Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures
Women and Gender Equality Canada 2024 - 2025
As required by the Treasury Board Directive on Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures, this report provides information on travel, hospitality and conference expenditures for Women and Gender Equality Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
Travel, hospitality and conference expenditures incurred by a federal department or agency relate to activities that support the department or agency’s mandate and the government’s priorities.
Mandate:
WAGE’s travel, hospitality and conference expenditures support the delivery of the following core programs and services to Canadians:
The mandate of WAGE is to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression through the inclusion of people of all genders, including women, in Canada’s economic, social, and political life. This application of a gender and diversity lens will help us to understand better the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors. These factors include – but are not limited to – race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability.
Further information on mandate, roles, responsibilities and programs of WAGE can be found in the Departmental Results Report and Departmental Plan.
Women and Gender Equality Canada Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for Year ending March 31, 2025
Expenditure category |
Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2025 ($ thousands) |
Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2024 ($ thousands) |
Variance ($ thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | |||
Operational activities |
$125.00 |
$94.00 |
$31.00 |
Key stakeholders |
$327.00 |
$373.00 |
-$46.00 |
Internal governance |
$20.00 |
$52.00 |
-$32.00 |
Training |
$7.00 |
$19.00 |
-$12.00 |
Other |
$5.00 |
$6.00 |
-$1.00 |
| A. Total travel | $484.00 |
$544.00 |
-$60.00 |
| B. Hospitality | $53.00 |
$44.00 |
$9.00 |
| C. Conference fees | $0.00 |
$3.00 |
-$3.00 |
| Total [A+B+C] | $537.00 |
$591.00 |
-$54.00 |
| International travel by minister and minister's staff (included in travel) | $19.00 |
$54.00 |
-$35.00 |
Explanation of significant variances compared with previous fiscal year
Total travel:
compared with fiscal year 2023-24, there was a decrease in departmental travel expenditures by $60 thousand. This decline was driven by a $46 thousand reduction in the key stakeholders’ category, largely due to fewer international trips by the Minister and the Minister’s exempt staff, and an additional $45 thousand decrease aligned with the department's commitment to responsible government spending. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $31 thousand in travel for operational activities, including travel related to the GG awards, meetings with Grants and Contribution recipients, External Research contracts and IT and facilities site visits to regional offices.
Hospitality:
compared with fiscal year 2023-24, there's no significant variance in departmental hospitality expenditures.
Conference fees:
compared with fiscal year 2023-24, there is no significant variance in departmental conference fees.Minister and minister’s exempt staff - International travel:
compared with fiscal year 2023-24, there's a variance for departmental expenditures for international travel by the Minister and the Minister’s exempt staff. This decrease is due to their participation in only one international engagement during 2024–25: the 69th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 69) in New York.