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Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency

Program code
BWN05 (AGR)
Core responsibility
Domestic and International Markets
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency regulates pari-mutuel betting on horse racing so that it is conducted in a fair manner for the Canadian public. The Agency also administers a national equine drug control program with supporting guidelines to help ensure substances that affect the performance of race horses are not used.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2018-19: -$317KCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2019-20: $226KCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2020-21: $1.4MCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2021-22: $431KCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2022-23: -$68KCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2023-24: $1.3MCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2024-25: $2MCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2025-26: $872KCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2026-27: $840KCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2027-28: $1.1MCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency 2028-29: $1.5MCanadian Pari-Mutuel Agency
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Canadian Pari-Mutuel AgencyThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$4.9M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

No significant changes detected.

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of compliance with the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations
Expected result: Pari-mutuel betting is conducted in a way that is fair to the Canadian betting public
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met97%2021-22✓ met96%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met99%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-1990% – 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 90%2020100%Met
2020-21≥ 90%2021100%Met
2021-22≥ 90%202297%Met
2022-23≥ 90%202396%Met
2023-24≥ 90%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 90%202599%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of compliance with the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations
Expected result: Pari-mutuel betting is conducted in a way that is fair to the Canadian betting public
90%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 90%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $02018-19: -$317K2018-192019-20: -$2802019-20: $226K2019-202020-21: $02020-21: $1.4M2020-212021-22: $02021-22: $431K2021-222022-23: $1.2M2022-23: -$68K2022-232023-24: $2M2023-24: $1.3M2023-242024-25: $1.8M2024-25: $2M2024-252025-26: $872K2025-262026-27: $840K2026-272027-28: $1.1M2027-282028-29: $1.5M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$0-$317K
2019-20-$280$226K
2020-21$0$1.4M
2021-22$0$431K
2022-23$1.2M-$68K
2023-24$2M$1.3M
2024-25$1.8M$2M
2025-26$872K—
2026-27$840K—
2027-28$1.1M*—
2028-29$1.5M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 312018-19: 312018-192019-20: 312019-20: 352019-202020-21: 352020-21: 302020-212021-22: 312021-22: 302021-222022-23: 302022-23: 312022-232023-24: 322023-24: 312023-242024-25: 332024-25: 312024-252025-26: 332025-262026-27: 292026-272027-28: 292027-282028-29: 292028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-193131
2019-203135
2020-213530
2021-223130
2022-233031
2023-243231
2024-253331
2025-2633—
2026-2729—
2027-2829*—
2028-2929*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29
2018-19 plan$0-$216,000-$53,000
2019-20 plan-$280$194,300$250,809
2020-21 plan$0$272,188$547,152
2021-22 plan$0$606,501$861,067
2022-23 plan$1,209,418$1,026,683$1,189,023
2023-24 plan$2,018,122$1,817,561$1,792,839
2024-25 plan$1,848,437$2,430,112$2,997,913
2025-26 plan$872,444$1,262,670$1,595,708
2026-27 plan$839,556$1,081,517$1,481,110
Actual-$317,142$225,726$1,368,493$430,721-$68,499$1,266,966$1,952,773

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.