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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

How Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spent its budget in fiscal year 2016-17, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.

In FY 2016-17 this was reported as Immigration,Refugees and Citizenship.

Department Spending

In FY 2016-17,

$1.72B

was spent by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

In FY 2016-17,

0.6%

of federal spending was by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $2.22B in FY 2016-17 — see the overview and methodology.

How did Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spend its budget in 2016-17?

Spending by entity, FY 2016-17

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Immigration and Refugee Board

$1.6B

$115.5M

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$649,218,270
GrantsGrant for the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration$378,213,000
ContributionsResettlement Assistance$156,173,024
ContributionsInternational Organization for Migration$2,140,178
ContributionsGlobal Assistance to Irregular Migrants$1,171,290
GrantsGrant for Migration policy development$348,909
ContributionsContributions in support of the Multiculturalism Program$0
ContributionsTask force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research$0
GrantsGrants in support of the Multiculturalism program$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.