Global Affairs
How Global Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2020-21,
$9.82B
was spent by Global Affairs
In FY 2020-21,
1.6%
of federal spending was by Global Affairs
How did Global Affairs spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
International Development Research Centre
Invest in Canada Hub
International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)
$9.39B
$253M
$145.7M
$29.6M
$9M
Global Affairs’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025
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 10 | Grants and contributions | $6,810,942,883 | $6,760,167,451 | $50,775,432 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $2,031,564,960 | $1,847,210,169 | $184,354,791 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $625,580,229 | $601,935,859 | $23,644,370 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $253,018,024 | $253,018,024 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the International Development Research Centre | $145,652,683 | $145,652,683 | $0 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $185,777,363 | $105,479,609 | $80,297,754 |
| Vote 15 | Payments, in respect of pension, insurance and social security programs or other arrangements for employees locally engaged outside of Canada, or in respect of the administration of such programs or arrangements | $72,371,264 | $70,997,725 | $1,373,539 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $36,094,386 | $29,622,107 | $6,472,279 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $12,711,659 | $8,324,413 | $4,387,246 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $650,826 | $650,826 | $0 |
| Vote 20 | Pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act, payments to international financial institutions—Direct payments | $2 | $0 | $2 |
11 line items · all figures in dollars
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Global Affairs figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
