4. To support the development of guidelines codes standards and regulations including research to inform their development.
Federal spending by Transport Canada
70,627 records totalling $24,753,045,177.57 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.
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Where the money flows
Contracting
$5,352.6M
across 23,253 contracts over $10k
6.5%
of contract dollars awarded without competition (5,625 contracts)
78.6%
of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (7,850 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 | $4,543,305,431 | $3,621,009,429 | 79.7% |
| 2023-2024 | $4,269,630,584 | $3,019,243,973 | 70.7% |
| 2022-2023 | $3,525,499,486 | $2,279,650,484 | 64.7% |
| 2021-2022 | $2,811,507,373 | $2,183,206,682 | 77.7% |
| 2020-2021 | $2,640,135,680 | $1,897,164,688 | 71.9% |
| 2019-2020 | $2,175,678,779 | $1,705,220,748 | 78.4% |
| 2018-2019 | $1,648,897,268 | $1,228,931,304 | 74.5% |
| 2017-2018 | $1,484,701,120 | $1,205,720,765 | 81.2% |
| 2016-2017 | $1,451,727,063 | $1,191,158,784 | 82.1% |
| 2015-2016 | $1,804,500,222 | $1,569,127,062 | 87.0% |
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.
50
of 67 targets met
14
targets not met
3
not yet measurable or unavailable
See missed targets
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End-to-end, rail transit time of containers along the trade corridor from Canadian west coast ports to Chicago, including border crossing time
Target: 3-year average · Actual: 7.0
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Percentage of Transport Canada safety regulations aligned with international transportation standards (air)
Target: Target was revised to reflect changes to protocol questions used in ICAO USOAP Audit to assess effective implementation (EI) of the critical... · Actual: 65.1
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End-to-end transit time of containerized freight arriving from ports in Asia
Target: — · Actual: 33.6
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Availability of Transport Canada owned and managed transportation assets (ferries)
Target: Certain types of events are excluded from the calculation. · Actual: 90.0
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Rate of fatalities in reportable road traffic collisions in Canada
Target: 1% reduction compared to the average of the previous 5 years. · Actual: 0.3% increase in the rate for current year as compared to th...
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