Supporting Documentation: Volume 3, Section 10

Travel expenditures of ministers and parliamentary secretaries as per the Public Accounts of Canada

This dataset presents a total amount of travel expenditures, domestic and/or international where the travel is required for departmental operational or program purposes, for each minister and parliamentary secretary charged to the ministers' office budget or any other fund centre within the minister's department or agency, excluding the Goods and services tax (GST).

For the purpose of this statement, travel expenditures include transportation, accommodation, meals and other expenditures. The following items are excluded from this statement:

• travel expenditures of ministers' staff, or other persons travelling with ministers and parliamentary secretaries
• hospitality costs extended on behalf of the Government where it is considered to be essential, as a matter of courtesy, or to facilitate the conduct of Government business
• travel expenditures of Members of the House of Commons serving on various parliamentary committees
• moving, transportation and travel expenditures paid for by the House of Commons on behalf of its Members. These expenses are reported in a separate statement in Section 11 of this volume entitled "House of Commons—Statement of sessional allowances and travel expenses"
• Department of National Defence charges for the use of government aircrafts
• travel expenditures of Members of the House of Commons for Canadian representation at international conferences and meetings. These expenditures are reported in a separate statement in Section 11 of this volume entitled "Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development—Travel expenditures for Canadian representation at international conferences and meetings"

The information on the travel expenditures of ministers and parliamentary secretaries first appeared in the Public Accounts of Canada in 1943.

General Notes

As of the 2025 release, the following columns were renamed to improve readability and bilingualism:

• FSCL_YR was renamed to Fscl-yr_Ex-fin
• MINE was renamed to Min-portfolio_Portefeuille-min_eng
• MINF was renamed to Min-portfolio_Portefeuille-min_fra
• MNSTR_MNSTT_EN_TTL was renamed to Minister-title_Titre-ministre_eng
• MNSTR_MNSTT_FR_TTL was renamed to Minister-title_Titre-ministre_fra
• MNSTR_MNSTT_EN_NM was renamed to Minister-name_Nom-ministre_eng
• MNSTR_MNSTT_FR_NM was renamed to Minister-name_Nom-ministre_fra
• VOTE_NO was renamed to Vote-nbr_No-credit
• TRVL_INT_XPND_AMT was renamed to Travel-int-exp_Dep-deplace-int

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