Public Services and Procurement Canada
2020 to 2021 Fees Report

2020 to 2021 Fees Report (PDF, 652KB)

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Minister's message

On behalf of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), I am pleased to present our report on fees for 2020 to 2021 under the Service Fees Act.

The Service Fees Act provides a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through better reporting to Parliament, improves transparency and oversight.

Over the past year, PSPC has worked closely with stakeholders and central agencies on the ongoing review of its fee activities, including the modernization of its reporting processes.

The report lists fees for services that support the effective operation of government, like essential services in procurement, real property management, and languages. It also details fees related to the operations of the Canada Gazette and the Esquimalt Graving Dock.

I am honoured to present this information on behalf of my department in accordance with the provisions of the Service Fees Act.

The Honourable Filomena Tassi, PC, MP
Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada

About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, including the Low-Materiality Fees Regulations and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that PSPC had the authority to set in 2020 to 2021footnote 1.

Government of Canada departments may set fees for services, licences, permits, products, the use of facilities, for other authorizations of rights or privileges, or to recover, in whole or in part, costs incurred in relation to a regulatory scheme.

For reporting purposes, fees must be categorized under the following 3 fee-setting mechanisms:

  1. Act, regulation or fees notice:
    • an act of Parliament delegates the fee setting authority to a department, minister or Governor in Council
  2. Contract:
    • ministers have the authority to enter into contracts, which are usually negotiated between the minister and an individual or organization, and which cover fees and other terms and conditions
    • in some cases, that authority may also be provided by act of Parliament
  3. Market-rate or auction:
    • the authority to set these fees is pursuant to an act of Parliament or regulation, and the minister, department or Governor in Council has no control over the fee amount

This report contains information about all fees that are under PSPC's authority, including any that are collected by another department.

The information covers fees that are subject to the Service Fees Act and fees that are exempted from the Service Fees Act.

For fees set by contract, fees set by market-rate, auction or both, the report provides totals only. For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each fee.

Although the fees that PSPC charges under the Access to Information Act were subject to the Service Fees Act, they are not included in this report. Information on Public Services and Procurement Canada's access to information fees for 2020 to 2021 can be found in our access to information report, which is posted on our web page: Understanding your right to obtain information.

Remissions

This report does not include remissions issued under the authority of the Service Fees Act, since this requirement took effect on April 1, 2021. Remissions issued under the Service Fees Act will be reported for the first time, as applicable, in the 2021 to 2022 Fees Report, which will be published in 2022 to 2023.

The Service Fees Act requires departments to remit a fee, in part or in full, to a fee payer when a service standard is deemed not met. Under the Service Fees Act and the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, departments had to develop policies and procedures for determining:

The PSPC remission policy and procedures were made available to the public as of April 1, 2021, and can be found on the following web page: Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Policy on remissions.

No other remissions related to fees were issued by PSPC since it did not have or seek other authorities to remit.

Overall totals, by fee setting mechanism

The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that PSPC had the authority to set in 2020 to 2021, by fee-setting mechanism.

Table 1: Overall totals for 2020 to 2021, by fee-setting mechanism (in dollars)
Fee setting mechanism Revenue Cost Remissions
Fees set by contract 229,550,502.15 230,341,776.51 Remissions do not apply to fees set by contract.
Fees set by market-rate, auction or both 23,165,831.45 4,816,099.98table 1 note 1 0
Fees set by act, regulation or fees notice 9,125,841.10 13,618,569.63 0
Total 261,842,174.70 248,776,446.12 0

Table 1 Note

Table 1 Note 1

The difference between the revenues and the costs for fees set by market-rate, auction or both is mainly explained by the fact that the department has no mechanism for tracking costs associated with parking fees.

Return to table 1 note 1 referrer

Totals, by fee grouping, for fees set by act, regulation or fees notice

The following section presents, for each fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that PSPC had the authority to set in 2020 to 2021 that are set by any of the following:

A fee grouping is a set of fees relating to a single business line, directorate or program that a department had the authority to set for those activities.

Canada Gazette Insertion Fees fee grouping: Totals for 2020 to 2021

Table 2: Revenue, cost and remissions for the Canada Gazette Insertion Fees fee grouping (in dollars)
Revenue Cost Remissions
105,765.60 148,547.17 0

Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations fee grouping: Totals for 2020 to 2021

Table 3: Revenue, cost and remissions for the Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations fee grouping (in dollars)
Revenue Cost Remissions
0 0 0

Esquimalt Graving Dock fee grouping: Totals for 2020 to 2021

Table 4: Revenue, cost and remissions for the Esquimalt Graving Dock fee grouping (in dollars)
Revenue Cost Remissions
9,020,075.50 13,470,022.46 0

Details on each fee set by act, regulation or fees notice

This section provides detailed information on each fee that PSPC had the authority to set in 2020 to 2021 and that was set by any of the following:

In this section

Canada Gazette Insertion Fees

Fee grouping
Canada Gazette insertion fees.
Fee
  • Crown Corporations: Part 1
  • Crown Corporations: Part 2
  • Non-federal clients: Part 1
  • Federal Departments and Agencies: Part 1
  • Federal Departments and Agencies: Part 2
Fee-setting authority
Year fee-setting authority was introduced
1996.
Last year fee-setting authority was amended
2017.
Service standardfootnote 2
The Canada Gazette Directorate strives for the highest level of client service by:
  1. maintaining an accuracy rating of over 99% of documents published in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Canada Gazette
  2. maintaining a client satisfaction rating of at least 85%
  3. meeting 100% of all legislated deadlines
Performance result
  1. 99.85% achieved to maintain an accuracy rating of documents published in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Canada Gazette
  2. Survey performed every 5 years to evaluate client satisfaction (last one in 2017 with 91% satisfaction)
  3. 100% achieved to meet all legislated deadlines
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
Material (formula).
Table 5: Canada Gazette Insertion Fees: 2020 to 2021 fee amount, 2020 to 2021 total revenue, 2022 to 2023 fee adjustment date and 2022 to 2023 fee amount (in dollars)
Fee setting mechanism 2020 to 2021 fee amount (per page)table 5 note 1 2020 to 2021 total fee revenue Fee adjustment date in 2022 to 2023 2022 to 2023 fee amount (per page)
Crown Corporations: Part 1 402.00 43,215.00 April 1, 2022 432.44
Crown Corporations: Part 2 122.00 11,784.00 April 1, 2022 131.23
Non-federal clients: Part 1 402.00 43,191.00 April 1, 2022 432.44
Federal Departments and Agencies: Part 1 354.00 7,575.60 April 1, 2022 380.80
Federal Departments and Agencies: Part 2 139.00 0.00 April 1, 2022 149.52

Table 5 Note

Table 5 Note 1

As at April 1, 2021, PSPC adjusted these fees cumulatively to reflect Consumer Price Index adjustments from 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021, and 2021 to 2022, as required under the Service Fees Act.

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Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations

Fee grouping
Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations.
Fee
Sale of volume of Special Issue Part 2.
Fee-setting authority
Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations (Statutory orders and regulations [SOR]/79-613), section 4.
Year fee-setting authority was introduced
1979.
Last year fee-setting authority was amended
Not applicable.
Service standardfootnote 2
Exempt.
Performance result
Exempt.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
Low-materiality (<$51).
Table 6: Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations: 2020 to 2021 fee amount, 2020 to 2021 total revenue, 2022 to 2023 fee adjustment date and 2022 to 2023 fee amount (in dollars)
Fee 2020 to 2021 fee amount 2020 to 2021 total fee revenue Fee adjustment date in 2022 to 2023 2022 to 2023 fee amount
Sale of volume of Special Issue-Part 2 34.50 0.00 Not applicable 34.50

Esquimalt Graving Dock

Fee grouping
Esquimalt Graving Dock.
Fee
  • Booking
  • Draining
  • Berthage
  • Rail mounted crane:
    • with light hook
    • with main hook, up to 50-tonne lift
    • with main hook, over 50-tonne lift
  • Mobile crane:
    • 9-tonne crane
    • 20-tonne crane
    • 30-tonne crane
    • forklift
    • tower crane
  • Air compressor:
    • first
    • second
    • wheeled
  • Motorized vessel
  • Fresh water
  • Electric power
  • Tie-up or letting go
  • Overtime labour services, dry dock employee
  • Security services
  • Dockage:
    • 1 section
    • 2 sections
    • 3 sections
    • under 5 000 gross tonnage
    • 5 000 to 34 999 gross tonnage
    • 35 000 to 69 999 gross tonnage
    • 70 000 to 89 999 gross tonnage
    • over 89 999 gross tonnage
  • Sewer discharge
  • Vacuum loader
Fee-setting authority
Year fee-setting authority was introduced
2009.
Last year fee-setting authority was amended
2018.
Service standardfootnote 2
The department will provide, in a reasonable manner:
  1. administration services, to reserve services or space for vessels
  2. notification to users, within 48 hours of changes to service or space that may affect the safe and efficient operations of the facility
  3. an emergency response plan for the dock
  4. an approved marine facility security plan and a qualified marine facility security officer
Performance result
The department reports annually on the measurement of the following performance standards:
  1. reservations and confirmed bookings were provided in a reasonable manner when requested
  2. notifications of changes to service and/or capacity of the facility have been provided within 48 hours after first noting the change in condition of the service or capacity at least 90% of the time
  3. the dock's emergency response plan has been reviewed and updated, when required, every 2 years
  4. the dock continued to have a valid Statement of Compliance to the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code as issued by Transport Canada and all regulated security audits have been completed:
    • disputes related to service and/or capacity of the dock would be handled in the following manner:
      • first level of referral: Director, Esquimalt Graving Dock
      • second level of referral: Senior director, Engineering Assets
      • third level of referral: Director general, Infrastructure Assets Management
      • fourth level of referral: Associate assistant deputy minister, PSPC
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
  • Material (>$151): Booking
  • Material (formula):
    • Draining
    • Berthage
    • Rail mounted crane:
      • with light hook
      • with main hook, up to 50-tonne lift
      • with main hook, over 50-tonne lift
    • Mobile crane:
      • 9-tonne crane
      • 20-tonne crane
      • 30-tonne crane
      • forklift
      • tower crane
    • Air compressor:
      • first
      • second
      • wheeled
    • Motorized vessel
    • Fresh water
    • Electric power
  • Material (>$151): Tie-up or letting go
  • Material (formula):
    • Overtime labour services, dry dock employee
    • Security services
    • Dockage:
      • 1 section
      • 2 sections
      • 3 sections
      • under 5 000 gross tonnage
      • 5 000 to 34 999 gross tonnage
      • 35 000 to 69 999 gross tonnage
      • 70 000 to 89 999 gross tonnage
      • over 89 999 gross tonnage
    • Sewer discharge
  • Material ($51 to $151): Vacuum loader
Table 7: Esquimalt Graving Dock: 2020 to 2021 fee amount, 2020 to 2021 total revenue, 2022 to 2023 fee adjustment date and 2022 to 2023 fee amount (in dollars)
Fee 2020 to 2021 fee amount 2020 to 2021 total fee revenue Fee adjustment date in 2022 to 2023 2022 to 2023 fee amount
Booking 5,903.59 76,746.67 April 1, 2022 6,152.90
Draining 5,903.59, per section 94,148.14 April 1, 2022 6,152.90, per section
Berthage 6.90, per metre, per day 857,836.98 April 1, 2022 7.19, per metre, per day
Rail mounted crane with light hook 542.03, per hour 1,338,326.65 April 1, 2022 564.92, per hour
Rail mounted crane with main hook, up to 50-tonne lift 782.93, per hour 34,428.41 April 1, 2022 816.00, per hour
Rail mounted crane with main hook, over 50-tonne lift 1,204.53, per hour 3,518.94 April 1, 2022 1,255.40, per hour
Mobile crane 9-tonne crane 150.57, per hour 21,531.51 April 1, 2022 156.93, per hour
Mobile crane 20-tonne crane 192.73, per hour 0.00 April 1, 2022 200.87, per hour
Mobile crane 30-tonne crane 234.88, per hour 138,436.10 April 1, 2022 244.80, per hour
Mobile crane forklift 114.43, per hour 0.00 April 1, 2022 119.26, per hour
Mobile crane tower crane 192.72, per hour 0.00 April 1, 2022 200.86, per hour
Air compressor (first) 132.50, per manifold hour 1,723,037.90 April 1, 2022 138.09, per manifold hour
Air compressor (second) 126.48, per manifold hour 16,948.32 April 1, 2022 131.82, per manifold hour
Air compressor (wheeled) 66.25, per manifold hour 4,930.47 April 1, 2022 69.05, per manifold hour
Motorized vessel 218.99, per hour 1,970.10 April 1, 2022 228.24, per hour
Fresh water 1.51, per cubic metre 41,714.76 April 1, 2022 1.58, per cubic metre
Electric power 0.18, per kilowatt hour 1,081,753.86 April 1, 2022 0.19, per kilowatt hour
Tie-up or letting go 958.15 0.00 April 1, 2022 998.61
Overtime labour services, dry dock employee 117.18, per hour 253,409.52 April 1, 2022 122.13, per hour
Security services 542.03, per vessel, per day 229,737.95 April 1, 2022 564.92, per vessel, per day
Dockage, 1 section 3,542.15, per day 549,033.25 April 1, 2022 3,691.74, per day
Dockage, 2 sections 11,807.18, per day 2,248,367.00 April 1, 2022 12,305.81, per day
Dockage, 3 sections 16,530.04, per day 132,240.32 April 1, 2022 17,228.11, per day
Dockage: under 5 000 gross tonnage 0.00, per day 0.00 April 1, 2022 0.00, per day
Dockage: 5 000‑34 999 gross tonnage 0.14, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage 48,794.00 April 1, 2022 0.14, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage
Dockage: 35 000‑69 999 gross tonnage 0.13, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage 67,926.56 April 1, 2022 0.13, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage
Dockage: 70 000-89 999 gross tonnage 0.11, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage 0.00 April 1, 2022 0.11, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage
Dockage: over 89 999 gross tonnage 0.10, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage 0.00 April 1, 2022 0.10, per day x the vessel’s gross tonnage
Sewer discharge 0.01, per litre 55,238.09 April 1, 2022 0.01, per litre
Vacuum loader 78.29 0.00 April 1, 2022 81.60
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