Expenditure Estimates for the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs (2020-21)
The 2020-2021 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2020.
Summary
The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs’ mandate is to improve the quality of life of Indigenous people by: promoting economic opportunities, resolving land claims, meeting Ontario’s legal obligations with regard to Indigenous rights and treaties, and enhancing government awareness of Indigenous issues and best practices for consulting and engaging with Indigenous people.
Ministry program summary
| Vote | Program |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Operating expense |
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
$77,723,400 |
$69,440,700 |
$8,282,700 |
$259,805,053 |
|
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$77,723,400 |
$69,440,700 |
$8,282,700 |
$259,805,053 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
$1,491,014 |
$1,483,014 |
$8,000 |
$30,122,230 |
|
|
Ministry total operating expense |
$79,214,414 |
$70,923,714 |
$8,290,700 |
$289,927,283 |
|
|
Consolidation adjustment - General Real Estate Portfolio |
- |
($2,273,000) |
$2,273,000 |
($3,057,649) |
|
|
Consolidation adjustment - Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation |
- |
- |
- |
($7,061) |
|
|
Total including consolidation & other adjustments |
$79,214,414 |
$68,650,714 |
$10,563,700 |
$286,862,573 |
|
|
Operating assets |
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
Total operating assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Ministry total operating assets |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Capital expense |
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,946,747 |
|
|
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,946,747 |
|
|
Ministry total capital expense |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,946,747 |
|
|
Consolidation adjustment - General Real Estate Portfolio |
- |
- |
- |
($225,730) |
|
|
Total including consolidation & other adjustments |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,721,017 |
|
|
Ministry total operating and capital including consolidation and other adjustments (not including assets) |
$82,215,414 |
$72,151,714 |
$10,063,700 |
$289,583,590 |
Indigenous Affairs Program - vote 2001
The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs’ mandate is to improve the quality of life of Indigenous people by: promoting economic opportunities, resolving land claims, meeting Ontario’s legal obligations with regard to Indigenous rights and treaties, and enhancing government awareness of Indigenous issues and best practices for consulting and engaging with Indigenous people.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item |
Estimates |
Estimates |
Difference |
Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Ministry Administration |
$9,314,200 |
$12,051,300 |
($2,737,100) |
$13,558,196 |
|
1 |
Indigenous Affairs |
$68,407,200 |
$57,387,400 |
$11,019,800 |
$59,246,857 |
|
2 |
Land Claims and Self-Government Initiatives |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
- |
$187,000,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
$77,723,400 |
$69,440,700 |
$8,282,700 |
$259,805,053 |
|
S |
Minister's Salary, the Executive Council Act |
$47,841 |
$47,841 |
- |
$12,051 |
|
S |
Parliamentary Assistant's Salary, the Executive Council Act |
$16,173 |
$16,173 |
- |
$12,593 |
|
S |
Mercury Disability Fund – Trustee, English and Wabigoon River Systems Mercury Contamination Settlement Agreement Act, 1986 |
$1,426,000 |
$1,418,000 |
$8,000 |
$30,097,586 |
|
S |
Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total statutory appropriations |
$1,491,014 |
$1,483,014 |
$8,000 |
$30,122,230 |
|
|
Total operating expense |
$79,214,414 |
$70,923,714 |
$8,290,700 |
$289,927,283 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
Accounts receivable |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total operating assets to be voted |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
Total operating assets |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Indigenous Affairs Capital Program |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,946,747 |
|
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,946,747 |
|
|
Total capital expense |
$3,001,000 |
$3,501,000 |
($500,000) |
$2,946,747 |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number |
Standard account by item and sub-items |
Amount |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Operating expense |
|
|
|
2001-4 |
Ministry Administration |
|
|
|
|
Salaries and wages |
|
$4,417,000 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
|
$450,000 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
|
$312,600 |
|
|
Services |
|
$4,064,400 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
|
$70,200 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
|
$9,314,200 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
|
|
|
Statutory |
Minister's Salary, the Executive Council Act |
|
$47,841 |
|
Statutory |
Parliamentary Assistant's Salary, the Executive Council Act |
|
$16,173 |
|
2001-1 |
Indigenous Affairs |
|
|
|
|
Salaries and wages |
|
$10,357,100 |
|
|
Employee benefits |
|
$1,074,000 |
|
|
Transportation and communication |
|
$716,700 |
|
|
Services |
|
$10,382,200 |
|
|
Supplies and equipment |
|
$197,300 |
|
|
Transfer payments |
|
|
|
|
Ontario Indigenous Representative Organization Fund |
$1,924,900 |
|
|
|
Indigenous Economic Development Fund |
$7,000,000 |
|
|
|
Participation Fund |
$13,320,000 |
|
|
|
Support for Community Negotiations Fund |
$3,200,000 |
|
|
|
Support for Algonquin Negotiation Fund |
$2,375,000 |
|
|
|
Mercury Disability Fund - Administration |
$150,000 |
|
|
|
Policy Development Engagement Fund |
$6,510,000 |
|
|
|
New Relationship Fund |
$14,500,000 |
|
|
|
Métis Economic Development Fund |
$3,000,000 |
$51,979,900 |
|
|
Subtotal |
|
$74,707,200 |
|
|
Less: recoveries |
|
$6,300,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
|
$68,407,200 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
|
|
|
|
Transfer payments |
|
|
|
Statutory |
Mercury Disability Fund – Trustee, English and Wabigoon River Systems Mercury Contamination Settlement Agreement Act, 1986 |
|
$1,426,000 |
|
|
Statutory appropriations |
|
|
|
|
Other transactions |
|
|
|
Statutory |
Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act |
|
$1,000 |
|
2001-2 |
Land Claims and Self-Government Initiatives |
|
|
|
|
Transfer payments |
|
|
|
|
Land Claim Settlements |
$1,000 |
|
|
|
Negotiated Settlements |
$1,000 |
$2,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense to be voted |
|
$2,000 |
|
|
Total operating expense for Indigenous Affairs Program |
|
$79,214,414 |
|
|
Operating assets |
|
|
|
2001-10 |
Accounts receivable |
|
|
|
|
Advances and recoverable amounts |
|
|
|
|
Advances and recoverable - in-year recoveries |
|
$1,000 |
|
|
Total operating assets to be voted |
|
$1,000 |
|
|
Total operating assets for Indigenous Affairs Program |
|
$1,000 |
|
|
Capital expense |
|
|
|
2001-3 |
Indigenous Affairs Capital Program |
|
|
|
|
Transfer payments |
|
|
|
|
Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program |
$3,000,000 |
|
|
|
Negotiated Settlements |
$1,000 |
$3,001,000 |
|
|
Total capital expense to be voted |
|
$3,001,000 |
|
|
Total capital expense for Indigenous Affairs Program |
|
$3,001,000 |