Public Services and Procurement
How Public Services and Procurement spent its budget in fiscal year 2023-24, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is the federal department responsible for centralized procurement, real estate management, pay and pension administration for federal employees, and translation services across the Government of Canada. It works to ensure that government departments have the goods, services, and infrastructure they need to operate while maintaining transparency, fairness, and value for taxpayers.
Department Spending
In FY 2023-24,
$8.29B
was spent by Public Services and Procurement
In FY 2023-24,
1.6%
of federal spending was by Public Services and Procurement
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $6.88B in FY 2023-24 — see the overview and methodology.
PSPC spent $8.29B in fiscal year (FY) 2024, or 1.6% of the $521.4 billion in overall federal spending. As a common-service provider, most of its budget funds procurement, accommodation, and information-technology services used by other departments rather than programs delivered directly to the public.
Spending by entity, FY 2023-24
Department of Public Works and Government Services
Shared Services Canada
National Capital Commission
Canada Post Corporation
$5.38B
$2.79B
$96.9M
$22.2M
Federal spending shifts over time with population growth, changes in policy and programs, and emerging priorities, and acute events can move it sharply: during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada's total expenses rose from $346.2 billion in 2019 to $373.5 billion in 2020 and $644.2 billion in 2021. Measured as a share of the federal budget, PSPC has trended down over the past decade, from roughly 3.2% in 2014 to 1.6% in 2024.
How did Public Services and Procurement spend its budget in 2023-24?
PSPC's spending is split across a few entities. The Department of Public Works and Government Services accounts for roughly $5.4 billion and Shared Services Canada — which delivers common information-technology infrastructure to the federal government — for roughly $2.8 billion, with smaller amounts flowing through bodies such as the National Capital Commission. The department is led by the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement, a member of cabinet appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Public Services and Procurement’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 ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities and other taxing authorities | $624,024,394 |
| Grants | Recoveries of payment in lieu of taxes from custodian departments | $0 |
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Public Services and Procurement 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.
