Privy Council
How Privy Council spent its budget in fiscal year 2023-24, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Privy Council supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet, coordinating policy development and the machinery of government across federal departments and agencies. In these figures, this portfolio also includes bodies responsible for public service staffing, transportation safety investigations, and national security review.
In the 2023–24 fiscal year, Privy Council spent $416.3M, or 0.1% of total federal spending.
The Privy Council Office itself accounted for the largest share of spending, followed by the Public Service Commission, the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board, and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat. Transfer payments were negligible relative to the portfolio's operating spending, consisting mainly of contributions for commissions of inquiry and residual community rebuild programs.
Department Spending
In FY 2023-24,
$416.3M
was spent by Privy Council
In FY 2023-24,
0.1%
of federal spending was by Privy Council
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $539M in FY 2023-24 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Privy Council spend its budget in 2023-24?
Spending by entity, FY 2023-24
Privy Council Office
Public Service Commission
Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat
Office of the Intelligence Commissioner
$244M
$106.9M
$43.5M
$19.6M
$2.2M
Privy Council’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 | Contribution Program for Commissions of Inquiry | $485,698 |
| Contributions | Joint public Inquiry into the Nova Scotia April 2020 Tragedy | $33,161 |
| Grants | Grants for the Lytton Homeowner Resilient Rebuild Program | $5,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions for the Lytton Business Restart Program | $0 |
| Contributions | Items not required for the current year | $0 |
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Privy Council 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.
