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Salaries and allowances to ministers of State

The purpose of the following statement is to present information about salaries and allowances to ministers of State. However, there is no salaries and allowances to ministers of State for this fiscal year.

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

**Voted and statutory expenditures by program**
(in dollars)
Funding authority	Electoral administration and oversight	Internal services	Total
Vote 1—Program expenditures
Salaries of indeterminate positions	27,806,925	13,690,202	41,497,127
Statutory expenditures
Nanaimo-Ladysmith May 2019 by-election	1,101,624	22,164	1,123,788
43rd general election (October 2019)^{Link to footnote 1}	421,562,693	10,147,950	431,710,643
Other elections	1,397,766	–	1,397,766
Electoral district associations' auditors subsidy	838,875	–	838,875
Other expenditures under the Canada Elections Act	43,602,489	28,777,154	72,379,643
Subtotal	468,503,447	38,947,268	507,450,715
Contributions to employee benefit plans	8,741,976	3,121,743	11,863,719
Contributions to employee benefit plans related to election workers	10,084,776	–	10,084,776
Total	515,137,124	55,759,213	570,896,337
Table notes 1 General notes: The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. Table note 1 These are the expenditures for the 43rd general election incurred in 2019—2020, however spending related to a general election spans several fiscal years. Return to table note 1 referrer

**Details of expenditures—43rd General Election (October 2019)**
(in dollars)
Statutory authority under the Canada Elections Act	Electoral administration and oversight	Internal services	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	5,269,830	–	5,269,830
Prince Edward Island	1,711,076	–	1,711,076
Nova Scotia	8,803,200	–	8,803,200
New Brunswick	7,086,966	–	7,086,966
Quebec	57,262,280	–	57,262,280
Ontario	92,188,543	–	92,188,543
Manitoba	10,310,422	–	10,310,422
Saskatchewan	9,316,230	–	9,316,230
Alberta	22,965,871	–	22,965,871
British Columbia	31,542,565	–	31,542,565
Yukon Territory	621,806	–	621,806
Northwest Territories	590,573	–	590,573
Nunavut	653,756	–	653,756
Contributions to employee benefit plans related to election workers	9,976,074	–	9,976,074
Reimbursement of election expenses to political parties	43,524,085	–	43,524,085
Subtotal	301,823,277	–	301,823,277
Elections Canada headquarters^{Link to footnote 2}	129,715,490	10,147,950	139,863,440
Contributions to employee benefit plans	3,444,286	247,221	3,691,507
Total	434,983,053	10,395,171	445,378,224
Total without employee benefits plans	421,562,693	10,147,950	431,710,643
Table notes 2 General notes: The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. Table note 2 These are the expenditures for the 43rd general election incurred in 2019—2020, however spending related to a general election spans several fiscal years. Return to table note 2 referrer

**Details of expenditures—May 2019 by-elections**
(in dollars)
Statutory Authority under the Canada Elections Act	Electoral administration and oversight	Internal services	Total
Nanaimo—Ladysmith (British Columbia)	701,885	–	701,885
Subtotal	701,885	–	701,885
Elections Canada headquarters^{Link to footnote 3}	399,739	22,164	421,903
Total	1,101,624	22,164	1,123,788
Table notes 3 General notes: The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. Table note 3 Includes expenditures incurred to conduct the by-elections at Elections Canada headquarters as well as to support the returning officers in the electoral districts. Return to table note 3 referrer

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Date modified:: 2020-12-16