Authorities for the spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets

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Appendix 5 provides details, by ministry, of the source and disposition of authorities related to the spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assets.

Pursuant to sections 13(2) and 14 of the Surplus Crown Assets Act, departments as defined in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act (excluding the House of Commons, the Senate, the Library of Parliament, the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the Office of the Senate Ethics Officer and the Parliamentary Protective Service) are authorized to establish a spending authority equal to the proceeds received from the disposal of surplus Crown assets. The proceeds received in any fiscal year that have not been spent in that fiscal year are carried forward to the next fiscal year for use in that fiscal year only.

Table 1:Appendix 5
Authorities for the spending of proceeds from the disposal of surplus Crown assetsLinks to footnote * in Table 1
(in dollars)
Section Department or agency Source of authorities Disposition of authorities
Available from previous years Proceeds received in the current year Total available for use Used in current year Lapsed or (overexpended) Available for use in subsequent years
2 Agriculture and Agri-Food
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food 6,624,155 6,811,311 13,435,466 6,621,902 2,253 6,811,311
Canadian Grain Commission – 47,050 47,050 47,050 – –
Total Ministry 6,624,155 6,858,361 13,482,516 6,668,952 2,253 6,811,311
3 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 39,859 (negative 39,859) – – – –
4 Canadian Heritage
Department of Canadian Heritage 11,450 46,687 58,137 11,450 – 46,687
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 49,875 – 49,875 49,875 – –
Library and Archives of Canada 3,970 21,489 25,459 3,970 – 21,489
The National Battlefields Commission – 8,066 8,066 8,066 – –
Total Ministry 65,295 76,242 141,537 73,361 – 68,176
5 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs 12,370 42,447 54,817 12,370 – 42,447
Total Ministry 12,370 42,447 54,817 12,370 – 42,447
6 Democratic Institutions
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer – 17,079 17,079 17,079 – –
Total Ministry – 17,079 17,079 17,079 – –
8 Employment and Workforce Development
Department of Employment and Social Development 82,598 192,221 274,819 86,991 – 187,828
Total Ministry 82,598 192,221 274,819 86,991 – 187,828
9 Energy and Natural Resources
Department of Natural Resources 125,791 504,209 630,000 427,259 – 202,741
Canadian Energy Regulator 412 9,639 10,051 – 412 9,639
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 24,949 3,627 28,576 – 24,949 3,627
Total Ministry 151,152 517,475 668,627 427,259 25,361 216,007
10 Environment and Climate Change
Department of the Environment 1,305,394 1,897,317 3,202,711 1,508,676 – 1,694,035
Total Ministry 1,305,394 1,897,317 3,202,711 1,508,676 – 1,694,035
11 Finance
Department of Finance 472 1,168 1,640 – 472 1,168
Office of the Auditor General 50,161 2,697 52,858 50,161 – 2,697
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions – 4,680 4,680 4,680 – –
Total Ministry 50,633 8,545 59,178 54,841 472 3,865
12 Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Department of Fisheries and Oceans 2,037,058 2,699,527 4,736,585 2,604,494 – 2,132,091
Total Ministry 2,037,058 2,699,527 4,736,585 2,604,494 – 2,132,091
13 Global Affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development 1,577,693 1,515,774 3,093,467 2,420,494 – 672,973
Total Ministry 1,577,693 1,515,774 3,093,467 2,420,494 – 672,973
14 Health
Department of Health 112,406 502,993 615,399 157,521 – 457,878
Canadian Food Inspection Agency – 566,674 566,674 504,150 – 62,524
Canadian Institutes of Health Research – 19,116 19,116 – – 19,116
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board – 116 116 – – 116
Public Health Agency of Canada 3,902,381 287,328 4,189,709 – 3,902,381 287,328
Total Ministry 4,014,787 1,376,227 5,391,014 661,671 3,902,381 826,962
15 Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Office of the Infrastructure Canada 34,809 – 34,809 – 34,809 –
Total Ministry 34,809 – 34,809 – 34,809 –
16 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Department of Citizenship and Immigration 537 11,539 12,076 11,294 – 782
Immigration and Refugee Board 39,060 6,394 45,454 45,454 – –
Total Ministry 39,597 17,933 57,530 56,748 – 782
17 Indigenous Services
Department of Indigenous Services 444,888 965,842 1,410,730 1,086,757 – 323,973
Total Ministry 444,888 965,842 1,410,730 1,086,757 – 323,973
18 Innovation, Science and Industry
Department of Industry 97,384 198,945 296,329 92,116 5,268 198,945
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency – 73,707 73,707 39,859 – 33,848
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency – 70 70 – 6 64
Canadian Space Agency 26,227 53,933 80,160 41,231 – 38,929
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec – 14,364 14,364 14,364 – –
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 22,528 846 23,374 22,723 – 651
National Research Council of Canada 197,219 251,808 449,027 197,219 – 251,808
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 215 544 759 – 215 544
Statistics Canada – 13,344 13,344 13,344 – –
Total Ministry 343,573 607,561 951,134 420,856 5,489 524,789
19 Justice
Department of Justice 1,547 2,435 3,982 1,547 – 2,435
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada 454 167 621 621 – –
Canadian Human Rights Commission 806 93 899 889 – 10
Courts Administration Service 14,612 191 14,803 191 14,421 191
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 1,863 155 2,018 155 1,863 –
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada 89 28,787 28,876 476 – 28,400
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada 5 517 522 522 – –
Total Ministry 19,376 32,345 51,721 4,401 16,284 31,036
20 National Defence
Department of National Defence 11,151,184 14,940,912 26,092,096 11,521,796 – 14,570,300
Communications Security Establishment 24,051 9,719 33,770 24,051 – 9,719
Total Ministry 11,175,235 14,950,631 26,125,866 11,545,847 – 14,580,019
21 National Revenue
Canada Revenue Agency – 182,732 182,732 182,732 – –
Total Ministry – 182,732 182,732 182,732 – –
25 Prairies and Canadian Northern Economic Development
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 6 (negative 6) – – – –
Total Ministry 6 (negative 6) – – – –
26 Privy Council
Privy Council Office 2,410 12,592 15,002 2,410 – 12,592
Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board 14,992 7,570 22,562 14,992 – 7,570
Public Service Commission – 20,770 20,770 20,770 – –
Total Ministry 17,402 40,932 58,334 38,172 – 20,162
27 Public Safety
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness 17,776 11,845 29,621 – 17,776 11,845
Canada Border Services Agency 498,882 1,137,711 1,636,593 1,327,917 – 308,676
Canadian Security Intelligence Service 944,932 1,452,668 2,397,600 937,759 7,173 1,452,668
Correctional Service of Canada 140,513 2,984,966 3,125,479 2,159,253 – 966,226
Parole Board of Canada – 33,580 33,580 658 – 32,922
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 754,116 2,224,498 2,978,614 1,566,309 – 1,412,305
Total Ministry 2,356,219 7,845,268 10,201,487 5,991,896 24,949 4,184,642
28 Public Services and Procurement
Department of Public Works and Government Services 829,189 360,423 1,189,612 855,533 – 334,079
Shared Services Canada – 78,198 78,198 78,198 – –
Total Ministry 829,189 438,621 1,267,810 933,731 – 334,079
29 Transport
Department of Transport 6,739,556 2,792,447 9,532,003 6,739,556 – 2,792,447
Total Ministry 6,739,556 2,792,447 9,532,003 6,739,556 – 2,792,447
30 Treasury Board
Treasury Board Secretariat – 15,051 15,051 – – 15,051
Canada School of Public Service 5,960 6,364 12,324 5,960 – 6,364
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner – 263 263 263 – –
Total Ministry 5,960 21,678 27,638 6,223 – 21,415
31 Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs – 60,574 60,574 – – 60,574
Total Ministry – 60,574 60,574 – – 60,574
32 Women, Gender Equality and Youth
Department for Women and Gender Equality – 12 12 12 – –
Total Ministry – 12 12 12 – –
Total Government 37,966,804 43,117,926 81,084,730 41,543,119 4,011,998 35,529,613

Table 1 notes

General notes:

  • Note: If no amount is shown, either the expenditures were less than $500 or none were reported.
Table note *

The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0.

Return to table note * referrer in Table 1

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