Program directory · Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
National Register of Electors and Electoral Geography
- Department
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
- Program code
- BGG02 (CEO)
- Core responsibility
- Electoral Administration and Oversight
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2021-22 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Electoral Data Services Program ensures that the National Register of Electors (NRoE) and the Register of Future Electors (RoFE) reflect current information from federal, provincial, and territorial administrative and electoral sources. Through its address management and registration activities and services, the program ensures efficient address management and the distribution of mapping products. The program is also responsible for online registration and online vote by mail registration for local electors, as well as planning and printing of the Voter Information Cards (VICs).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Register of Electors and Electoral Geography | This program | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $51M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Indicators added: Percentage of electors’ residences that are within 12 kilometers of their assigned polling place on advance polling days; Percentage of electors’ residences that are within 6 kilometers of their assigned polling place on polling day | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of electors’ residences that are within a given road distance of their assigned polling place | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Planned employees (FTEs) 134, against 103 in 2021-22 (+30%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Planned spending $22.1M, against $14.7M in 2021-22 (+50%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2023-24 | Planned employees (FTEs) 105, against 134 in 2022-23 (−22%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned spending $14.5M, against $22.1M in 2022-23 (−35%). | 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 | ≥ 94% | 2019 | 94% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 94% | 2020 | 96% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 94% | 2021 | 96% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 94% | 2022 | 97% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | — Data for this indicator is unavailable in years where no federal general election is conducted. The data will be available in the year of the 44th federal general election. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 93% Due to the pandemic, schools and other usual polling places were generally unavailable. Once the election was called, there were added difficulties confirming polling places, and some landlords reversed their decision to rent spaces due to the emerging fourth wave of COVID-19. This caused many changes in polling site locations, including loss of locations everywhere and especially in urban areas. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | — Data for this indicator is unavailable in years where no federal general election is conducted. The data will be available in the year of the 44th federal general election. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 92% This indicator was measured for the first time nationally during the 43rd general election in October 2019. The result obtained (94%) was very close to the desired target (95%) and will serve as a benchmark. To meet the target in future elections, further adjustments to polling division boundaries and polling station locations were required. Due to the pandemic, schools and other usual polling pl… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 95% | 2019 | 98% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 94% This indicator was measured for the first time nationally during the 43rd general election in October 2019. The result obtained (94%) was very close to the desired target (95%) and will serve as a benchmark. To meet the target in future elections, further adjustments to polling division boundaries and polling station locations will be required. | 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 | $11.4M | $11.2M |
| 2019-20 | $9.8M | $12.3M |
| 2020-21 | $13.6M | $12.8M |
| 2021-22 | $16.5M | $14.7M |
| 2022-23 | $22.1M* | — |
| 2023-24 | $14.5M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 95 | 82 |
| 2019-20 | 84 | 83 |
| 2020-21 | 105 | 91 |
| 2021-22 | 112 | 103 |
| 2022-23 | 134* | — |
| 2023-24 | 105* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $11,408,526 | $9,263,093 | $9,400,741 | |||
| 2019-20 plan | $9,828,053 | $8,033,924 | $7,808,588 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $13,568,654 | $19,642,999 | $13,903,352 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $16,549,415 | $22,130,956 | $14,470,856 | |||
| Actual | $11,206,773 | $12,334,817 | $12,761,904 | $14,726,588 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
