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Section 8: Ministry summary

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**Table 1:**(in dollars)^{Links to footnote * in Table 1}
Vote	Description	Source of authorities					Disposition of authorities
Vote	Description	Available from previous years	Main Estimates	Supplementary Estimates	Adjustments, warrants and transfers	Total available for use	Used in the current year	Lapsed or (overexpended)	Available for use in subsequent years	Used in the previous year
	Department of Employment and Social Development
1	Operating expenditures	–	1,296,715,593	–	–	1,296,715,593
1a	Operating expenditures	–	–	4,086,685	–	4,086,685
1b	Operating expenditures	–	–	44,921,808	–	44,921,808
	Transfer from:
	Vote 1 (Communications Security Establishment)	–	–	–	150,000	150,000
	Vote 1 (Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development)	–	–	–	54,455	54,455
	Vote 1 (Department of Health)	–	–	–	150,000	150,000
	Vote 1 (Department of Industry)	–	–	–	100,000	100,000
	Vote 1 (Department of Natural Resources)	–	–	–	100,000	100,000
	TB Vote 10^{Links to footnote 1 in Table 1}	–	–	–	36,124	36,124
	TB Vote 15^{Links to footnote 1 in Table 1}	–	–	–	33,705	33,705
	TB Vote 25^{Links to footnote 1 in Table 1}	–	–	–	104,265,330	104,265,330
	TB Vote 30^{Links to footnote 1 in Table 1}	–	–	–	12,787,985	12,787,985
	Total—Vote 1	–	1,296,715,593	49,008,493	117,677,599	1,463,401,685	1,455,737,138	7,664,547	–	1,566,730,256
5	Grants and contributions	–	10,185,640,405	–	–	10,185,640,405
5a	Grants and contributions	–	–	20,000,000	–	20,000,000
5b	Grants and contributions	–	–	63,940,764	–	63,940,764
5b	Transfer to Vote 10 (Department of Indigenous Services)	–	–	–	(negative 28,787,261)	(negative 28,787,261)
	Total—Vote 5	–	10,185,640,405	83,940,764	(negative 28,787,261)	10,240,793,908	10,117,400,843	123,393,065	–	9,823,590,359
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Contributions to employee benefit plans	–	351,316,002	5,896,513	132,343,889	489,556,404	489,556,404	–	–	492,466,197
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of Families, Children and Social Development—Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	–	98,600	–	(negative 4,315)	94,285	94,285	–	–	94,800
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of State (Minister of Seniors)—Motor car allowance (Parliament of Canada Act)	–	–	–	468	468	468	–	–	634
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of Citizens' Services—Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	–	98,600	–	(negative 4,315)	94,285	94,285	–	–	64,729
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of Labour and Seniors—Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	–	98,600	–	(negative 27,421)	71,179	71,179	–	–	64,729
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages—Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	–	98,600	–	(negative 35,478)	63,122	63,122	–	–	64,729
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of State (Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities)—Motor car allowance (Parliament of Canada Act)	–	2,000	–	(negative 97)	1,903	1,903	–	–	1,366
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour— Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	–	–	–	23,106	23,106	23,106	–	–	–
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Minister of Jobs and Families—Salary and motor car allowance (Salaries Act and Parliament of Canada Act)	–	–	–	4,781	4,781	4,781	–	–	–
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Benefit enhancement measures for the Employment Insurance Operating Account pursuant to subsection 153.111 of the Employment Insurance Act	–	–	–	(negative 21,212,126)	(negative 21,212,126)	(negative 21,212,126)	–	–	(negative 225,844,483)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Old Age Security Payments (R.S.C., 1985, c. O-9)	–	61,064,000,000	59,000,000	(negative 474,911,289)	60,648,088,711	60,648,088,711	–	–	57,444,856,822
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Guaranteed Income Supplement Payments (R.S.C., 1985, c. O-9)	–	19,277,000,000	(negative 469,000,000)	102,375,539	18,910,375,539	18,910,375,539	–	–	18,030,935,781
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Canada Student Grants to qualifying full and part-time students pursuant to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act	–	1,888,125,325	–	695,928,129	2,584,053,454	2,584,053,454	–	–	2,674,008,983
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Canada Education Savings Grant payments to Registered Education Savings Plan trustees on behalf of Registered Education Savings Plan beneficiaries to encourage Canadians to save for post-secondary education for their children (Canada Education Savings Act)	–	1,070,000,000	–	128,830,534	1,198,830,534	1,198,830,534	–	–	1,056,760,570
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments related to the direct financing arrangement under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act	–	1,172,494,451	–	94,021,637	1,266,516,088	1,266,516,088	–	–	1,464,038,734
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Allowance Payments (R.S.C., 1985, c. O-9)	–	748,000,000	(negative 123,000,000)	6,884,378	631,884,378	631,884,378	–	–	608,695,612
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Canada Disability Savings Grant payments to Registered Disability Savings Plan issuers on behalf of Registered Disability Savings Plan beneficiaries to encourage long-term financial security of eligible individuals disabilities (Canada Disability Savings Act)	–	505,020,056	–	141,236,304	646,256,360	646,256,360	–	–	497,774,642
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Canada Disability Savings Bond payments to Registered Disability Savings Plan issuers on behalf of Registered Disability Savings Plan beneficiaries to encourage long-term financial security of eligible individuals with disabilities (Canada Disability Savings Act)	–	224,054,179	–	(negative 7,710,059)	216,344,120	216,344,120	–	–	185,889,682
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Spending of revenues pursuant to section 5.2(2) of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act	–	575,965,790	–	(negative 73,794,916)	502,170,874	502,168,897	1,977	–	453,233,575
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Canada Learning Bond payments to Registered Education Savings Plan trustees on behalf of Registered Education Savings Plan beneficiaries to support access to post-secondary education for children from low-income families (Canada Education Savings Act)	–	190,000,000	–	5,700,080	195,700,080	195,700,080	–	–	176,013,974
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Wage Earner Protection Program payments to eligible applicants owed wages and vacation pay, severance pay and termination pay from employers who are either bankrupt or in receivership as well as payments to trustees and receivers who will provide the necessary information to determine eligibility (Wage Earner Protection Program Act)	–	49,250,000	–	14,159,776	63,409,776	63,409,776	–	–	60,443,879
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments of compensation respecting government employees (R.S.C., 1985, c. G-5) and merchant seamen (R.S.C., 1985, c. M-6)	–	31,444,511	–	(negative 15,302,553)	16,141,958	16,141,958	–	–	14,401,060
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	The provision of funds for interest and other payments to lending institutions and liabilities under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act	–	(negative 2,084,284)	–	(negative 19,477)	(negative 2,103,761)	(negative 2,103,761)	–	–	(negative 110,192)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments related to the direct financing arrangement under the Apprentice Loans Act	–	4,236,835	–	2,104,237	6,341,072	6,341,072	–	–	4,772,207
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Universal Child Care Benefit (Universal Child Care Benefit Act)	–	1,400,000	–	(negative 5,329,370)	(negative 3,929,370)	(negative 3,929,370)	–	–	(negative 4,417,107)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Civil Service Insurance actuarial liability adjustments (Civil Service Insurance Act)	–	145,000	–	(negative 145,000)	–	–	–	–	–
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	The provision of funds for liabilities including liabilities in the form of guaranteed loans under the Canada Student Loans Act	–	(negative 2,249,461)	–	952,408	(negative 1,297,053)	(negative 1,297,053)	–	–	(negative 1,453,744)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets	82,598	–	–	192,221	274,819	86,991	–	187,828	76,585
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Refunds of amounts credited to revenues in previous years	–	–	–	1,021,473	1,021,473	1,021,473	–	–	598,095
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Spending pursuant to section 12(4) of the Canada Education Savings Act	980,914	–	–	1,124,608	2,105,522	980,914	–	1,124,608	892,456
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	One-time payment to persons with disabilities pursuant to An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures	–	–	–	(negative 300)	(negative 300)	(negative 300)	–	–	(negative 11,100)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments for the Canada Recovery Benefit pursuant to the Canada Recovery Benefits Act	–	54,037,545	–	(negative 158,238,548)	(negative 104,201,003)	(negative 104,201,003)	–	–	(negative 124,806,959)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments for the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit pursuant to the Canada Recovery Benefits Act	–	23,565,500	–	(negative 19,019,830)	4,545,670	4,545,670	–	–	10,109,652
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments for the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit pursuant to the Canada Recovery Benefits Act	–	14,963,422	–	(negative 6,296,923)	8,666,499	8,666,499	–	–	8,156,081
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Supplementary payment to seniors (Old Age Security 75 years old and over) pursuant to the Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1	–	–	–	(negative 20,000)	(negative 20,000)	(negative 20,000)	–	–	(negative 52,700)
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments under bilateral agreements for a national school food program (Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1, Section 154)	–	–	70,100,000	–	70,100,000	70,100,000	–	–	–
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Payments for the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit pursuant to the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit Act	–	8,782,824	–	(negative 2,959,473)	5,823,351	5,823,351	–	–	12,813,464
	Appropriations not required for the current year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212,527,346
	Total budgetary	1,063,512	98,732,220,093	(negative 324,054,230)	630,762,416	99,039,991,791	98,907,619,766	131,059,589	1,312,436	94,443,380,714
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	^{Links to footnote L in Table 1} Loans disbursed under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Net)	–	1,189,417,895	–	1,640,061,894	2,829,479,789	2,829,479,789	–	–	2,078,133,266
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	^{Links to footnote L in Table 1} Loans disbursed under the Apprentice Loans Act	–	20,466,177	–	2,686,488	23,152,665	23,152,665	–	–	19,026,135
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	^{Links to footnote L in Table 1} Advance issued to Provincial Workers Compensation boards under the Government Employees Compensation Act	–	–	–	429,000	429,000	429,000	–	–	3,427,000
	Total non-budgetary	–	1,209,884,072	–	1,643,177,382	2,853,061,454	2,853,061,454	–	–	2,100,586,401
	Total Department—Budgetary	1,063,512	98,732,220,093	(negative 324,054,230)	630,762,416	99,039,991,791	98,907,619,766	131,059,589	1,312,436	94,443,380,714
	Total Department—Non-budgetary	–	1,209,884,072	–	1,643,177,382	2,853,061,454	2,853,061,454	–	–	2,100,586,401
	Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization
1	Operating expenditures	–	11,999,820	–	–	11,999,820
	Transfer from TB Vote 25^{Links to footnote 1 in Table 1}	–	–	–	559,468	559,468
	Total—Vote 1	–	11,999,820	–	559,468	12,559,288	11,908,606	650,682	–	12,072,196
5	Grants and contributions	–	8,500,000	–	–	8,500,000	8,498,511	1,489	–	8,500,000
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Contributions to employee benefit plans	–	763,030	–	208,948	971,978	971,978	–	–	1,017,009
	Total Agency—Budgetary	–	21,262,850	–	768,416	22,031,266	21,379,095	652,171	–	21,589,205
	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
1	Program expenditures	–	6,320,572	–	–	6,320,572
	Transfer from TB Vote 30^{Links to footnote 1 in Table 1}	–	–	–	455,358	455,358
	Total—Vote 1	–	6,320,572	–	455,358	6,775,930	6,078,790	697,140	–	6,389,195
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Contributions to employee benefit plans	–	776,034	–	856,686	1,632,720	1,632,720	–	–	1,563,698
^{Links to footnote S in Table 1}	Spending of Revenues pursuant to paragraph 6(1)(g) of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act	7,036,426	4,500,000	–	4,695,832	16,232,258	7,167,662	–	9,064,596	7,059,617
	Total Agency—Budgetary	7,036,426	11,596,606	–	6,007,876	24,640,908	14,879,172	697,140	9,064,596	15,012,510
	Total Ministry—Budgetary	8,099,938	98,765,079,549	(negative 324,054,230)	637,538,708	99,086,663,965	98,943,878,033	132,408,900	10,377,032	94,479,982,429
	Total Ministry—Non-budgetary	–	1,209,884,072	–	1,643,177,382	2,853,061,454	2,853,061,454	–	–	2,100,586,401
Table 1 notes General notes: Note: The full wording of all authorities granted in current year Appropriation Acts, of all authorities granted by statutes other than Appropriation Acts, of all non-lapsing authorities granted / repealed in the current year, and of all authorities available from previous years is given in Section 1 of this volume. A blank cell means there is no available data. Table note * The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. Return to table note * referrer in Table 1 Table note S Statutory authority. Return to table note S referrer in Table 1 Table note L Non-budgetary authority (loan, investment or advance). Return to table note L referrer in Table 1 Table note 1 Treasury Board Vote 10—Government-wide Initiatives. Treasury Board Vote 15—Compensation Adjustments. Treasury Board Vote 25—Operating Budget Carry Forward. Treasury Board Vote 30—Paylist Requirements. Return to table note 1 referrer in Table 1

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