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April 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚨 New Feature Alert 🚨
We just launched a powerful new search tool!
Explore how the federal gov’t spends on grants, contracts & research—all in one place.
✅ Search by keyword
✅ Filter by year, dept, or location
Start exploring 🔗 in 🧵
We just launched a powerful new search tool!
Explore how the federal gov’t spends on grants, contracts & research—all in one place.
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Average compensation per federal employee is $136K/yr
March 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Average compensation per federal employee is $136K/yr
🔥🔥🔥BREAKING🔥🔥🔥
The new Canada Spends platform is live!
We’ve redesigned the site from the ground up - with powerful, interactive visuals and clearer breakdowns of how your tax dollars are spent, department by department.
Transparency has never looked this good 🚀🤩🚀
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The new Canada Spends platform is live!
We’ve redesigned the site from the ground up - with powerful, interactive visuals and clearer breakdowns of how your tax dollars are spent, department by department.
Transparency has never looked this good 🚀🤩🚀
Check it out! 🔗 in 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🔥🔥🔥BREAKING🔥🔥🔥
The new Canada Spends platform is live!
We’ve redesigned the site from the ground up - with powerful, interactive visuals and clearer breakdowns of how your tax dollars are spent, department by department.
Transparency has never looked this good 🚀🤩🚀
Check it out! 🔗 in 🧵
The new Canada Spends platform is live!
We’ve redesigned the site from the ground up - with powerful, interactive visuals and clearer breakdowns of how your tax dollars are spent, department by department.
Transparency has never looked this good 🚀🤩🚀
Check it out! 🔗 in 🧵
Canada gives between $38K and $190K a year to the International Network of Bamboo and Rattan.
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Canada gives between $38K and $190K a year to the International Network of Bamboo and Rattan.
$2.3M to a DC-based non-profit to enhance the digital security and resiliency of organizations and media personnel in the West Bank.
March 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
$2.3M to a DC-based non-profit to enhance the digital security and resiliency of organizations and media personnel in the West Bank.
$2.2M to an American think tank to work on increasing the effectiveness of United Nations peace operations.
March 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
$2.2M to an American think tank to work on increasing the effectiveness of United Nations peace operations.
$5M to the National Democratic Institute to support gender-responsive local governance in communities liberated from ISIS.
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
$5M to the National Democratic Institute to support gender-responsive local governance in communities liberated from ISIS.
Last one for the night...
$49,785 on Canada-US collaboration to "meet the demands of great power competition"
This project is ongoing.
$49,785 on Canada-US collaboration to "meet the demands of great power competition"
This project is ongoing.
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Last one for the night...
$49,785 on Canada-US collaboration to "meet the demands of great power competition"
This project is ongoing.
$49,785 on Canada-US collaboration to "meet the demands of great power competition"
This project is ongoing.
$49,702 to explore how Canada can "effectively leverage new technologies, natural resources, and international trade partnerships to remain economically productive, secure and globally competitive."
March 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
$49,702 to explore how Canada can "effectively leverage new technologies, natural resources, and international trade partnerships to remain economically productive, secure and globally competitive."
$22,700 to support the International Peace Garden. “A memorial to the peace that exists between the United States and Canada”.
March 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
$22,700 to support the International Peace Garden. “A memorial to the peace that exists between the United States and Canada”.
$47,615 to discuss building resilient military infrastructure in the Arctic with US government officials.
March 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
$47,615 to discuss building resilient military infrastructure in the Arctic with US government officials.
$47,740 to work with American government personnel to explore the impact of climate change on the future of Canadian security.
This project is ongoing until January 2026.
This project is ongoing until January 2026.
March 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
$47,740 to work with American government personnel to explore the impact of climate change on the future of Canadian security.
This project is ongoing until January 2026.
This project is ongoing until January 2026.
US-based organizations got $1.76B from Canadian taxpayers last year via grants and contributions.
$41,773K to work with Americans to map Canada's changing threat landscape.
$41,773K to work with Americans to map Canada's changing threat landscape.
March 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
US-based organizations got $1.76B from Canadian taxpayers last year via grants and contributions.
$41,773K to work with Americans to map Canada's changing threat landscape.
$41,773K to work with Americans to map Canada's changing threat landscape.
Similarly to a public company's quarterly results, Stats Can releases quarterly updates on Canada’s federal government finances.
The latest data for Q4 2024 (published Friday) shows 👇
The latest data for Q4 2024 (published Friday) shows 👇
March 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Similarly to a public company's quarterly results, Stats Can releases quarterly updates on Canada’s federal government finances.
The latest data for Q4 2024 (published Friday) shows 👇
The latest data for Q4 2024 (published Friday) shows 👇
Whoopsie - looks like a classified project was accidentally disclosed in Canada's grants and contributions database... 🫣
Canada gave $1M to the UK government for a counter-terrorism project in the Middle East.
Canada gave $1M to the UK government for a counter-terrorism project in the Middle East.
March 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Whoopsie - looks like a classified project was accidentally disclosed in Canada's grants and contributions database... 🫣
Canada gave $1M to the UK government for a counter-terrorism project in the Middle East.
Canada gave $1M to the UK government for a counter-terrorism project in the Middle East.
🚨 New data release from StatsCan 🚨
The federal government spent $4.1B on employee compensation in December 2024.
Since December 2023:
➡️ employee compensation increased by 5.13%
➡️ the number of employees increased by 2.95%
The federal government spent $4.1B on employee compensation in December 2024.
Since December 2023:
➡️ employee compensation increased by 5.13%
➡️ the number of employees increased by 2.95%
March 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🚨 New data release from StatsCan 🚨
The federal government spent $4.1B on employee compensation in December 2024.
Since December 2023:
➡️ employee compensation increased by 5.13%
➡️ the number of employees increased by 2.95%
The federal government spent $4.1B on employee compensation in December 2024.
Since December 2023:
➡️ employee compensation increased by 5.13%
➡️ the number of employees increased by 2.95%
Canada spends ~$6M each year on a program that helps people and groups challenge federal laws they believe violate their constitutional rights.
February 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Canada spends ~$6M each year on a program that helps people and groups challenge federal laws they believe violate their constitutional rights.
$243.8B has been spent on Indigenous priorities since 2014.
Annual federal spending rose from $10.3B (2014) to $63.9B (2024).
According to the latest census, the Indigenous population in Canada is ~1.8 million.
*Spending figures have been adjusted for inflation
Annual federal spending rose from $10.3B (2014) to $63.9B (2024).
According to the latest census, the Indigenous population in Canada is ~1.8 million.
*Spending figures have been adjusted for inflation
February 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
$243.8B has been spent on Indigenous priorities since 2014.
Annual federal spending rose from $10.3B (2014) to $63.9B (2024).
According to the latest census, the Indigenous population in Canada is ~1.8 million.
*Spending figures have been adjusted for inflation
Annual federal spending rose from $10.3B (2014) to $63.9B (2024).
According to the latest census, the Indigenous population in Canada is ~1.8 million.
*Spending figures have been adjusted for inflation
Canada spent nearly $21B on outsourced professional services in 2024.
Much of this spending went to relatively unknown IT and management consulting firms.
Much of this spending went to relatively unknown IT and management consulting firms.
February 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Canada spent nearly $21B on outsourced professional services in 2024.
Much of this spending went to relatively unknown IT and management consulting firms.
Much of this spending went to relatively unknown IT and management consulting firms.
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February 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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We turn complex government spending data into clear insights for Canadians.
Our goal is to share data-driven non-partisan information to help you understand federal government spending.
Ready to learn more? [🔗 in 🧵]
We turn complex government spending data into clear insights for Canadians.
Our goal is to share data-driven non-partisan information to help you understand federal government spending.
Ready to learn more? [🔗 in 🧵]