Polar Knowledge Canada
What Polar Knowledge Canada spent in fiscal year 2025-26: 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, 2025-26
Net spending, 2025-26
$36.3M
spent by Polar Knowledge Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2025-26
0.0%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Polar Knowledge 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
Personnel
Transfer payments
Professional and special services
Repair and maintenance
Transportation and communications
Utilities, materials and supplies
Rentals
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Other subsidies and payments
Information
$13.1M
$7.8M
$3.8M
$3.6M
$2.4M
$2.2M
$1.6M
$845K
$701K
$188K
$155K
Total: $36.3M.
Workforce, 2025-26
Personnel spending
$13.1M
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 Polar Knowledge Canada paid, program by program: $7.8M in all, against $7.8M 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 | $6,039,162 |
| 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 | $7,795,162 | |
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 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.
