Statistics Canada
What Statistics 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
$812M
spent by Statistics Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2025-26
0.2%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Statistics Canada spend its budget in 2025-26?
By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending.
Spending by standard object, 2025-26
Personnel
Rentals
Professional and special services
Transportation and communications
Information
Utilities, materials and supplies
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Repair and maintenance
Other subsidies and payments
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
External revenues
Internal revenues
$785M
$45.5M
$34.2M
$32.1M
$19.2M
$2.6M
$2.5M
$780K
$777K
$215K
-$16.8M
-$94.4M
Total: $812M.
Workforce, 2025-26
Personnel spending
$785M
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.
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 | $280,882 | $181,648 | $0 | $2,152,681 | $2,615,211 |
| 2024 | $306,482 | $391,543 | $0 | $2,933,751 | $3,631,775 |
| 2023 | $147,691 | $246,021 | $0 | $1,829,351 | $2,223,064 |
| 2022 | $194,331 | $191,092 | $0 | $2,699,310 | $3,084,733 |
| 2021 | $335,410 | $376,048 | $0 | $2,349,456 | $3,060,913 |
| 2020 | $410,053 | $214,688 | $0 | $2,208,500 | $2,833,242 |
| 2019 | $260,251 | $271,672 | $0 | $2,514,477 | $3,046,400 |
| 2018 | $243,836 | $304,099 | $0 | $2,951,338 | $3,499,272 |
| 2017 | $795,827 | $365,363 | $0 | $1,991,453 | $3,152,643 |
Statistics 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
- National Research Council Canada
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Canadian Space Agency
- 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)
- 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.
