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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

How Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spent its budget in fiscal year 2015-16, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.

In FY 2015-16 this was reported as Immigration,Refugees and Citizenship.

Department Spending

In FY 2015-16,

$2.89B

was spent by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

In FY 2015-16,

1.0%

of federal spending was by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $2.14B in FY 2015-16 — see the overview and methodology.

How did Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spend its budget in 2015-16?

Spending by entity, FY 2015-16

Citizenship and Immigration

Immigration and Refugee board

$2.78B

$112.4M

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship’s share of federal spending

Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025

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.

Transfer payments
CategoryDescriptionAmount
ContributionsSettlement Program$578,437,254
GrantsGrant for the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration$345,059,000
ContributionsResettlement Assistance$154,790,378
ContributionsInternational Organization for Migration$2,002,843
GrantsGrants in support of the Multiculturalism program$1,486,299
ContributionsGlobal Assistance to Irregular Migrants$670,000
ContributionsContributions in support of the Multiculturalism program$651,492
GrantsGrant for Migration policy development$348,114
ContributionsTask force for International cooperation on Holocaust education, remembrance and research$0
9 line items · all figures in dollars

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship 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.