2020-21 Departmental Results Report
Analysis of trends in spending and human resources

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Actual expenditures

Departmental spending trend graph

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	Actuals	Actuals	Actuals	Planned Spending	Planned Spending	Planned Spending
Fiscal year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
Statutory	2,178	4,410	2,181	2,280	2,279	2,378
Voted	3,476	4,539	3,312	4,561	4,860	5,648
Total	5,654	8,949	5,492	6,841	7,139	8,026

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

Fiscal years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 represent actual expenditures as reported in the Public Accounts.

In 2020-21 Infrastructure Canada's total spending was $5.5  billion, a decrease of approximately $3.5 billion from the previous year.

Voted spending decreases are largely due to more infrastructure projects being completed, or reaching construction milestones that triggered payments from Infrastructure Canada in 2019-20, including a large milestone payment for the SDCBC

Statutory funding from the federal Canada Community-Building Fund received a top-up in the amount of $2.1 billion in 2019-20, bringing the total to $4.3 billion for this program. 

Budgetary performance summary for Core Responsibilities and Internal Services (dollars)

Core responsibilities and Internal Services	2020–21 Main Estimates	2020–21 Planned spending	2021–22 Planned spending	2022–23 Planned spending	2020–21 Total authorities available for use	2018–19 Actual spending (authorities used)	2019–20 Actual spending (authorities used)	2020–21 Actual spending (authorities used)
Public Infrastructure	7,802,585,286	7,802,585,286	Not applicable	Not applicable	7,977,426,505	5,592,897,292	8,891,374,387	5,431,853,479
1. Public Infrastructure, Communities and Rural Economic Development Policy	Not applicableFootnote 21	Not applicable	27,590,754	26,975,720	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
2. Public Infrastructure and Communities Investments	Not applicable	Not applicable	15,330,043	15,330,043	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
3. Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Oversight and Delivery	Not applicable	Not applicable	6,755,898,794	6,755,898,794	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Subtotal	7,802,585,286	7,802,585,286	6,798,819,591	6,798,204,557	7,977,426,505	5,592,897,292	8,891,374,387	5,431,853,479
Internal Services	57,971,907	57,971,907	41,993,815	41,070,343	63,251,992	61,354,440	57,493,166	60,534,414
Total	7,860,557,193	7,860,557,193	6,840,813,406	6,839,274,900	8,040,678,497	5,654,251,732	8,948,867,553	5,492,387,893

Total authorities available for use in 2020-21 ($8.0 billion) were greater than the actual spending in 2020-21 ($5.5 billion). The variance of $2.5 billion is mainly due to the emergence of COVID-19 having a direct impact on ultimate recipients’ operations and delays in project submissions to INFC, therefore resulting in lower approvals compared to the levels originally planned.

Actual human resources

Human resources summary for core responsibilities and Internal Services

Core responsibilities and Internal Services	2018–19 Actual full-time equivalents	2019–20 Actual full-time equivalents	2020–21 Planned full-time equivalents	2020–21 Actual full-time equivalents	2021–22 Planned full-time equivalents	2022–23 Planned full-time equivalents
Public Infrastructure	266	275	256	258	Not applicable	Not applicable
1. Public Infrastructure, Communities and Rural Economic Development Policy	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	137	132
2. Public Infrastructure and Communities Investments	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	132	127
3. Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Oversight and Delivery	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	205	199
Subtotal	266	275	256	258	474	458
Internal Services	261	365	267	444	272	264
Total	527	640	523	702	746	722

Actual full-time equivalents were 34% above planned full time equivalents in 2020-21. This variance is due to an increase in funding and associated full-time equivalents received in 2020-21 to strengthen stewardship of Canadian infrastructure as well as INFC risk-managed positions to support key areas where capacity was insufficient to manage workload and improve effectiveness through stronger tools and business processes as well as to position the department for success in delivering an unprecedented influx of new programming to respond to the pandemic.

Expenditures by vote

For information on Infrastructure Canada’s organizational voted and statutory expenditures, consult the Public Accounts of Canada 2020–2021.^{Endnote ii}

Government of Canada spending and activities

Information on the alignment of Infrastructure Canada’s spending with the Government of Canada’s spending and activities is available in GC InfoBase.^{Endnote iii}

Financial statements and financial statements highlights

Financial statements

Infrastructure Canada’s financial statements (unaudited) for the year ended March 31, 2021, are available on the departmental website.

Financial statement highlights

Condensed Statement of Operations (unaudited) for the year ended March 31, 2021 (dollars)

Financial information	2020–21 Planned results	2020–21 Actual results	2019–20 Actual results	Difference (2020–21 Actual results minus 2020–21 Planned results)	Difference (2020–21 Actual results minus 2019–20 Actual results)
Total expenses	7,879,732,686	7,687,389,978	5,537,118,546	(192,342,708)	2,150,271,432
Total revenues	0	0	0	0	0
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	7,879,732,686	7,687,378,287	5,537,118,546	(192,342,708)	2,150,271,432

Condensed Statement of Financial Position (unaudited) as of March 31, 2021 (dollars)

Financial information	2020–21	2019–20	Difference (2020–21 minus 2019–20)
Total net liabilities	4,060,571,481	2,024,468,698	2,036,102,783
Total net financial assets	1,102,610,946	1,132,965,352	(30,354,406)
Departmental net debt	2,957,960,535	891,503,346	2,066,457,189
Total non-financial assets	2,738,161,569	2,887,430,667	(149,269,098)
Departmental net financial position	(219,798,966)	1,995,927,321	(2,215,726,287)

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