11,670 of the affected credit cards are Canadian, bringing the total number of Canadians impacted by the hack to about 19,00
Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough made the prediction as she acknowledged there was no mechanism in place to gauge the effectiveness of Phoenix when the Liberals launched it early last year.
Destination Canada reported a 16 per cent increase in the number of Canadian millennials who vacationed within the country this year.
Some provinces have complained they can't be ready to implement and enforce the legislation so quickly.
The money will be paid out as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement to employees who were investigated, sanctioned and sometimes fired as part of the so-called "gay purge."
The federal agency says the vacancy rate in Canadian cities with at least 10,000 people fell to three per cent in October, down from 3.7 per cent a year earlier.