Public Safety
How Public Safety 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,
$8.93B
was spent by Public Safety
In FY 2016-17,
2.9%
of federal spending was by Public Safety
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $11.05B in FY 2016-17 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Public Safety spend its budget in 2016-17?
Spending by entity, FY 2016-17
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Correctional Service of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Parole Board of Canada
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee
$3.02B
$2.36B
$1.7B
$1.2B
$589.4M
$46.8M
$9M
$4.7M
$1.5M
Public Safety’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 ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces for assistance related to natural disasters | $712,717,054 |
| Grants | To compensate members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for injuries received in the performance of duty | $185,481,804 |
| Grants | Canadian Red Cross in support of Fort McMurray relief efforts | $104,466,553 |
| Contributions | Payments to the provinces, territories, municipalities, Indian band councils and recognized authorities representing Indians on reserve, Indian communities on Crown land and Inuit communities, for the First Nations Policing Program | $88,435,013 |
| Contributions | Financial assistance to the Province of Quebec for response and recovery costs from the explosion following the train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec | $38,281,266 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Safer Communities Initiative | $31,575,432 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces and territories and to aboriginal and/or other communities and organizations (not for profit) | $14,460,980 |
| Grants | Grant to the Province of British Columbia to Support its Response to the Opioids Crisis | $10,000,000 |
| Grants | Pensions under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act | $9,392,163 |
| Contributions | Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program | $6,900,000 |
| Contributions | Contribution Program in support of the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund | $6,071,589 |
| Grants | Grant to the Province of Alberta to Support its Response to the Opioids Crisis | $6,000,000 |
| Contributions | National Disaster Mitigation Program | $4,884,019 |
| Contributions | Major International Events Security Cost Framework | $4,849,915 |
| Contributions | Correctional Services of Canada's National Infrastructure Contribution Program | $4,660,076 |
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Public Safety 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.
