2018-19
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Figure 1: Departmental Spending Trend

Overall, Figure 1 shows an increase of Infrastructure Canada's spending for the period of 2015-16 to 2019-20, with annual spending recorded and planned going from $3.2 billion to $7.6 billion. In 2020-21, planned spending decreases to $7.4 billion.

The graph also highlights the stability of infrastructure funding provided through the Gas Tax Fund (GTF) with spending at around $2 billion a year, as Statutory Funding in 2014-2015 and beyond.

Departmental spending and planned spending from 2015-16 to 2020-21 is as follows:

• In 2015-16, the Actual Spending was $3.2 billion;
• In 2016-17, the Actual Spending was $3.2 billion;
• In 2017-18, the Forecast Spending is $4 billion;
• In 2018-19, the Planned Spending is $6.2 billion;
• In 2019-20, the Planned Spending is $7.6 billion; and
• In 2020-21, the Planned Spending is $7.4 billion.

Statutory spending includes some operating expenses, and the federal Gas Tax Fund program which became permanent in 2014-15. In 2016-17, the Statutory amount also includes $30,155,357 in Voted spending flowed to provinces and territories through the federal Gas Tax Fund, as legacy funding was transferred from sunsetting programs to the federal Gas Tax Fund. The transfer of legacy funding (Voted spending) through the federal Gas Tax Fund ensured that funds were directed towards municipal infrastructure priorities in the near term.

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