Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
How Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spent its budget in fiscal year 2019-20, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2019-20,
$3.26B
was spent by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
In FY 2019-20,
0.9%
of federal spending was by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $3.49B in FY 2019-20 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spend its budget in 2019-20?
Spending by entity, FY 2019-20
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Immigration and Refugee Board
$3.06B
$200.4M
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.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Settlement Program | $773,742,211 |
| Grants | Grant for the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration | $591,622,000 |
| Grants | Grant for the Interim Housing Assistance Program | $342,520,000 |
| Contributions | Resettlement Assistance | $112,362,155 |
| Grants | Grant for Migration Policy Development | $3,999,517 |
| Contributions | International Organization for Migration | $2,077,075 |
| Contributions | Global Assistance to Irregular Migrants | $1,342,284 |
| Grants | Grant for Settlement Program | $0 |
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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.
