Public Safety
How Public Safety 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,
$9.22B
was spent by Public Safety
In FY 2017-18,
2.8%
of federal spending was by Public Safety
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $11.77B in FY 2017-18 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Public Safety spend its budget in 2017-18?
Spending by entity, FY 2017-18
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
$3.21B
$2.63B
$1.77B
$959.1M
$587M
$47.7M
$9M
$4.9M
$1.6M
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 | $581,512,971 |
| Grants | To compensate members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for injuries received in the performance of duty (R.S.C., 1985, c. R-11) | $212,910,845 |
| 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 | $85,085,628 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Safer Communities Initiative | $42,860,836 |
| Grants | Grant to the Canadian Red Cross in Support of the 2017 British Columbia Wildfire Relief Efforts | $38,595,900 |
| Contributions | National Disaster Mitigation Program | $14,574,721 |
| Contributions | Contributions to the provinces and territories and to aboriginal and/or other communities and organizations (not for profit) | $14,470,513 |
| Grants | Pensions under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act (R.S.C., 1970, c. R-10) | $7,779,758 |
| Contributions | Major International Events Security Cost Framework | $7,674,200 |
| Contributions | Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program | $6,900,000 |
| Contributions | Contribution Program in support of the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund | $6,426,865 |
| Contributions | Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime | $3,259,270 |
| Contributions | Contribution in support of the Nation's Capital Extraordinary Policing Costs Program | $3,200,000 |
| Grants | Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Program | $3,099,750 |
| Grants | RCMP Survivor Income Plan | $2,336,249 |
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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.
