Comparing the Budget and Estimates - Text version
Funding announced in this year's federal budget is compared with that requested through the Main Estimates. Budget 2018 presents a total spending framework of $338.5 billion. Of that amount, $276.0 billion are represented in the 2018-19 Main Estimates.
Two other components are:
- $58.4 billion for Employment Insurance and Children's Benefits, and other measures not included in Estimates; and
- $4.2 billion to account for differences in accounting basis, measures not yet approved by Treasury Board, assumed lapse of authorities, and other adjustments.