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

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.