2020-21
Departmental Plan - Spending and human resources

This section provides an overview of the Department’s planned spending and human resources for the next three consecutive fiscal years, and compares planned spending for the upcoming year with the current and previous years’ actual spending.

Planned spending

Departmental spending 2017–18 to 2022–23

The following graph presents planned (voted and statutory) spending over time.

Graph 1: Departmental Spending Trend graph

Graphique des tendances relatives aux dépenses du ministère

Text description: Departmental spending trend graph
Year 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Statutory Spending 2,078 2,178 4,348 2,177 2,273 2,273
Voted Spending 2,248 3,476 6,389 5,581 4,383 4,787
Total Spending 4,326 5,654 10,737 7,758 6,656 7,060

 

The Department plans to spend $7.8 billion in payments in 2020-21, through both its infrastructure programs and internal services.

A decrease of $1.8 billion in total funding in 2020-21 compared to 2019-20 is primarily attributable to the one-time Gas Tax Fund top-up allocated to the Department through Budget 2019. The completion of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor also contributes greatly to the decrease in funding.

The department has acquired a new portfolio, Rural Economic Development, to help address the unique needs of Canadians living in rural communities. In addition, the Department has been approved two years of additional funding starting in 2019-20 to sustain operations and continue to effectively deliver its mandate to help Canadians benefit from world-class, modern public infrastructure.

While Infrastructure Canada’s overall spending has increased significantly relative to the 2018-19 levels, the budget for its internal services has remained relatively stable.  The spending pictured above in Graph 1 includes the internal services budget, which is set to decline in 2021-22, along with the decrease in operating funding under the Investing in Canada plan – Phase II.

The following table shows actual, forecast and planned spending for each of Infrastructure Canada’s core responsibilities and for Internal Services for the years relevant to the current planning year.

Table 11: Budgetary planning summary for Core Responsibilities and Internal Services (dollars)

Core Responsibilities and Internal Services

Program Alignment Architecture (PAA) from previous years up to 2017–18, and Internal Services

2017-18
Expenditures

2018–19
Expenditures

2019–20
Forecast spending

2020–21
Budgetary spending (as indicated in Main Estimates)

2020–21
Planned spending

2021–22
Planned spending

2022–23
Planned spending

Public Infrastructure

 N/A

 N/A

5,592,897,292

9,626,855,687

7,802,585,286

7,802,585,286

6,728,755,425

7,032,658,532

Internal Services

 N/A

 N/A

61,354,440

61,241,229

57,971,907

57,971,907

27,932,471

27,328,349

 N/A

Funding for Provincial-Territorial Priorities

22,500,000

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Permanent and Flexible Infrastructure Funding

2,072,595,796

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Investments in National Infrastructure Priorities

729,280,490

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Large-Scale Infrastructure Investments

627,976,150

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Infrastructure Investments in Small Communities and Rural Areas

177,099,875

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Corridor project

639,731,575

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Subtotal

N/A

4,269,183,886

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Internal Services

 N/A

57,113,123

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Total

N/A

4,326,297,009

5,654,251,732

9,688,096,916

7,860,557,193

7,860,557,193

6,756,687,896

7,059,986,881

Planned human resources

The following table (see Table 12) shows actual, forecast and planned full-time equivalents (FTEs) for each core responsibility in Infrastructure Canada’s departmental results framework and for Internal Services for the years relevant to the current planning year.

Table 12: Human resources planning summary for Core Responsibilities and Internal Services

Core Responsibilities and Internal Services

Program Alignment Architecture (PAA) from previous years up to
2017–18, and Internal Services

2017-18
FTEs

2018–19
FTEs

2019–20
Forecast
FTEs

2020–21
Planned
FTEs

2021–22 Planned
FTEs

2022–23 Planned
FTEs

Public Infrastructure

 N/A

 N/A

266

271

256

146

140

Internal Services

 N/A

 N/A

 261

306

267

151

146

 N/A

Funding for Provincial-Territorial Priorities

1

N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Permanent and Flexible Infrastructure Funding

15

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Investments in National Infrastructure Priorities

69

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Large-Scale Infrastructure Investments

86

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Infrastructure Investments in Small Communities and Rural Areas

15

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Corridor project

64

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Subtotal

250

N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Internal Services

179

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Total

429

527

577

523

297

286

Estimates by vote

Information on Infrastructure Canada’s organizational appropriations is available in the 2020–21 Main Estimates.iii

Condensed Future-Oriented Statement of Operations

The condensed future oriented statement of operations provides an overview of Infrastructure Canada’s operations for 2019–20 to 2020–21.

The amounts for forecast and planned results in this statement of operations were prepared on an accrual basis. The amounts for forecast and planned spending presented in other sections of the Departmental Plan were prepared on an expenditure basis. Amounts may therefore differ.

A more detailed Future-Oriented Statement of Operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net cost of operations to the requested authorities, are available on Infrastructure Canada’s website.

Table 13: Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2020 (dollars)

Financial information

2019–20
Forecast results

2020–21
Planned results

Difference
(2020–21 Planned results minus 2019–20 Forecast results)

Total expenses

6,224,170,124

7,879,695,011

1,655,524,887

Total revenues

-

-

-

Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers

6,219,033,652

7,879,732,686

1,660,699,033

As noted in Table 13, the forecast results total for 2019-20 is $6.2 billion, and the planned results total is $7.8 billion, which results in a difference of $1.6 billion between 2019-20 and 2020-21. This difference is mainly due to higher planned contribution expenditures related to programs from Phase 2 - Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.