Finance
How Finance spent its budget in fiscal year 2016-17, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2016-17,
$88.72B
was spent by Finance
In FY 2016-17,
28.6%
of federal spending was by Finance
How did Finance spend its budget in 2016-17?
Spending by entity, FY 2016-17
Department of 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.
$88.42B
$148M
$79M
$55.4M
$17.4M
$3M
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 | $36,057,581,263 |
| Other transfer payments | Fiscal Equalization | $17,880,415,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Canada Social Transfer | $13,347,956,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Territorial Financing | $3,602,979,726 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to International Development Association | $441,620,000 |
| 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 | Statutory Subsidies | $42,355,839 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payment to Nova Scotia | $33,255,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization to Nova Scotia | $10,598,000 |
| Contributions | Contribution to the Harbourfront Centre | $4,000,000 |
| Contributions | Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance | $10,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Alternative Payments for Standing Programs | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Items not required for the current year | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Youth Allowances Recovery | $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.
