Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Results and programs. GC InfoBase reports 10 programs of this department, in its Departmental Plans or its actual spending; 3 are current (in the latest plan or, for a program in no plan, with actual spending in the latest year).
- Actual spending, 2024-25
- $21.3M
- Planned, 2025-26 (latest plan)
- $21.9M
- Core responsibilities with indicators
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Spending and employees
Totals of the department's programs: actual spending where reported, then the latest plan.
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | — | $11.5M |
| 2011-12 | — | $15.7M |
| 2012-13 | — | $14.7M |
| 2013-14 | — | $10.4M |
| 2014-15 | — | $11.4M |
| 2015-16 | — | $11M |
| 2016-17 | — | $11.4M |
| 2017-18 | — | $12M |
| 2018-19 | — | $11.1M |
| 2019-20 | — | $12.1M |
| 2020-21 | — | $39.3M |
| 2021-22 | — | $14M |
| 2022-23 | — | $15M |
| 2023-24 | — | $19.9M |
| 2024-25 | — | $21.3M |
| 2025-26 | $21.9M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $23.2M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $23.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $17.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | — | 434 |
| 2012-13 | — | 432 |
| 2013-14 | — | 434 |
| 2014-15 | — | 445 |
| 2015-16 | — | 450 |
| 2016-17 | — | 460 |
| 2017-18 | — | 449 |
| 2018-19 | — | 454 |
| 2019-20 | — | 499 |
| 2020-21 | — | 520 |
| 2021-22 | — | 538 |
| 2022-23 | — | 531 |
| 2023-24 | — | 614 |
| 2024-25 | — | 691 |
| 2025-26 | 717* | — |
| 2026-27 | 750* | — |
| 2027-28 | 749* | — |
| 2028-29 | 652* | — |
Results at a glance
How many indicators met their target each year, as reported in the Departmental Results Reports. Source: GC InfoBase.
Core responsibility indicators
| Report year | Met | Not met | No result reported | Not yet due | Share met (of met and not met) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| 2019-20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 67% |
| 2020-21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 75% |
| 2021-22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78% |
| 2022-23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 38% |
| 2023-24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| 2024-25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
Program indicators
| Report year | Met | Not met | No result reported | Not yet due | Share met (of met and not met) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| 2020-21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| 2021-22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2022-23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| 2023-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| 2024-25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Results by core responsibility
Regulate and Supervise the Communications System (14 indicators)
Historical: targets against results
% of decisions on telecommunications and broadcasting applications (Part 1) issued within four months of the close of record
2024-25Target: ≥ 75% (2025)Result: 95.5%Met
% of households that have access to fixed broadband Internet access services
2021-22Target: ≥ 90% (2021)Result: 91.2%Met
Number of decisions overturned on judicial appeal related to procedural fairness
2024-25Target: ≤ 0 (2025)Result: 0Met
% of broadcasting undertakings participating in public alerting system
2024-25Target: ≥ 100% (2025)Result: 98.9%Not met
% of Canadian subscribers with access to public alerting through wireless service providers
2024-25Target: ≥ 100% (2025)Result: 100%Not met
% of facilities-based telecommunications service providers that are compliant with obligations associated with ensuring all 9-1-1 communications made by Canadians are delivered to Public Safety Answering Points
2024-25Target: ≥ 100% (2025)Result: 100%Met
% of organizations that remain compliant within three years after compliance / enforcement action is taken on unsolicited commercial communications
2024-25Target: ≥ 80% (2025)Result: 96.3%Met
% of total fixed broadband subscriptions that are high capacity network connections compared to the OECD average
2024-25Target: ≥ 7.9% (2024)Result: 6.8%Not met
Total investment in Canadian television programming production
2024-25Target: $4B – $4.5B (2025)Result: $5Not met
% of facilities-based telecommunications service providers in compliance with 911 requirements
2022-23Target: ≥ 100% (2023)Result: 100%Met
% of broadcasters and wireless service providers participating in public alerting system
2019-20Target: ≥ 90% (2020)Result: 87.5%Not met
% of decisions on Part 1 Applications issued within four months of the close of record
2019-20Target: ≥ 75% (2020)Result: 64%Not met
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
% of decisions on telecommunications and broadcasting applications (Part 1) issued within four months of the close of record
2026-27Target: ≥ 75% (2027)Result: —Planned
Number of decisions overturned on judicial appeal related to procedural fairness
2026-27Target: ≤ 0 (2027)Result: —Planned
Total investment in Canadian and Indigenous audio-visual and audio programming production
2026-27Target: ≥ $4.2B (2027)Result: —Planned
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
% of households that have access to fixed broadband Internet access services
2026-27Target: ≥ 100% (2030)Result: —Planned
% of households that have access to the latest generally deployed mobile wireless technology
2026-27Target: ≥ 100% (2030)Result: —Planned
Programs
| Program | Core responsibility | Status | Latest plan, first year | Last actual | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to the Communications System · BRT02 | Regulate and Supervise the Communications System | New since an earlier plan | $9.9M 2026-27 | $5.6M 2024-25 | 1 |
| Support for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation · BRT01 | Regulate and Supervise the Communications System | New since an earlier plan | $4M 2026-27 | $5.1M 2024-25 | 3 |
| Internal Services · ISS00 | — | New since an earlier plan | $3.7M 2026-27 | $4.4M 2024-25 | 0 |
| Canadian Telecommunications · ACY00 | Canadians have access to a wide variety of high quality Canadian produced programming and to reliable, affordable and high quality telecommunication services. | Not in a Departmental Plan | — | $7.6M 2012-13 | 0 |
| Protection Within the Communications System · BRT03 | Regulate and Supervise the Communications System | Appeared and later dropped | $6M 2025-26 | $6.2M 2024-25 | 1 |
| Protection within the Communication System · CPA00 | Canadians have access to a world-class communication system. | Not in a Departmental Plan | — | $5.5M 2017-18 | 0 |
| Internal Services · ISC00 | Internal Services | Not in a Departmental Plan | — | $3.9M 2017-18 | 0 |
| Canadian Broadcasting · ACZ00 | Canadians have access to a wide variety of high quality Canadian produced programming and to reliable, affordable and high quality telecommunication services. | Not in a Departmental Plan | — | $3.3M 2012-13 | 0 |
| Canadian Content Creation · CAA00 | Canadians have access to a world-class communication system. | Not in a Departmental Plan | — | $1.8M 2017-18 | 0 |
| Connection to the Communication System · CAB00 | Canadians have access to a world-class communication system. | Not in a Departmental Plan | — | $873K 2017-18 | 0 |
