Parliament
How Parliament spent its budget in fiscal year 2023-24, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Parliament comprises the legislative institutions of the federal government, including the House of Commons and the Senate, along with the Library of Parliament, the Parliamentary Protective Service, and several officers of Parliament.
In fiscal year 2023-24, Parliament spent $930.4M, or 0.2% of total federal spending.
The House of Commons accounted for the largest share of spending, followed by the Senate, the Parliamentary Protective Service, the Library of Parliament, and the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. Reported transfer payments were limited, consisting mainly of payments and contributions to parliamentary and procedural associations.
Department Spending
In FY 2023-24,
$930.4M
was spent by Parliament
In FY 2023-24,
0.2%
of federal spending was by Parliament
How did Parliament spend its budget in 2023-24?
Spending by entity, FY 2023-24
House of Commons
Senate
Parliamentary Protective Service
Library of Parliament
Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
Office of the Senate Ethics Officer
$637.9M
$118M
$95M
$61.3M
$7.7M
$6.6M
$3M
$952K
Parliament’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 | Payments to Parliamentary and Procedural Associations | $1,416,782 |
| Contributions | Contributions to Parliamentary Associations and Group(s) | $481,206 |
| Grants | Items not required for the current year | $0 |
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Parliament 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.
