Program directory · Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
- Program code
- BEO00 (CATSA)
- In Departmental Plans
- Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2018-19 – 2024-25
What it does
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) is responsible for the delivery of effective and efficient screening of persons who access aircraft or restricted areas through screening points, the property in their possession or control, and the belongings or baggage that they give to an air carrier for transport. The CATSA Act also specifies that the delivery of screening services must be done in a consistent manner and in the public interest. CATSA has a mandate to provide security in four areas of aviation security: Pre-Board Screening; Hold Baggage Screening; Non-Passenger Screening; and Restricted Area Identity Card. In addition, under an agreement it concluded with Transport Canada in 2010, CATSA is authorized to conduct screening, where capacity exists, of cargo at 49 smaller airports.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Air Transport Security Authority | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $5.95B |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Spending $866M, against $686M in 2021-22 (+26%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | $818M |
| 2019-20 | — | $848M |
| 2020-21 | — | $686M |
| 2021-22 | — | $686M |
| 2022-23 | — | $866M |
| 2023-24 | — | $971M |
| 2024-25 | — | $1.08B |
Employees (FTEs)
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
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Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
