This stacked vertical bar graph has a segmented timeline (in fiscal years) on the horizontal axis and dollars (in millions) on the vertical axis. The timeline shows seven vertical bars; one for each fiscal year from 2008-09 on the left through to 2014-15.The first segment of the timeline includes Actual spending years, and groups together 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11. The second segment represents Forecast spending year 2011-12. The third segment groups together Planned spending years 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15. The vertical axis runs from 0 to 1,200.0 million dollars, in 200.0 million dollar increments.

Each vertical bar is divided into three colour-coded portions, with the lowest portion being orange, representing Grants and Contributions Spending (Vote 5), the middle being green, representing Operating Expenditures (Vote 1), and the top, coloured yellow, representing Respendable Revenue (Vote 1).

Grants and Contributions (Vote 5), increase from 374.4 in 2008-09 to 385.8 million dollars in 2010-11, then decrease to 348.8 million dollars in 2014-15.Operating expenditures (Vote 1) show as 362.7 million dollars in 2008-09, peak at 413.6 million dollars in 2009-10, then decline to 331.7 in 2014-15. Respendable Revenue (Vote 1) shows as 200.5 million dollars in 2008-09, and increases steadily to 318.8 in 2012-13, where it remains until 2014-15.

Total departmental spending shows as 937.6 million dollars in 2008-09, peaks at 1,060 million dollars in 2011-12 and decreases to 999.3 million dollars in 2014-15.