Innovation, Science and Industry
How Innovation, Science and Industry 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,
$6.57B
was spent by Innovation, Science and Industry
In FY 2015-16,
2.2%
of federal spending was by Innovation, Science and Industry
How did Innovation, Science and Industry spend its budget in 2015-16?
Spending by entity, FY 2015-16
Industry
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
National Research Council of Canada
Statistics Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Canadian Space Agency
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Western Economic Diversification
Canadian Tourism Commission
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Standards Council of Canada
Copyright Board
$1.62B
$1.12B
$945.1M
$726.2M
$720.3M
$412.8M
$301.6M
$259.2M
$189.8M
$155.7M
$63M
$46.9M
$10.2M
$2.8M
Innovation, Science and Industry’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.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Grants and Scholarships | $858,143,860 |
| Grants | Research Support Fund | $340,434,112 |
| Grants | Grants and Scholarships | $257,179,544 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Quebec Economic Development Program | $189,898,802 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Canada Foundation for Innovation | $177,100,000 |
| Contributions | Industrial Research Assistance Program—Contributions to Firms | $168,542,673 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the business development program | $133,140,184 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative | $122,576,689 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Southern Ontario prosperity initiatives | $105,459,447 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Automotive Innovation Fund | $92,266,600 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Western Diversification Program | $82,739,434 |
| Grants | Canada Graduate Scholarships | $68,689,226 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Connecting Canadians Program | $66,980,458 |
| Contributions | Liabilities under the Canada Small Business Financing Act | $62,699,806 |
| Contributions | Contributions to Genome Canada | $52,500,000 |
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Innovation, Science and Industry 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.
