Government Expenditure Plan and Main Estimates (Parts I and II)
Part I of the Estimates process is the Government Expenditure Plan. It provides a summary and highlights of year-over-year changes in departmental spending and transfer payments in order to provide perspective on the major issues influencing government planned spending.
Part II is the Main Estimates, known traditionally as the “Blue Book.” It directly supports the appropriation acts for the Main Estimates. The publication provides a listing of the resources required by individual departments and agencies for the upcoming fiscal year in order to deliver the programs for which they are responsible. It identifies the spending authorities (votes) and the amounts to be included in subsequent appropriation bills that Parliament will be asked to approve to enable the government to proceed with its spending plans.
- 2016–17
- 2015–16
- Main Estimates Publication – (PDF document - 1.23 MB) Archived
- Additional Information
- 2014–15
- 2014–15 Main Estimates Publication – (PDF document - 1.35 MB) Archived
- Additional Information
- 2013–14
- 2013–14 Main Estimates Publication – (PDF document - 1.71 MB) Archived
- Additional Information
- 2012–13 (PDF 2.79 MB) Archived
- Additional Information
- 2012–13 Statutory Forecasts Archived
- 2012–13 Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Objects Archived
- 2012–13 Strategic Outcome and Program Activity Descriptions Archived
- News release Archived
- Additional Information
- 2011–12 (PDF 2 MB) Archived
- Additional Information
- 2011–12 Statutory Forecasts (Excel version, 75 KB) Archived
- 2011–12 Budgetary Expenditures by Standard Objects (Excel version, 55 KB) Archived
- Additional Information
- 2010–11 Archived
- 2009–10 Archived
- 2008–09 Archived
- 2007–08 Archived
- 2006–07 Archived
- 2005–06 Archived
- 2004–05 Archived
- 2003–04 Archived
- 2002–03 Archived
- 2001–02 Archived
- 2000–01 Archived
- 1999–2000 Archived
- 1998–99 Archived
- 1997–98 Archived
- 1996–97 Archived
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