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Expenditure on account of war appropriation, for the year ended March 31, 1916
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| Total | |
|---|---|
| $ | |
| By departments other than the Department of Militia and Defence | |
| Trade and Commerce1 | 14,796 |
| Naval Service2 | 3,274,020 |
| Governor General's Secretary's Office | 9,109 |
| Privy Council | 17,347 |
| Secretary of State3 | 21,668 |
| Secretary of State for External Affairs3 | 11,211 |
| Post Office Department4 | 349,672 |
| Finance Department | 73,671 |
| Justice | 1,287,693 |
| Dominion Police5 | 201,508 |
| Indian Affairs6 | 5,689 |
| Royal Northwest Mounted Police5 | - |
| Railways and Canals7 | 313,741 |
| Public Works8 | 94,344 |
| Inland Revenue9 | 6,723 |
| War Purchasing Commission | 29,413 |
| Audit Office | 4,439 |
| Labour10 | 1,071 |
| Agriculture11 | 5,078 |
| Marine12 | 1,530 |
| Legislation (Library) | 270 |
| Interior13 | 41,346 |
| Total | 5,764,339 |
| Grand Total | 166,197,755 |
| Note: The Department of Militia and Defence was merged into the Department of National Defence in 1928. | |
| 1. The Department of Trade and Commerce is now called Industry Canada. | |
| 2. The Department of the Naval service was merged into the Department of National Defence in 1923. However, it continued to issue reports as a separate department for some years as a result of a dispute between naval and military chiefs. | |
| 3. The Canadian Cabinet used to have a secretary of State for External Affairs who acted as a the country's Foreign Minister, but this position was abolished in 1993, and a new position at Minister of Foreign Affairs was created. From 1867 to 1993, there was also a Secretary of State who was a Cabinet Minister responsible for the Department of Secretary of State until the positon was abolished. From 1993 to 2003, junior ministers were styled Secretary of State, and were assigned specific policy areas and assisted Cabinet ministers. In the current Cabinet, these positions are styled Ministers of States. | |
| 4. There is no longer a Post Office Department. It was succeeded by the Canada Post Corporation in 1981. It now operates as an independent crown corporation. | |
| 5. In 1868, the Dominion Police began as a police force protecting the parliament buidlings, and by 1911 it served as Eastern Canada's police force. It was merged with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police on February 1, 1920, to form the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. | |
| 6. Indian Affairs is now called the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. | |
| 7. The Department of Railways and Canals doesn't exist anymore. It was amalgamated with the Department of Marine and the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of National Defence in 1936 to form the Department of Transport. | |
| 8. Public Works is now the Department of Public Works and Government Services. | |
| 9. Inland Revenue has been called National Revenue since 1927. | |
| 10. The Department of Labour was created in 1900. From 1993 to 1996 the Department of Labour was amalgamated with the Department of Employment and Immigration to create Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). A 2003 reorganization saw HRDC dismantled, and labour responsibilities passed to a succesor department, Human Resources and Skill Development Canada. The name change to Labour and Housing occurred seven months later. | |
| 11. Agriculture is now called the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food. | |
| 12. The Department of Marine and Fisheries was created in 1867. It is now called the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. | |
| 13. Interior was replaced by the following ministries: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Department of Natural Resources. | |
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | |
