Public Services and Procurement Canada
2023 to 2024 Fees Report

Minister's message

I am pleased to present Public Services and Procurement Canada’s (PSPC) report on fees for 2023 to 2024.

The Service Fees Act provides a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through better reporting to Parliament, improves transparency and oversight.

The report lists fees that support the effective operation of government in delivering services to Canadians, such as procurement, real property management and official languages.

In 2023 to 2024, there was an increase in demand for immunization programs not related to COVID-19, such as the Shingrix vaccine. In addition, due to the easing of pandemic restrictions and the return to offices by public servants across the country, various revenues associated with building occupancy have increased.

I am honoured to present this information on behalf of PSPC in accordance with the provisions of the Service Fees Act.

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, PC, MP

Minister of Public Services and Procurement

About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, the Low-materiality Fees Regulations and subsection 4.2.9 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees PSPC had the authority to set in 2023 to 2024 including any that were collected by another department^{Footnote 1}.

The report covers fees that are subject to the Service Fees Act.

For reporting purposes, fees must be categorized by fee-setting mechanism. There are 3 mechanisms:

1. Act, regulation or fees notice:
   • the authority to set these fees is delegated to a department, minister or Governor in Council pursuant to an act of Parliament
2. Contract:
   • ministers have the inherent authority to enter into contracts, which are usually negotiated between the minister and an individual or organization, and which cover fees and other terms and conditions
   • in some cases, that authority may also be provided by act of Parliament
3. Market-rate or auction:
   • the authority to set these fees is pursuant to an act of Parliament or regulation, and the minister, department or Governor in Council has no control over the fee amount

For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each fee. For fees set by contract, the report provides totals only. Public Services and Procurement Canada did not have fees set by market rate or auction.

Fees charged by Public Services and Procurement Canada under the Access to Information Act were subject to the Service Fees Act and they are not included in this report. Information on PSPC's access to information fees can be found in our annual report to Parliament on the administration of the Access to Information Act, which is posted on our web page: Annual reports on the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

Remissions

Service Fees Act authority

In 2023 to 2024, PSPC was subject to the requirements to issue remissions under section 7 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.4 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities to remit a fee, in whole or in part, to a fee payer when a service standard was deemed not met. PSPC’s remission policy and procedures, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, are on the following web page: Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Policy on Remissions.

Financial Administration Act authority

In 2023 to 2024, Public Services and Procurement Canada issued remissions under the Financial Administration Act. These remissions may have been for reasons other than not meeting a service standard.

The Adjustment of Certain Fees in Respect of Publication in the Canada Gazette for the 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 fiscal years remission order provides the authority to remit and was issued on March 1, 2024.

The other sections of this report provide detailed amounts for Public Services and Procurement Canada’s remissions for 2023 to 2024.

Overall totals, by fee setting mechanism

The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that PSPC had the authority to set in 2023 to 2024, by fee-setting mechanism.

Table 1: Overall totals for 2023 to 2024, by fee-setting mechanism (in dollars)

Fee setting mechanism	Revenue	Cost	Remissions
Fees set by contract	346,735,215.71	341,404,153.03table 1 note 1	Remissions do not apply to fees set by contract
Fees set by act, regulation or fees notice	11,219,094.32	15,779,820.34	7,670.07
Total	357,954,310.03	357,183,973.37	7,670.07
Table 1 Note Table 1 Note 1 The difference between the revenues and the costs for fees set by contract is mainly explained by the fact that the department has no mechanism for tracking costs associated with parking fees. Return to table 1 note 1 referrer

Totals, by fee grouping, for fees set by act, regulation or fees notice

A fee grouping is a set of fees relating to a single business line, directorate or program that a department had the authority to set for those activities.

This section presents, for each fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that PSPC had the authority to set in 2023 to 2024 that are set by any of the following:

• act
• regulation
• fees notice

Canada Gazette insertion fees fee grouping: Totals for 2023 to 2024

Table 2: Revenue, cost and remissions for the Canada Gazette insertion fees fee grouping (in dollars)

Revenue	Cost	Remissions
101,193.02	199,003.01	7,670.07

Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations fee grouping: Totals for 2023 to 2024

Table 3: Revenue, cost and remissions for the Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations fee grouping (in dollars)

Revenue	Cost	Remissions
0.00	0.00	0.00

Esquimalt Graving Dock fee grouping: Totals for 2023 to 2024

Table 4: Revenue, cost and remissions for the Esquimalt Graving Dock fee grouping (in dollars)

Revenue	Cost	Remissions
11,117,901.30	15,580,817.33	0.00

Details on each fee set by act, regulation or fees notice

This section provides detailed information on each fee that PSPC had the authority to set in 2023 to 2024 and that was set by any of the following:

• act
• regulation
• fees notice

Canada Gazette insertion fees

Fee grouping

Canada Gazette insertion fees.

Fee

• Crown Corporations: Part 1
• Crown Corporations: Part 2
• Non-federal clients: Part 1
• Non-federal clients: Part 2
• Federal departments and agencies: Part 1
• Federal departments and agencies: Part 2

Fee-setting authority

• Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, section 17
• Publishing rates are available on the Canada Gazette website

Year fee-setting authority was introduced
1996.

Last year fee-setting authority was amended
2017.

Service standard

The Canada Gazette directorate strives for the highest level of client service by maintaining an accuracy rating of over 99% of documents published in part I and part II of the Canada Gazette.

Performance result

Maintaining an accuracy rating of over 99% of documents published in part I and part II of the Canada Gazette: results 99.87%.

Application of Low-materiality fees regulations

• Material (formula):
  • Crown Corporations: Part 1
  • Crown Corporations: Part 2
  • Non-federal clients: Part 1
  • Non-federal clients: Part 2
  • Federal departments and agencies: Part 1
  • Federal departments and agencies: Part 2

Table 5: Canada Gazette Insertion Fees: 2023 to 2024 fee amount, total fee revenue and total remissions issued for the fee; and 2025 to 2026 fee adjustment date and fee amount (in dollars)

Fee	2023 to 2024 fee amount (per page)	2023 to 2024 total fee revenue	2023 to 2024 total remissions issued for the fee	Fee adjustment date in 2025 to 2026	2025 to 2026 fee amount (per page)
Crown Corporations: Part 1, per page	461.84	48,677.93	3,596.46	April 1, 2025	495.00
Crown Corporations: Part 2, per page	140.16	3,968.45	675.34	April 1, 2025	150.00
Non-federal clients: Part 1, per page	461.84	28,772.54	2,858.54	April 1, 2025	495.00
Non-federal clients: Part 2, per page	140.16	4,779.46	34.12	April 1, 2025	150.00
Federal Departments and Agencies: Part 1, per page	406.70	11,280.40	505.61	April 1, 2025	435.75
Federal Departments and Agencies: Part 2, per page	159.69	3,714.24	0.00	April 1, 2025	170.75

Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations

Fee grouping

Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations.

Fee

Sale of volume of special issue—Part 2.

Fee-setting authority

• Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, section 17
• Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations (statutory orders and regulations [SOR/79-613]), section 4

Year fee-setting authority was introduced
1979.

Last year fee-setting authority was amended

Not applicable.

Service standard

Not subject to a service standard requirement of the Service Fees Act.

Performance result

Not subject to a service standard requirement, pursuant to the Service Fees Act.

Application of Low-materiality Fees Regulations

Low-materiality (< $51): Sale of volume of special issue—Part 2.

Table 6: Canada Gazette (1978) Special Issue Regulations: 2023 to 2024 fee amount, total revenue and total remissions issued for the fee; and 2025 to 2026 fee adjustment date and fee amount (in dollars)

Fee	2023 to 2024 fee amount	2023 to 2024 total fee revenue	2023 to 2024 total remissions issued for the fee	Fee adjustment date in 2025 to 2026	2025 to 2026 fee amount
Sale of volume of special issue—Part 2	34.50	0.00	This fee was not subject to remissions	Not applicable	34.50

Esquimalt Graving Dock

Fee grouping

Esquimalt Graving Dock.

Fee

• Booking
• Draining, per section
• Berthage, per day
• Rail mounted crane, per hour:
  • with light hook
  • with main hook, up to 50-tonne lift
  • with main hook, over 50-tonne lift
• Mobile crane, per hour:
  • 9-tonne crane
  • 20-tonne crane
  • 30-tonne crane
  • forklift
  • tower crane
• Air compressor, per manifold hour:
  • first
  • second
  • wheeled
• Motorized vessel, per hour
• Fresh water, per cubic metre
• Electric power, per kilowatt hour
• Tie-up or letting go
• Overtime labour services, dry dock employee, per hour
• Security services, per vessel, per day
• Dockage, per day:
  • 1 section
  • 2 sections
  • 3 sections
  • under 5 000 gross tonnage
  • 5 000 to 34 999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage
  • 35 000 to 69 999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage
  • 70 000 to 89 999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage
  • over 89 999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage
• Sewer discharge, per litre
• Vacuum loader
• Mobile crane, per hour
  • 16-tonne crane
  • 25-tonne shuttlelift
  • 80-tonne
• Rail Standby, per hour
• Mobile Standby, per hour
• Dust Boss, per day
• Road Sweeper, per hour
• Boom Deployment and Retrieval, per use
• Boom Maintenance Fee, per 30 days of use

Fee-setting authority

• Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, section 23
• Esquimalt Graving Dock Regulations (SOR/89-332, SOR/95-642, and SOR/2009-324)

Year fee-setting authority was introduced
2009.

Last year fee-setting authority was amended
2018.

Service standard^{Footnote 2}

PSPC is the federal department responsible for managing the dock. The department will provide, in a reasonable manner:

• administration services, to reserve services or space for vessels
• notification to users, within 48 hours of changes to service or space that may affect the safe and efficient operations of the facility
• an emergency response plan for the dock
• an approved marine facility security plan and a qualified marine facility security officer

Performance result

The department reports annually on the measurement of the following performance standards:

• reservations and confirmed bookings were provided in a reasonable manner when requested
• notifications of changes to service and/or capacity of the facility have been provided within 48 hours after first noting the change in condition of the service or capacity at least 90% of the time
• the dock's emergency response plan has been reviewed and updated, when required, every 2 years
• the dock continued to have a valid Statement of Compliance to the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code as issued by Transport Canada and all regulated security audits have been completed:
  • disputes related to service and/or capacity of the dock would be handled in the following manner:
    • first level of referral: Director, Esquimalt Graving Dock
    • second level of referral: Senior director, Engineering Assets
    • third level of referral: Director general, Infrastructure Assets Management
    • fourth level of referral: Associate assistant deputy minister, PSPC

Application of Low-materiality fees regulations

• Material (> $151): Booking
• Material (formula):
  • Draining
  • Berthage
  • Rail mounted crane:
    • with light hook
    • with main hook, up to 50-tonne lift
    • with main hook, over 50-tonne lift
  • Mobile crane:
    • 9-tonne crane
    • 20-tonne crane
    • 30-tonne crane
    • forklift
    • tower crane
  • Air compressor:
    • first
    • second
    • wheeled
  • Motorized vessel
  • Fresh water
  • Electric power
• Material (> $151): Tie-up or letting go
• Material (formula):
  • Overtime labour services, dry dock employee
  • Security services
  • Dockage:
    • 1 section
    • 2 sections
    • 3 sections
    • under 5 000 gross tonnage
    • 5 000 to 34 999 gross tonnage
    • 35 000 to 69 999 gross tonnage
    • 70 000 to 89 999 gross tonnage
    • over 89 999 gross tonnage
  • Sewer discharge
• Material ($51 to $151): Vacuum loader
• Material (formula):
  • Mobile crane:
    • 16-tonne crane
    • 25-tonne Shuttlelift
    • 80-tonne
  • Rail Standby
  • Mobile Standby
  • Dust Boss
  • Road Sweeper
  • Boom Deployment and Retrieval
  • Boom Maintenance Fee

Table 7: Esquimalt Graving Dock: 2023 to 2024 fee amount, total revenue and total remissions issued for the fee; and 2025 to 2026 fee adjustment date and fee amount (in dollars)

Fee	2023 to 2024 fee amount	2023 to 2024 total fee revenue	2023 to 2024 total remissions issued for the fee	Fee adjustment date in 2025 to 2026	2025 to 2026 fee amount
Booking	6,369.48	273,887.64	0.00	April 1, 2025	6,929.66
Draining, per section	6,369.48	133,542.50	0.00	April 1, 2025	6,929.66
Berthage, per metre, per day	7.44	648,008.51	0.00	April 1 ,2025	8.09
Rail mounted crane per hour - with light hook	584.81	1,805,690.74	0.00	April 1, 2025	636.24
Rail mounted crane, per hour - with main hook, up to 50-tonne lift	844.72	95,223.60	0.00	April 1, 2025	919.02
Rail mounted crane, per hour - with main hook, over 50-tonne lift	1,299.59	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	1,413.88
Mobile crane, per hour - 9-tonne crane	162.45	45,796.71	0.00	April 1, 2025	176.74
Mobile crane, per hour - 20-tonne crane	207.94	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	226.23
Mobile crane, per hour - 30-tonne crane	253.42	101,447.28	0.00	April 1, 2025	275.71
Mobile crane per hour - Forklift	123.46	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	134.32
Mobile crane, per hour -Tower crane	207.93	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	226.21
Air compressor (first), per manifold hour	142.95	1,566,892.50	0.00	April 1, 2025	155.52
Air compressor (second), per manifold hour	136.46	341,695.84	0.00	April 1, 2025	148.46
Air compressor (wheeled), per manifold hour	71.48	276.20	0.00	April 1, 2025	77.76
Motorized vessel, per hour	236.27	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	257.05
Fresh water, per cubic metre	1.64	58,560.22	0.00	April 1, 2025	1.79
Electric power, per kilowatt hour	0.20	1,182,972.16	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.22
Tie-up or letting go	1,033.76	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	1,124.68
Overtime labour services, dry dock employee, per hour	126.43	518,980.97	0.00	April 1, 2025	137.55
Security services, per vessel, per day	584.81	254,034.33	0.00	April 1, 2025	636.24
Dockage, 1 section, per day	3,821.69	1,153,760.53	0.00	April 1, 2025	4,157.80
Dockage, 2 sections, per day	12,738.97	1,171,985.24	0.00	April 1, 2025	13,859.33
Dockage, 3 sections, per day	17,834.54	722,119.69	0.00	April 1, 2025	19,403.04
Dockage per day: under 5,000 gross tonnage	0.00	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.00
Dockage per day: 5,000 – 34,999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage	0.14	156,214.66	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.16
Dockage per day: 35,000 – 69,999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage	0.13	257,161.06	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.15
Dockage per day: 70,000 – 89,999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage	0.11	100,802.68	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.12
Dockage per day: over 89,999 gross tonnage, per the vessel’s gross tonnage	0.10	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.10
Sewer discharge, per litre	0.01	75,072.31	0.00	April 1, 2025	0.01
Vacuum loader	84.47	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	91.90
Mobile crane, 16-tonne crane, per hour	191.68	958.40	0.00	April 1, 2025	208.54
Mobile crane, 25- tonne shuttlelift, per hour	207.94	24,529.85	0.00	April 1, 2025	226.23
Mobile crane, 80-tonne, per hour	365.95	151,078.28	0.00	April 1, 2025	398.14
Rail Standby, per hour	199.49	209,031.62	0.00	April 1, 2025	217.04
Mobile Standby, per hour	99.74	36,105.88	0.00	April 1, 2025	108.51
Dust Boss, per day	117.35	18,071.90	0.00	April 1, 2025	127.67
Road Sweeper, per hour	117.35	0.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	127.67
Boom Deployment and Retrieval, per use	1,000.00	12,000.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	1,000.00
Boom Maintenance Fee, per 30 days of use	2,000.00	2,000.00	0.00	April 1, 2025	2,000.00