Finance
How Finance spent its budget in fiscal year 2015-16, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2015-16,
$87.32B
was spent by Finance
In FY 2015-16,
29.6%
of federal spending was by Finance
How did Finance spend its budget in 2015-16?
Spending by entity, FY 2015-16
Finance
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Office of the Auditor General
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
PPP Canada Inc.
$87.01B
$144.2M
$80.6M
$55M
$16.3M
$11.8M
Finance’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025
Line items
Every transfer-payment (grant and contribution) program, in dollars. These are the named programs behind the transfer-payments object in the chart above. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Other transfer payments | Canada Health Transfer | $34,024,617,855 |
| Other transfer payments | Fiscal Equalization | $17,341,310,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Canada Social Transfer | $12,959,181,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Territorial Financing | $3,561,034,002 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to International Development Association | $441,610,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Fiscal Stabilization | $283,059,600 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization to Nova Scotia | $88,186,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Incentive for provinces to eliminate taxes on capital | $52,100,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Debt payments on behalf of poor countries to International Organizations pursuant to section 18(1) of the Economic Recovery Act | $51,200,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payment to Nova Scotia | $36,779,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Statutory Subsidies | $34,362,809 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Harbourfront Centre | $3,000,000 |
| Contributions | Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance | $27,500 |
| Other transfer payments | Alternative Payments for Standing Programs | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Items not required for the current year | $0 |
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Finance figures are net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II, and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
