Program directory · Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Impact Assessment Policy Development
- Department
- Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
- Program code
- BGV01 (CEAA)
- Core responsibility
- Impact Assessment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Impact Assessment (IA) Policy Program develops and promotes robust policies and practices for high quality IA in accordance with the Impact Assessment Act. This is achieved by building and reinforcing policies, procedures, and criteria for the conduct of federal IA, by promoting cooperation and coordinated action between the federal government and other jurisdictions, by promoting communication and cooperation with Indigenous peoples, and by developing guidance and training for IA practitioners. IA Policy enables continuous improvement through research, monitoring, analysis, and advice. Recommendations inform the development of new regulatory and policy approaches, as well as the revision of guidance, training and knowledge-based instruments. The program also provides support for the conduct of IA through various means, such as federal-provincial agreements and policy criteria. This program uses funding from the following transfer payment: Impact Assessment-related Research Program.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Assessment Policy Development | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $56.5M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Employees (FTEs) 106, against 63 in 2018-19 (+68%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $18.8M, against $7.4M in 2018-19 (+155%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Renamed from “Environmental Assessment Policy Development” to “Impact Assessment Policy Development”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Spending $30.3M, against $18.8M in 2019-20 (+61%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 93% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 100% | 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 | $4.2M | $7.4M |
| 2019-20 | $27.2M | $18.8M |
| 2020-21 | $28.4M | $30.3M |
| 2021-22 | $29.2M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $29.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 42 | 63 |
| 2019-20 | 107 | 106 |
| 2020-21 | 105 | 111 |
| 2021-22 | 99* | — |
| 2022-23 | 100* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $4,219,324 | $4,195,583 | $2,189,704 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $27,172,336 | $27,746,432 | $28,422,661 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $28,409,910 | $29,171,197 | $29,417,041 | ||
| Actual | $7,370,833 | $18,771,489 | $30,314,230 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
