Planned spending and human resources

This section provides an overview of the department's planned spending and human resources for the next three fiscal years and compares planned spending for 2022–23 with actual spending for the current year and the previous year.

Planned spending

Departmental spending 2019–20 to 2024–25

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

Departmental spending graph

Budgetary planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)
The following table shows information on spending for each of Statistics Canada's core responsibilities and for its internal services for 2022–23 and other relevant fiscal years.

Core responsibilities and internal services	2019–20 actual expenditures	2020–21 actual expenditures	2021–22 forecast spending	2022–23 budgetary spending (as indicated in Main Estimates)	2022–23 planned spending	2023–24 planned spending	2024–25 planned spending
Statistical information	584,770,894	666,463,788	916,348,261	616,663,357	616,663,357	560,200,355	555,042,606
Internal services	82,217,225	78,844,148	103,639,261	80,030,892	80,030,892	76,193,902	73,521,068
Total gross expenditures	666,988,119	745,307,936	1,019,987,522	696,694,249	696,694,249	636,394,257	628,563,674
Respendable revenue	-120,038,495	-123,989,068	-128,540,649	-120,000,000	-120,000,000	-120,000,000	-120,000,000
Total net expenditures	546,949,624	621,318,868	891,446,873	576,694,249	576,694,249	516,394,257	508,563,674

Statistics Canada is funded by two sources: direct parliamentary appropriations and cost-recovery activities. It has the authority to generate $120 million annually in respendable revenue, related to two streams: statistical surveys and related services, and custom requests and workshops. If exceeded, a request can be made to increase the authority, as was the case in the last few years.

In recent years, respendable cost-recovery revenue has contributed between $120 million and $128 million annually to the agency's total resources. A large portion of this respendable revenue comes from federal departments to fund specific statistical projects.

Spending fluctuations between the years shown in the graph and table above were mainly caused by the Census Program. Voted spending peaked in 2021–22, when the 2021 Census of Population and 2021 Census of Agriculture were conducted, and decreases sharply thereafter as these activities wind down. This pattern is typical for the agency because of the cyclical nature of the Census Program. Funding for the 2026 Census of Population and the 2026 Census of Agriculture has not yet been approved, amplifying the decrease in the overall Census Program funding.

In addition, funding received for several new initiatives from Budget 2021 decreases from 2022–23 to 2023–24 and remains relatively the same in 2024–25.

Internal services spending from 2018–19 to 2021–22 includes planned resources from temporary funding related to a new initiative approved in 2018–19 to migrate the agency's infrastructure to the cloud. The decrease in funding for outer years is largely attributable to how the agency strategically manages its investments. They are managed centrally, by priority, within the statistical information core responsibility. Investment funding from past years will come to an end in future years, while new investment decisions will be finalized only later in the year.

2022–23 budgetary gross and net planned spending summary (dollars)
The following table reconciles gross planned spending with net planned spending for 2022–23.

Core responsibilities and internal services	2022–23 gross planned spending	2022–23 planned revenues netted against spending	2022–23 planned net spending
Statistical information	616,663,357	-120,000,000	496,663,357
Internal services	80,030,892	0	80,030,892
Total	696,694,249	-120,000,000	576,694,249

Statistics Canada has the authority to generate $120 million annually in respendable revenue, which is reflected in the 2022–23 planned revenues netted against expenditures.

Planned human resources

The following table shows information on human resources, in full-time equivalents (FTEs), for each of Statistics Canada's core responsibilities and for its internal services for 2022–23 and the other relevant years.

Human resources planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services

Core responsibilities and internal services	2019–20 actual full-time equivalents	2020–21 actual full-time equivalents	2021–22 forecast full-time equivalents	2022–23 planned full-time equivalents	2023–24 planned full-time equivalents	2024–25 planned full-time equivalents
Statistical information	5,595	6,099	7,398	5,889	5,387	5,367
Internal services	626	684	684	659	642	615
Total gross full-time equivalents	6,221	6,783	8,082	6,548	6,029	5,982
Respendable revenue	-1,366	-1,340	-1,554	-1,181	-1,181	-1,181
Total net full-time equivalents	4,856	5,443	6,528	5,367	4,848	4,801

Similar to trends seen in planned spending, changes in full-time equivalents from year to year are largely explained by the cyclical nature of the Census Program. Activity peaked in 2021–22, when the 2021 Census of Population and 2021 Census of Agriculture were conducted, and decreases sharply thereafter as these activities wind down.

Estimates by vote

Information on Statistics Canada's organizational appropriations is available in the 2022–23 Main Estimates.

Future-oriented condensed statement of operations

The future oriented condensed statement of operations provides an overview of Statistics Canada's operations for 2021–22 to 2022–23.

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

A more future oriented statement of operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net cost of operations with the requested authorities, are available on Statistics Canada's website.

Future oriented condensed statement of operations for the year ending March 31, 2023 (dollars)

Financial information	2021–22 forecast results	2022–23 planned results	Difference (2022–23 planned results minus 2021–22 forecast results)
Total expenses	1,145,859,783	830,619,454	-315,240,329
Total revenues	128,540,649	120,000,000	-8,540,649
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	1,017,319,134	710,619,454	-306,699,680

The decrease in planned expenditures for 2022–23 is primarily due to the planned reduction in spending on the Census Program, which is cyclical in nature and for which collection activities were completed in 2021–22.

Statistics Canada expects to maintain its capacity in future years for the delivery of cost-recovered statistical services, with no significant shifts in resources.