Canada

House of Commons

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Parliament may only decrease existing expenditures/revenues (i.e. Parliament cannot increase existing items or create new ones)
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
Yes

Notes: Office of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
38
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
28 Mar 2023
(2023)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
20 Apr 2023
(2023)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
23
(2023)
National currency
Canadian Dollars (CAD)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
1.170
(2023)
State budget, per year
492,600,000,000 CAD
(2023)

Notes: Based on the fiscal year starting 1st April until to 31st March the following year

State budget, per year in PPP
397,258,064,516
(2023)

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No