Correctional Service Canada: Quarterly Financial Report, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025

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1. Introduction

This quarterly report has been prepared by management as required by section 65.1 of the Financial Administration Act and in the form and manner prescribed by the Treasury Board. This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the Main Estimates. This report has not been subject to an external audit or review.

The purpose of the federal correctional system, as defined by law, is to contribute to the maintenance of a just, peaceful and safe society by carrying out sentences imposed by courts through the safe and humane custody and supervision of offenders; and by assisting the rehabilitation of offenders and their safe reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens through the provision of programs in penitentiaries and in the community (Corrections and Conditional Release Act, s.3). A summary description of Correctional Service Canada (CSC)’s program activities can be found in Part II of the Main Estimates and the Departmental Plan 2025 to 2026.

1.1 Basis of presentation

This quarterly report has been prepared using an expenditure basis of accounting. The accompanying Statement of authorities includes CSC’s spending authorities granted by Parliament and those used by the organization, consistent with the Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (as applicable). This quarterly report has been prepared using a special purpose financial reporting framework designed to meet financial information needs with respect to the use of spending authorities.

The authority of Parliament is required before money can be spent by the Department. Approvals are given in the form of annually approved limits through appropriation acts, or through legislation in the form of statutory spending authority for specific purposes.

CSC uses the full accrual method of accounting to prepare and present its annual departmental financial statements that are part of the departmental results reporting process. However, the spending authorities voted by Parliament remain on a cash expenditure basis.

CSC has an active Revolving Fund (CORCAN) that is included in the statutory authorities of the enclosed Statement of authorities. CORCAN's purpose is to aid in the safe reintegration of offenders into Canadian society by providing employment and training opportunities to offenders incarcerated in federal penitentiaries and, for brief periods, after they are released into the community. CORCAN has a continuing non-lapsing authority from Parliament to make payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for working capital, capital acquisitions and temporary financing of accumulated operating deficits, the total of which is not to exceed $5.0 million.

2. Highlights of fiscal quarter and fiscal year-to-date (YTD) results

The following graph provides a comparison of the net budgetary authorities and expenditures as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 for CSC’s combined operating, capital and budgetary statutory authorities.

Figure 1: Highlights of fiscal quarter and fiscal year-to-date (YTD) results

This graph depicts the net budgetary authorities as $3,863,576 thousand and the year-to-date net budgetary expenditures as $691,460 thousand for the first quarter ending June 30, 2025. In 2024 to 2025, the net budgetary authorities were $3,171,884 thousand for the first quarter ending June 30, 2024, and the year to date net budgetary expenditures were $672,518 thousand.

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This graph depicts the net budgetary authorities as $3,863,576 thousand and the year-to-date net budgetary expenditures as $691,460 thousand for the first quarter ending June 30, 2025. In 2024 to 2025, the net budgetary authorities were $3,171,884 thousand for the first quarter ending June 30, 2024, and the year-to-date net budgetary expenditures were $672,518 thousand.

2.1 Significant changes to authorities

As reflected in the Statement of authorities for the period ending June 30, 2025, CSC has seen an increase in total authorities of $691.7 million or 21.8% for the current fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year.

Table 1: Comparison of net budgetary authorities for the quarters ended June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2024
(in millions of dollars)

Net authorities available *

2025 to 2026

2024 to 2025

Variance

 

Vote 1 – Operating expenditures

3,227.4

2,655.5

571.9

 

Vote 5 – Capital expenditures

337.4

262.7

74.6

 

Statutory

298.8

253.7

45.1

 

Total net budgetary authorities

3,863.6

3,171.9

691.7

 
* Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

Vote 1 - Operating

CSC’s Operating Vote increased by $571.9 million or 21.5% compared to the authorities at the end of June 2024, which is attributed to the net effect of the following significant items:

Vote 5 - Capital

CSC’s Capital Vote increased by $74.6 million or 28.4% compared to the authorities at the end of June 2024, which is related to the net effect of the following significant items:

Budgetary statutory authorities

CSC’s budgetary statutory authorities increased by $45.1 million or 17.8% compared to June 2024, which is mainly related to the department’s allocation of the employer’s share of the employee benefit plan.

2.2 Explanation of significant variances from previous year expenditures

As reflected in the Statement of authorities for the period ending June 30, 2025, CSC has seen an increase in total net budgetary expenditures of $18.9 million or 2.8% for the current fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year.

Table 2: Comparison of net budgetary expenditures for the quarters ended June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2024
(in millions of dollars)

Net year-to-date expenditures *

2025 to 2026

2024 to 2025

Variance

 

Vote 1 – Operating expenditures

599.2

571.4

27.8

 

Vote 5 – Capital expenditures

18.4

41.3

(22.9)

 

Statutory

73.8

59.8

14.0

 

Total net year-to-date expenditures

691.5

672.5

18.9

 
* Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

Vote 1 - Operating

CSC’s operating expenditures increased by $27.8 million, compared to the first quarter of 2024 to 2025, mainly due to the following:

Vote 5 – Capital

CSC’s capital expenditures decreased by $22.9 million, compared to the first quarter of 2024 to 2025, mainly due to the following:

Budgetary statutory expenditures

CSC’s statutory expenditures increased by $14.0 million, compared to the first quarter of 2024 to 2025, mainly due to an increase in expenditures related to the employer’s contributions to the employee benefit plan. This will be adjusted at year-end based on total salary expenditures.

3. Risks and uncertainties

CSC’s specific risks, as outlined in CSC’s Departmental Plan 2025-2026, are the increasingly complex and diverse profile of the offender population, the maintenance of required levels of operational safety and security in institutions and the community, and the potential loss of support of partners delivering critical services and providing resources for offenders.

CSC will address existing financial challenges and will continue working on a modernization plan over the three-year planning period.

CSC continues to experience ongoing issues related to the Phoenix Pay System. Given the complexity of our workforce coupled with the operational nature of our organization, CSC has experienced a significantly high number of pay related issues. CSC is continuously working internally and with external stakeholders to resolve these issues.

CSC has put in place risk mitigation strategies to address the stated risks. The integrated approach allows CSC to handle risk-related challenges, ensure operational sustainability to fulfill its mandate.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat has provided CSC with its baseline calculations for the spending reduction targets resulting from the Refocusing Government Spending, for which CSC is working on a multi-year savings plan.

In July 2025, the Government has launched a Comprehensive Expenditure Review (CER). As part of this initiative, departments have been asked to identify savings of 15% of their allocated budget drawn from planned spending in the 2025-26 Main Estimates. The department is currently reviewing and prioritizing its activities to identify potential savings opportunities. The approved government-wide savings reflected will begin to be reflected in the 2026-2027 Main Estimates.

4. Significant changes in relation to operations, personnel and programs

There have been no changes to key executives in the first quarter of 2025 to 2026.

5. Approvals by senior officials

Approved by:

 

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Anne Kelly, Commissioner

 

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Tony Matson, Chief Financial Officer

Ottawa, Canada
August 19, 2025

6. Statement of authorities (unaudited)

Table 3: Statement of authorities (unaudited, in thousands of dollars) for the fiscal year 2025 to 2026

Item

Total available for use for the year ending March 31, 2026*

Used during the quarter ended June 30, 2025

Year to date used at quarter-end

 

Vote 1 – Operating expenditures

 

 

 

 

Gross operating expenditures

3,231,327

601,321

601,321

 

Vote-netted revenues

(3,943)

(2,081)

(2,081)

 

Net operating expenditures

3,227,384

599,240

599,240

 

Vote 5 – Capital expenditures

337,357

18,392

18,392

 

Budgetary statutory authorities

 

 

 

 

CORCAN gross expenditures

136,280

25,196

25,196

 

CORCAN revenues

(136,280)

(25,815)

(25,815)

 

CORCAN net expenditures

0  

(619)

(619)

 

Spending of proceeds from disposal of surplus Crown assets

1,047

0  

0  

 

Contributions to employee benefits plans

297,788

74,447

74,447

 

Refunds of amounts credited to revenues in previous years

0  

 

Net budgetary statutory authorities

298,835

73,828

73,828

 

Total budgetary authorities

3,863,576

691,460

691,460

 

Non-budgetary authorities

45

0

0

 

Total authorities

3,863,621

691,460

691,460

 
Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
*Includes only authorities available for use and granted by Parliament at quarter-end.

 

Table 4: Statement of authorities (unaudited, in thousands of dollars) for the fiscal year 2024 to 2025

Item

Total available for use for the year ending March 31, 2025*

Used during the quarter ended June 30, 2024

Year to date used at quarter-end

 

Vote 1 – Operating expenditures

 

 

 

 

Gross operating expenditures

2,659,396

571,431

571,431

 

Vote-netted revenues

(3,943)

 

Net operating expenditures

2,655,453

571,431

571,431

 

Vote 5 – Capital expenditures

262,743

41,284

41,284

 

Budgetary statutory authorities

 

 

 

 

CORCAN gross expenditures

116,424

24,215

24,215

 

CORCAN revenues

(117,551)

(28,040)

(28,040)

 

CORCAN net expenditures

(1,127)

(3,825)

(3,825)

 

Spending of proceeds from disposal of surplus Crown assets

608

50  

50  

 

Contributions to employee benefits plans

254,207

63,552

63,552

 

Refunds of amounts credited to revenues in previous years

0  

26  

26  

 

Net budgetary statutory authorities

253,688

59,803

59,803

 

Total budgetary authorities

3,171,884

672,518

672,518

 

Non-budgetary authorities

45

0

0

 

Total authorities

3,171,929

672,518

672,518

 
Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
*Includes only authorities available for use and granted by Parliament at quarter-end.

7. Departmental budgetary expenditures by standard object (unaudited)

Table 5: Departmental budgetary expenditures by standard object (unaudited, in thousands of dollars) for fiscal year 2025 to 2026

Items

Planned expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2026

Expended during the quarter ended June 30, 2025

Year to date used at quarter-end

 

Expenditures

       

Personnel

2,310,317

571,134

571,134

 

Transportation and communications

29,723

4,620

4,620

 

Information

989

58

58

 

Professional and special services

636,330

67,989

67,989

 

Rentals

44,973

5,411

5,411

 

Purchased repair and maintenance

42,609

3,539

3,539

 

Utilities, materials, and supplies

223,944

35,841

35,841

 

Acquisition of land, buildings and works*

226,924

5,050

5,050

 

Acquisition of machinery and equipment*

63,488

6,063

6,063

 

Transfer payments

1,700

 

Other subsidies and payments

422,802

19,651

19,651

 

Total gross budgetary expenditures

4,003,799

719,356

719,356

 

Less revenues netted against expenditures

 

 

 

 

Vote-netted revenues

(3,943)

(2,081)

(2,081)

 

CORCAN

(136,280)

(25,815)

(25,815)

 

Total revenues netted against expenditures

(140,223)

(27,896)

(27,896)

 

Total net budgetary expenditures

3,863,576

691,460

691,460

 
Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
* These are mainly Vote 5 (Capital) expenditures.

Table 6: Departmental budgetary expenditures by standard object (unaudited, in thousands of dollars) for fiscal year 2024 to 2025

Items

Planned expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2025

Expended during the quarter ended June 30, 2024

Year to date used at quarter-end

 

Expenditures

       

Personnel

2,156,085

523,321

523,321

 

Transportation and communications

27,936

4,878

4,878

 

Information

579

1,422

1,422

 

Professional and special services

496,215

65,935

65,935

 

Rentals

48,899

11,158

11,158

 

Purchased repair and maintenance

34,282

4,060

4,060

 

Utilities, materials and supplies

191,944

40,924

40,924

 

Acquisition of land, buildings and works*

202,712

18,139

18,139

 

Acquisition of machinery and equipment*

48,055

15,316

15,316

 

Transfer payments

1,620

0

0

 

Other subsidies and payments

85,052

15,405

15,405

 

Total gross budgetary expenditures

3,293,379

700,558

700,558

 

Less revenues netted against expenditures

 

 

 

 

Vote-netted revenues

(3,943)

 

CORCAN

(117,552)

(28,040)

(28,040)

 

Total revenues netted against expenditures

(121,495)

(28,040)

(28,040)

 

Total net budgetary expenditures

3,171,884

672,518

672,518

 
Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
* These are mainly Vote 5 (Capital) expenditures.

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