Program directory · Courts Administration Service
Judicial Services
- Department
- Courts Administration Service
- Program code
- BEG01 (CAS)
- Core responsibility
- Administration services supporting Canada’s national Courts
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Judicial Services program provides legal services and judicial administrative support to assist members of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada and the Tax Court of Canada in the discharge of their judicial functions. These services are provided by legal counsel, judicial administrators, law clerks, jurilinguists, judicial assistants, library personnel and court attendants, under the direction of the four Chief Justices.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $226M |
| Judicial Support and Registry Services. | Later program (name match, medium confidence) | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Spending $49.4M, against $36.4M in 2023-24 (+36%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $113M, against $49.4M in 2024-25 (+128%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Appears to be replaced by Judicial Support and Registry Services. | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $47M, against $84.5M in 2026-27 (−44%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 4 | 2019 | — Measurement of this departmental results indicator was deferred to 2019–20. Results for 2018–19 will be published in the 2019–20 Departmental Results Report. | No result reported |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 4 | 2020 | — Measurement of the departmental result indicator was to occur in 2019–20. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was deferred to 2020–21. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 4 | 2021 | — Workload pressures and impact of COVID-19 on resources, the planned survey was not conducted. The survey has been postponed to the next fiscal year. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 4 | 2022 | — This item was not evaluated due to conflicting priorities (e.g. pandemic, Freedom convoy, etc.); however, it will be assessed next fiscal year. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 4 | 2023 | — Not evaluated, as the measurement of these results has been deferred. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | 4 – 5 | 2024 | — Not evaluated, as the measurement of these results has been deferred. | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | 4 – 5 | 2025 | — Not evaluated | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 100% – 100% | 2019 | 91% The result represents the average for the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) and the Federal Court (FC). Results are not collected for the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada (CMAC) as the sample size is too small to be statistically significant. The Tax Court of Canada (TCC) will endeavour in the coming year to collect its performance data. While the target was not met, the actual result was the sam… | Not met |
| 2019-20 | 100% – 100% | 2020 | 92.5% The result represents the average for the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) and the Federal Court (FC). Results are not collected for the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada (CMAC) as the sample size is too small to be statistically significant. The Tax Court of Canada (TCC) will endeavour in 2020–21 to collect its performance data. While the target was not met, the actual result improved from the p… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | 94% The completeness and accuracy of files are partly dependent on the submissions of the litigant. If all required information is not submitted by the litigant or representative within the measured time frame, the results could be affected. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 96.5% The completeness and accuracy of files are partly dependent on the submissions of the litigant. If all required information is not submitted by the litigant or representative within the measured timeframe, the results could be affected | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 95% The completeness and veracity of files depend in part on the litigant's submissions. If all required information is not submitted by the litigant or representative within the measured timeframe, the results could be affected. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 95% The completeness and veracity of files depend in part on the litigant's submissions. If all required information is not submitted by the litigant or representative within the measured timeframe, the results could be affected. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 93.8% The completeness and veracity of files depend in part on the litigant's submissions. If all required information is not submitted by the litigant or representative within the measured timeframe, the results could be affected. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $19.1M | $23M |
| 2019-20 | $23.5M | $27.5M |
| 2020-21 | $24.9M | $31M |
| 2021-22 | $28.6M | $27.9M |
| 2022-23 | $32M | $30.5M |
| 2023-24 | $30.2M | $36.4M |
| 2024-25 | $82.1M | $49.4M |
| 2025-26 | $113M | — |
| 2026-27 | $84.5M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $47M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 159 | 175 |
| 2019-20 | 184 | 186 |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 187 |
| 2021-22 | 189 | 189 |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 188 |
| 2023-24 | 190 | 204 |
| 2024-25 | 197 | 211 |
| 2025-26 | 212 | — |
| 2026-27 | 230* | — |
| 2027-28 | 218* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $19,121,377 | $18,225,057 | $18,412,917 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $23,463,231 | $24,263,661 | $21,690,469 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $24,919,936 | $23,842,998 | $23,931,550 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $28,552,994 | $28,435,965 | $27,627,858 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $31,956,637 | $27,230,743 | $27,241,491 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $30,201,343 | $29,361,647 | $29,427,525 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $82,076,523 | $79,064,317 | $69,673,202 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $112,535,513 | $84,540,422 | $46,968,392 | |||||||
| Actual | $23,030,571 | $27,541,139 | $30,966,361 | $27,867,858 | $30,480,264 | $36,357,065 | $49,397,272 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
