Canadian Heritage
How Canadian Heritage spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2020-21,
$4.5B
was spent by Canadian Heritage
In FY 2020-21,
0.7%
of federal spending was by Canadian Heritage
How did Canadian Heritage spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada Council for the Arts
Library and Archives of Canada
Telefilm Canada
Canadian Museum of History
National Film Board
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
National Arts Centre Corporation
National Gallery of Canada
National Museum of Science and Technology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
The National Battlefields Commission
$1.97B
$1.37B
$428.6M
$132.3M
$132.3M
$81.5M
$75.5M
$72.4M
$59.2M
$54.5M
$38.5M
$34.9M
$29.2M
$10.6M
$9.4M
Canadian Heritage’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025
Line items
Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Vote | Description | Total available | Used ▼ | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 5 | Grants and contributions | $1,367,112,583 | $1,295,750,508 | $71,362,075 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Corporation for operating expenditures | $1,291,402,479 | $1,291,402,479 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $449,644,788 | $449,630,833 | $13,955 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Council | $365,831,145 | $365,831,145 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $233,435,906 | $224,232,756 | $9,203,150 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $121,344,827 | $109,404,859 | $11,939,968 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the corporation to be used for the purposes set out in the Telefilm Canada Act | $153,754,871 | $102,307,749 | $51,447,122 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Museum for operating and capital expenditures | $77,269,696 | $77,269,696 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $81,358,113 | $75,167,110 | $6,191,003 |
| Vote 10 | Payments to the Corporation for capital expenditures | $71,513,000 | $71,513,000 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $144,539,354 | $64,432,294 | $80,107,060 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $62,800,000 | $62,800,000 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Gallery for operating and capital expenditures | $41,681,928 | $41,681,928 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Corporation for operating expenditures | $41,038,129 | $41,038,129 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Museum for operating and capital expenditures | $33,205,991 | $33,205,991 | $0 |
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Canadian Heritage figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
