Finance
How Finance spent its budget in fiscal year 2017-18, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2017-18,
$90.64B
was spent by Finance
In FY 2017-18,
27.5%
of federal spending was by Finance
How did Finance spend its budget in 2017-18?
Spending by entity, FY 2017-18
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
$90.33B
$155M
$82.4M
$55.2M
$21.5M
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 (Part V.1—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $37,123,933,953 |
| Other transfer payments | Fiscal Equalization (Part I—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $18,253,657,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Canada Social Transfer (Part V.1—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $13,748,395,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Territorial Financing (Part I.1—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $3,681,830,727 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to International Development Association | $441,610,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Funding for Home Care Services and Mental Health Services | $300,000,000 |
| 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 (Constitution Acts, 1867–1982, and Other Statutory Authorities) | $42,355,897 |
| Contributions | Grant to the Government of Alberta to Support Provincial Actions in Alberta's Resource Sector | $30,000,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payment to Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offshore Payments Act) | $19,957,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization to Nova Scotia (Part I—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $16,407,000 |
| Contributions | Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance | $183,278 |
| Contributions | Items not required for the current year | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Alternative Payments for Standing Programs (Part VI—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Youth Allowances Recovery (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Revision Act, 1964) | $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.
