Page Proofs – Communications Security Establishment

Raison d’être

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canadaʼs national authority for foreign intelligence (Signals Intelligence) and the national technical authority for cyber security and information assurance.

CSE provides critical foreign intelligence to help inform the Government of Canadaʼs decision making on a wide range of issues, including national security.

CSEʼs sophisticated cyber and technical expertise helps identify, prepare for, and defend against threats to Canadaʼs most important systems and networks. CSE may also proactively stop or impede foreign cyber threats before they can damage Canadian systems, and conduct online operations to advance national objectives.

In addition, CSE provides technical and operational assistance to federal law enforcement, security partners, the Department of National Defence, and the Canadian Armed Forces.

The Minister of National Defence is responsible for CSE.

Organizational Estimates

-		2021–22 Expenditures	2022–23		2023–24 Main Estimates
			Main Estimates	Estimates to Date
Budgetary
Voted		(dollars)
1	Program expenditures	747,691,004	745,978,292	856,737,786	906,759,081
Total Voted		747,691,004	745,978,292	856,737,786	906,759,081
Total Statutory		53,299,702	52,528,180	56,684,568	59,150,278
Total Budgetary		800,990,706	798,506,472	913,422,354	965,909,359

2023–24 Main Estimates by Purpose

Budgetary	Operating	Capital	Transfer Payments	Revenues and other reductions	Total
Defend and advance Canada’s interests and values in and through cyberspace, and through foreign intelligence	982,049,055	-	-	(16,139,696)	965,909,359
Total	982,049,055	-	-	(16,139,696)	965,909,359

Listing of Statutory Authorities

-	2020—21	2021—22 Estimates to date	2022—23 Main estimates
Budgetary	-	-	-
Contributions to employee benefit plans	45,885,813	49,729,868	52,528,180

Items for inclusion in the Proposed Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Bill (for the financial year ending March 31, 2023)

Unless specifically identified under the Changes in 2022–23 Main Estimates section, all vote wordings have been provided in earlier appropriation acts.

Vote No.	Items	Amount ($)	Total ($)
1	Program expenditures Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.1(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from its operations, including the provision of internal support services under section 29.2 of that Act	-	745,978,292
-	-	745,978,292