Program directory · Canada Border Services Agency

Force Generation

Department

Canada Border Services Agency

Program code

BUF10 (CBSA)

Core responsibility

Border Management

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Force Generation program addresses Border Services Officer (BSO) attrition and project requirements for new BSOs at the frontline. Training and development is in place to ensure BSOs have access to the required knowledge and skills in order to continually supply border services and deliver border-related operational programs. This is accomplished through the officer induction model delivered through the CBSA College, established national training standards and various training and development activities identified as business requirements throughout the career of a BSO. Induction involves the recruitment, training and development of future frontline BSOs. Training includes addressing identified specialized skill requirements for frontline BSOs, the design, development and maintenance of training products, the development and maintenance of related standards, planning, management, coordination and delivery of training, and evaluation of training. Development is done through on-the-job opportunities, which allow employees to put into practice the skills and abilities learned during training as they work towards becoming BSOs.

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).

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

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

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

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