The Main Estimates for 2025-26, tabled in the House of Commons, propose an allocation of $208,150,119 for Library and Archives Canada (LAC). This represents an increase from the $199,806,690 in the 2024-25 Main Estimates.
Examining the allocation by LAC’s core responsibilities, with the 2024-25 Main Estimates in brackets for comparison:
- Providing access to documentary heritage: Proposed $56,786,182 ($37,820,020) for operating expenditures and $35,252,002 ($44,790,676) for capital.
- Acquiring and preserving documentary heritage: Proposed $67,199,899 ($67,100,827) for operating and $5,727,792 ($7,791,921) for capital.
- Internal Services: Proposed $44,259,244 ($43,147,246), all operating.
Transfer Payments, which fall under providing access, are specifically for the Documentary Heritage Communities Program, with a proposed allocation of $1,425,000, a slight decrease from the previous $1.5 million.
There is a notable increase in the proposed operating funding for providing access. This may be related to the upcoming opening of Adisoke. Further details regarding the implications for LAC’s services may become clearer upon the tabling of the Departmental Plan in the House of Commons.
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