This project will use a comprehensive data set collected on at scales relevant to SWOT and Sentinel missions to understand ocean mixing and coastal currents in the Northeast Pacific. There is consider...
Federal spending by Canadian Space Agency
1,614 records totalling $1,580,590,589.19 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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Where the money flows
Planned vs. actual spending
What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.
| Fiscal year | Authorised | Spent | Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | $741,978,670 | $634,726,541 | 85.5% |
| 2023-2024 | $629,892,502 | $450,747,209 | 71.6% |
| 2022-2023 | $615,431,241 | $498,235,495 | 81.0% |
| 2021-2022 | $491,550,506 | $368,108,149 | 74.9% |
| 2020-2021 | $451,451,551 | $330,409,653 | 73.2% |
| 2019-2020 | $441,838,138 | $324,436,091 | 73.4% |
| 2018-2019 | $421,138,439 | $305,745,600 | 72.6% |
| 2017-2018 | $421,006,569 | $353,457,987 | 84.0% |
| 2016-2017 | $459,348,646 | $388,298,278 | 84.5% |
| 2015-2016 | $501,568,928 | $412,799,058 | 82.3% |
Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)
Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.
7
of 9 targets met
2
targets not met
0
not yet measurable or unavailable
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Number of services offered to Canadians dependent on space data
Target: — · Actual: 101.0
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Number of space missions with Canadian Astronauts and/or Canadian content enabled by SEP.
Target: — · Actual: 14.0
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