Finance
How Finance spent its budget in fiscal year 2018-19, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2018-19,
$94.43B
was spent by Finance
In FY 2018-19,
27.3%
of federal spending was by Finance
How did Finance spend its budget in 2018-19?
Spending by entity, FY 2018-19
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
$94.1B
$168.3M
$88M
$51.4M
$25.5M
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) | $38,567,524,392 |
| Other transfer payments | Fiscal Equalization (Part I—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $18,958,259,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Canada Social Transfer (Part V.1—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $14,160,847,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Territorial Financing (Part I.1—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $3,785,321,565 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to International Development Association | $441,610,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Establishment of a Canadian Securities Regulation and Canadian Regulatory Authority | $77,100,000 |
| 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) | $42,483,704 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payment to Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offshore Payments Act) | $18,092,000 |
| Other transfer payments | Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office | $11,400,000 |
| Contributions | Capacity Funding for Tsimshian First Nations | $900,000 |
| Contributions | Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance | $45,500 |
| Contributions | Items not required for the current year | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Additional Fiscal Equalization to Nova Scotia (Part I—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $0 |
| Other transfer payments | Alternative Payments for Standing Programs (Part VI—Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act) | $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.
