canada
- Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
- Standards Council of Canada
- Copyright Board Canada
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2026, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II: Transfer payments (multi-year open data)
- 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.
