Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
What Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat spent in fiscal year 2025-26: 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, 2025-26
Net spending, 2025-26
$4.7B
spent by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, less revenues it kept
Share, 2025-26
1.0%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 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
Professional and special services
Rentals
Information
Utilities, materials and supplies
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Transfer payments
Transportation and communications
Repair and maintenance
Other subsidies and payments
Internal revenues
External revenues
$5.6B
$169M
$59.4M
$3.8M
$2.4M
$1.8M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$999K
-$10.9M
-$429M
-$701M
Total: $4.7B.
Workforce, 2025-26
Personnel spending
$5.6B
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 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat paid, program by program: $1.1M in all, against $1.1M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Contributions to the Open Government PartnershipPayments | Contribution | $381,340 |
| 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 | $319,442 |
| Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance ProgramPayments | Contribution | $219,967 |
| 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 | $913 |
| 5 programs | $1,121,662 | |
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 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.
