Source and disposition of authorities by type (voted and statutory)

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Table 7 presents the source and disposition of budgetary and non-budgetary authorities by ministry and by type of authority (voted and statutory). The level of details provided for the source and disposition of authorities is explained in the Introduction to this volume. In addition, detailed information is provided in the "Ministry Summary" statement in each ministerial section of this volume.

The Government submits its spending proposals to Parliament in the annual Estimates. During the year, the Government may request further appropriations. The initial request is called the "Main Estimates" and additional requests are called "Supplementary Estimates". With these Estimates, the Government requests authority for that part of the proposed spending which is not already provided by other statutes. The amounts making up the total of such proposed spending are authorized in Appropriation Acts and are generally referred to as "annual" or "voted" authorities. The balance of the planned spending is made under authority of other statutes which authorize disbursements for specified purposes, and for such amounts and time periods as are set by those acts. The proposed or estimated uses of most of these "statutory" authorities for the current year are included in the Estimates for information purposes; however, they are not included in appropriation acts because they have already been authorized by Parliament.

Voted authorities, with few exceptions, lapse at the end of the year if not used, while statutory authorities, with few exceptions, are carried forward to future years. Those authorities which extend to subsequent years are referred to as "non-lapsing".

Budgetary appropriations provide spending authority for those transactions which enter into the calculation of the annual deficit or surplus of the Government. Non-budgetary appropriations provide spending authority for all transactions which result in the acquisition or disposal of loans, investments and advances. Balances of appropriations brought forward from the previous years are available for spending, together with current increases to such authorities.

The totals of these authorities are reduced by the amount of their current year use to determine the balances which lapse, are overexpended or are carried forward to future years, depending upon the type of authority. In cases where the spending of loan repayments is authorized, the non-budgetary spending is reported net of such repayments.

**Table 7**
**Source and disposition of authorities by type (voted and statutory)**
(in thousands of dollars)
Section	Ministry	Source of authorities					Disposition of authorities
Section	Ministry	Available from previous years	Main Estimates	Supplementary Estimates	Adjustments, warrants and transfers^{Link to Table note 1}	Total available for use	Used in the current year	Lapsed	Overexpended	Available for use in subsequent years	Used in the previous year^{Link to Table note 2}
2	Agriculture and Agri-Food
	Budgetary—Voted	–	1,057,469	29,637	40,102	1,127,208	1,032,911	94,297	–	–	1,020,635
	Budgetary—Statutory	150,619	1,467,796	795	(negative 335,643)	1,283,567	1,131,167	–	–	152,400	965,223
	Subtotal	150,619	2,525,265	30,432	(negative 295,541)	2,410,775	2,164,078	94,297	–	152,400	1,985,858
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	43,664,464	–	–	2,054,970	45,719,434	4,519	–	–	45,714,915	3,342
3	Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
	Budgetary—Voted	–	3,493,445	42,949	69,520	3,605,914	3,554,474	51,440	–	–	3,821,274
	Budgetary—Statutory	5,240	48,219	556	(negative 3,103)	50,912	45,261	–	–	5,651	43,972
	Subtotal	5,240	3,541,664	43,505	66,417	3,656,826	3,599,735	51,440	–	5,651	3,865,246
4	Crown-Indigenous Relations
	Budgetary—Voted	–	3,016,247	1,799,033	229,448	5,044,728	4,346,038	698,690	–	–	7,891,862
	Budgetary—Statutory	1,251	97,064	2,857	10,573	111,745	110,276	347	–	1,122	159,088
	Subtotal	1,251	3,113,311	1,801,890	240,021	5,156,473	4,456,314	699,037	–	1,122	8,050,950
	Non-budgetary—Voted	11,857	56,303	–	–	68,160	13,530	42,773	–	11,857	44,040
5	Democratic Institutions
	Budgetary—Voted	–	–	1,541	32,537	34,078	32,371	1,707	–	–	31,904
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	–	(negative 1,280)	152,799	151,519	151,519	–	–	–	99,582
	Subtotal	–	–	261	185,336	185,597	183,890	1,707	–	–	131,486
6	Environment and Climate Change
	Budgetary—Voted	343,674	2,744,396	85,817	169,058	3,342,945	2,573,434	294,441	–	475,070	2,282,013
	Budgetary—Statutory	22,386	277,626	3,738	50,039	353,789	327,809	–	–	25,980	239,649
	Subtotal	366,060	3,022,022	89,555	219,097	3,696,734	2,901,243	294,441	–	501,050	2,521,662
7	Families, Children and Social Development
	Budgetary—Voted	–	5,548,091	256,060	227,466	6,031,617	5,453,461	578,156	–	–	6,057,321
	Budgetary—Statutory	3,739	57,813,851	540,385	(negative 506,525)	57,851,450	57,845,688	–	–	5,762	54,613,323
	Subtotal	3,739	63,361,942	796,445	(negative 279,059)	63,883,067	63,299,149	578,156	–	5,762	60,670,644
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	–	475,541	358,460	193,544	1,027,545	696,178	331,367	–	–	110,265
8	Finance
	Budgetary—Voted	–	211,792	6,430	28,165	246,387	235,846	10,541	–	–	256,079
	Budgetary—Statutory	136,492	94,042,954	489,465	(negative 337,947)	94,330,964	94,195,085	1	–	135,878	90,384,837
	Subtotal	136,492	94,254,746	495,895	(negative 309,782)	94,577,351	94,430,931	10,542	–	135,878	90,640,916
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	15,075,000	52,300	348,497	52,476,675	67,952,472	43,877,472	–	–	24,075,000	43,008,432
9	Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
	Budgetary—Voted	–	2,309,748	991,458	313,913	3,615,119	3,129,036	486,083	–	–	2,488,035
	Budgetary—Statutory	3,113	135,877	3,448	15,541	157,979	153,875	–	–	4,104	132,429
	Subtotal	3,113	2,445,625	994,906	329,454	3,773,098	3,282,911	486,083	–	4,104	2,620,464
	Non-budgetary—Voted	50,000	–	–	–	50,000	–	–	–	50,000	–
10	Global Affairs
	Budgetary—Voted	–	6,285,513	481,282	413,832	7,180,627	6,762,925	417,702	–	–	6,321,010
	Budgetary—Statutory	61,573	379,728	19,366	24,316	484,983	462,575	–	–	22,408	453,879
	Subtotal	61,573	6,665,241	500,648	438,148	7,665,610	7,225,500	417,702	–	22,408	6,774,889
	Non-budgetary—Voted	13,608	–	–	–	13,608	(negative 6,834)	–	–	20,442	2,732
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	110,953,586	14,617	1,000	4,451,606	115,420,809	6,181,862	–	–	109,238,947	(negative 1,841,483)
	Subtotal	110,967,194	14,617	1,000	4,451,606	115,434,417	6,175,028	–	–	109,259,389	(negative 1,838,751)
11	Health
	Budgetary—Voted	–	4,237,154	32,119	445,002	4,714,275	4,601,706	112,569	–	–	5,579,960
	Budgetary—Statutory	44,963	339,970	21,587	8,326	414,846	396,928	7	–	17,911	364,113
	Subtotal	44,963	4,577,124	53,706	453,328	5,129,121	4,998,634	112,576	–	17,911	5,944,073
12	Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
	Budgetary—Voted	–	2,320,063	262,617	121,301	2,703,981	2,481,039	222,942	–	–	2,197,196
	Budgetary—Statutory	1,258,919	168,911	807	(negative 74,384)	1,354,253	81,179	–	–	1,273,074	(negative 148,255)
	Subtotal	1,258,919	2,488,974	263,424	46,917	4,058,234	2,562,218	222,942	–	1,273,074	2,048,941
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	64,973	–	–	–	64,973	6,817	–	–	58,156	13,178
13	Indigenous Services
	Budgetary—Voted	–	9,245,825	1,541,661	976,523	11,764,009	11,505,570	258,439	–	–	4,238,320
	Budgetary—Statutory	32,553	79,387	9,113	(negative 6,725)	114,328	81,447	–	–	32,881	49,479
	Subtotal	32,553	9,325,212	1,550,774	969,798	11,878,337	11,587,017	258,439	–	32,881	4,287,799
	Non-budgetary—Voted	48,517	–	–	–	48,517	–	–	–	48,517	–
14	Infrastructure and Communities
	Budgetary—Voted	–	4,418,474	846,514	99,946	5,364,934	3,973,854	1,391,080	–	–	2,617,285
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	2,178,465	–	(negative 769)	2,177,696	2,177,696	–	–	–	2,078,142
	Subtotal	–	6,596,939	846,514	99,177	7,542,630	6,151,550	1,391,080	–	–	4,695,427
15	Innovation, Science and Economic Development
	Budgetary—Voted	–	7,324,987	290,789	(negative 1,411,035)	6,204,741	5,022,141	1,182,600	–	–	5,087,352
	Budgetary—Statutory	282,338	516,784	620	(negative 20,782)	778,960	500,575	13,984	–	264,401	499,028
	Subtotal	282,338	7,841,771	291,409	(negative 1,431,817)	6,983,701	5,522,716	1,196,584	–	264,401	5,586,380
	Non-budgetary—Voted	1,950	800	–	–	2,750	–	800	–	1,950	–
	Non-budgetary—Statutory^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	125,000^{Link to footnote 3}	125,000^{Link to footnote 3}	125,000^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	64,500^{Link to footnote 3}
	Subtotal^{Link to footnote 3}	1,950^{Link to footnote 3}	800^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	125,000^{Link to footnote 3}	127,750^{Link to footnote 3}	125,000^{Link to footnote 3}	800^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	1,950^{Link to footnote 3}	64,500^{Link to footnote 3}
16	Justice
	Budgetary—Voted	–	999,465	15,633	135,827	1,150,925	1,121,195	29,730	–	–	1,030,860
	Budgetary—Statutory	19	694,654	1,076	19,204	714,953	714,907	2	–	44	674,041
	Subtotal	19	1,694,119	16,709	155,031	1,865,878	1,836,102	29,732	–	44	1,704,901
17	National Defence
	Budgetary—Voted	–	19,775,571	959,861	446,776	21,182,208	20,675,043	507,165	–	–	20,037,903
	Budgetary—Statutory	23,795	1,240,502	7,690	380,171	1,652,158	1,635,764	–	–	16,394	3,474,886
	Subtotal	23,795	21,016,073	967,551	826,947	22,834,366	22,310,807	507,165	–	16,394	23,512,789
	Non-budgetary—Voted	77,061	–	–	–	77,061	6,579	–	–	70,482	(negative 5,180)
18	National Revenue
	Budgetary—Voted	125,215	3,288,116	42,616	211,451	3,667,398	3,477,711	10,312	–	179,375	3,766,470
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	916,610	5,549	721,243	1,643,402	1,643,402	–	–	–	941,297
	Subtotal	125,215	4,204,726	48,165	932,694	5,310,800	5,121,113	10,312	–	179,375	4,707,767
19	Natural Resources
	Budgetary—Voted	–	2,137,343	31,562	70,573	2,239,478	1,893,307	346,171	–	–	1,942,680
	Budgetary—Statutory	12,076	577,610	2,070	16,219	607,975	596,153	11	–	11,811	699,335
	Subtotal	12,076	2,714,953	33,632	86,792	2,847,453	2,489,460	346,182	–	11,811	2,642,015
20	Office of the Governor General's Secretary
	Budgetary—Voted	–	19,986	–	968	20,954	20,277	677	–	–	20,489
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	3,091	–	(negative 191)	2,900	2,900	–	–	–	2,968
	Subtotal	–	23,077	–	777	23,854	23,177	677	–	–	23,457
21	Parliament
	Budgetary—Voted	–	558,536	26,683	–	585,219	543,422	41,797	–	–	510,619
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	208,403	551	(negative 20,777)	188,177	188,177	–	–	–	218,753
	Subtotal	–	766,939	27,234	(negative 20,777)	773,396	731,599	41,797	–	–	729,372
22	Privy Council
	Budgetary—Voted	–	237,309	60,373	60,558	358,240	332,308	25,932	–	–	321,967
	Budgetary—Statutory	32	126,840	3,226	(negative 97,225)	32,873	32,821	–	–	52	31,648
	Subtotal	32	364,149	63,599	(negative 36,667)	391,113	365,129	25,932	–	52	353,615
23	Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
	Budgetary—Voted	219,489	8,657,314	280,774	960,503	10,118,080	8,951,278	955,626	–	211,176	8,336,154
	Budgetary—Statutory	17,517	936,273	9,082	10,777	973,649	963,569	70	–	10,010	880,626
	Subtotal	237,006	9,593,587	289,856	971,280	11,091,729	9,914,847	955,696	–	221,186	9,216,780
	Non-budgetary—Voted	44	–	–	–	44	–	–	–	44	1
24	Public Services and Procurement
	Budgetary—Voted	–	4,684,105	268,882	1,011,763	5,964,750	5,539,343	425,407	–	–	5,269,331
	Budgetary—Statutory	401,412	205,315	4,139	3,929	614,795	209,753	–	–	405,042	211,700
	Subtotal	401,412	4,889,420	273,021	1,015,692	6,579,545	5,749,096	425,407	–	405,042	5,481,031
	Non-budgetary—Voted	14,648	–	14,000	–	28,648	5,179	–	–	23,469	1,029
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	574,006	–	–	–	574,006	(negative 896)	–	–	574,902	(negative 3,652)
	Subtotal	588,654	–	14,000	–	602,654	4,283	–	–	598,371	(negative 2,623)
25	Science
	Budgetary—Voted	–	–	836	2,203,912	2,204,748	2,193,915	10,833	–	–	1,994,413
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	–	–	9,365	9,365	9,365	–	–	–	8,708
	Subtotal	–	–	836	2,213,277	2,214,113	2,203,280	10,833	–	–	2,003,121
26	Transport
	Budgetary—Voted	–	2,598,165	192,849	349,843	3,140,857	2,498,022	642,835	–	–	2,260,721
	Budgetary—Statutory	180	226,999	1,305	(negative 20,821)	207,663	207,480	179	–	4	221,844
	Subtotal	180	2,825,164	194,154	329,022	3,348,520	2,705,502	643,014	–	4	2,482,565
27	Treasury Board
	Budgetary—Voted	–	13,324,284	1,119,561	(negative 7,306,439)	7,137,406	3,097,032	4,040,374	–	–	3,513,768
	Budgetary—Statutory	9,746	385,937	3,107,018	(negative 341,286)	3,161,415	3,154,991	–	–	6,424	379,146
	Subtotal	9,746	13,710,221	4,226,579	(negative 7,647,725)	10,298,821	6,252,023	4,040,374	–	6,424	3,892,914
28	Veterans Affairs
	Budgetary—Voted	–	4,372,646	372,259	28,160	4,773,065	4,666,276	106,789	–	–	4,751,003
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	32,812	2,636	(negative 1,355)	34,093	34,093	–	–	–	33,740
	Subtotal	–	4,405,458	374,895	26,805	4,807,158	4,700,369	106,789	–	–	4,784,743
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	604,998	–	–	–	604,998	(negative 2)	–	–	605,000	–
29	Women and Gender Equality
	Budgetary—Voted	–	–	570	70,323	70,893	69,309	1,584	–	–	41,557
	Budgetary—Statutory	–	–	97	2,740	2,837	2,837	–	–	–	1,747
	Subtotal	–	–	667	73,063	73,730	72,146	1,584	–	–	43,304
	Total Government
	Budgetary—Voted	688,378	112,866,044	10,040,366	(negative 4)	123,594,784	109,783,244	12,945,919	–	865,621	103,688,181
	Budgetary—Statutory	2,467,963	163,101,678	4,235,896	(negative 342,291)	169,463,246	167,057,292	14,601	–	2,391,353	157,714,928
	Subtotal	3,156,341	275,967,722	14,276,262	(negative 342,295)	293,058,030	276,840,536	12,960,520	–	3,256,974	261,403,109
	Non-budgetary—Voted	217,685	57,103	14,000	–	288,788	18,454	43,573	–	226,761	42,622
	Non-budgetary—Statutory	170,937,027	542,458	707,957	59,301,795^{Link to footnote 3}	231,479,237^{Link to footnote 3}	50,890,950^{Link to footnote 3}	331,367^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	180,266,920^{Link to footnote 3}	41,354,582^{Link to footnote 3}
	Subtotal	171,154,712	599,561	721,957	59,301,795^{Link to footnote 3}	231,778,025^{Link to footnote 3}	50,909,404^{Link to footnote 3}	374,940^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	180,493,681^{Link to footnote 3}	41,397,204^{Link to footnote 3}
	Voted	906,063	112,923,147	10,054,366	(negative 4)	123,883,572	109,801,698	12,989,492	–	1,092,382	103,730,803
	Statutory	173,404,990	163,644,136	4,943,853	58,959,504^{Link to footnote 3}	400,952,483^{Link to footnote 3}	217,948,242^{Link to footnote 3}	345,968^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	182,658,273^{Link to footnote 3}	199,069,510^{Link to footnote 3}
	Total Government	174,311,053	276,567,283	14,998,219	58,959,500^{Link to footnote 3}	524,836,055^{Link to footnote 3}	327,749,940^{Link to footnote 3}	13,335,460^{Link to footnote 3}	–^{Link to footnote 3}	183,750,655^{Link to footnote 3}	302,800,313^{Link to footnote 3}
Table notes General notes: Note: If no amount is shown, either the expenditures were less than $500 or none were reported. The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. Table note 1 These adjustments, warrants and transfers include items such as: reserved allotments established to provide payment authority for the overexpenditure of previous year's appropriations which resulted from prior year's payables adjustments to items displayed in the Estimates on an informational basis to reflect actual spending and of certain authorities carried forward to reflect authorities available adjustments to authorities granted in statutes other than appropriation acts Return to table note 1 referrer Table note 2 Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the current Government structure. Additional information is provided in the Ministerial Sections within this volume. Return to table note 2 referrer Table note 3 Revised November 30, 2020. Return to table note 3 referrer

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