Federal spending by Privy Council Office
3,163 records totalling $665,377,804.09 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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Where the money flows
Contracting
$630.7M
across 3,028 contracts over $10k
26.5%
of contract dollars awarded without competition (1,681 contracts)
83.8%
of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (1,362 reported)
"Without competition" counts solicitation codes TN (non-competitive) and AC (Advance Contract Award Notice). Non-competitive awards are legal and sometimes required; the rate is context, not a judgment.
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 | $262,949,577 | $251,744,189 | 95.7% |
| 2023-2024 | $251,720,134 | $243,972,129 | 96.9% |
| 2022-2023 | $249,586,041 | $242,937,156 | 97.3% |
| 2021-2022 | $217,057,895 | $203,615,363 | 93.8% |
| 2020-2021 | $202,811,772 | $202,293,324 | 99.7% |
| 2019-2020 | $193,652,104 | $185,349,690 | 95.7% |
| 2018-2019 | $233,994,243 | $214,277,265 | 91.6% |
| 2017-2018 | $225,152,820 | $202,940,898 | 90.1% |
| 2016-2017 | $159,809,230 | $154,240,941 | 96.5% |
| 2015-2016 | $127,214,934 | $123,119,021 | 96.8% |
Did it deliver? (2023-2024 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.
3
of 14 targets met
5
targets not met
6
not yet measurable or unavailable
See missed targets
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Percentage of Cabinet Ministers satisfied with service and advice from the Privy Council Office
Target: Note: As part of the 2023–24 Departmental Plan process, PCO conducted a thorough and comprehensive review of all its current departmental re... · Actual: 78.0
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Percentage of positions that are filled through an open, transparent, and merit based process (managed by either PCO or department)
Target: — · Actual: 95.0
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Percentage of Cabinet ministers satisfied with service and advice from PCO
Target: — · Actual: 78.0
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Percentage of Cabinet ministers satisfied with service and advice from PCO
Target: — · Actual: 78.0
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Percentage of Cabinet ministers satisfied with service and advice from PCO
Target: 80% or more · Actual: 78%
For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the contract is contingent on the number of task authorizations issued and may be less than the amount proactively disclosed, dependent...
correction to include taxes to the original contract
For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the contract is contingent on the number of task authorizations issued and may be less than the amount proactively disclosed, dependent...
For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the contract is contingent on the number of task authorizations issued and may be less than the amount proactively disclosed, dependent...
This contract was omitted from a previous public disclosure.
This contract was omitted from a previous public disclosure.
correction to include taxes to the original contract