Program directory · Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Compliance and Enforcement
- Department
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
- Program code
- BXX01 (CEO)
- Core responsibility
- Electoral Compliance and Enforcement
- In Departmental Plans
- 2020-21 – 2021-22 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections program supports the integrity of Canada’s electoral process by ensuring compliance with, and enforcement of, the Canada Elections Act and the Referendum Act. The Commissioner of Canada Elections receives complaints from the public and referrals from Elections Canada that form the basis of its compliance and enforcement work. Compliance and enforcement actions undertaken by the Commissioner are the result of reviews and investigations stemming from these complaints and referrals.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2020-21. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance and Enforcement | This program | 2020-21 – 2023-24 | $15M |
| Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $28.2M |
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 | Renamed from “Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections” to “Compliance and Enforcement”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2022-23 | Appears to be replaced by Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% 100% signifies a combination of 80 (38.1%) caution letters and 51 (24.3%) information letters sent, 70 (33.3%) administrative money penalties published, four (1.9%) compliance agreements entered into and five (2.4%) undertakings in the files where the measures were deemed to be the appropriate compliance and enforcement tools to address instances of wrongdoing under the Canada Elections Act. | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% 100% signifies a combination of 80 (38.1%) caution letters and 51 (24.3%) information letters sent, 70 (33.3%) administrative money penalties published, four (1.9%) compliance agreements entered into and five (2.4%) undertakings in the files where the measures were deemed to be the appropriate compliance and enforcement tools to address instances of wrongdoing under the Canada Elections Act. | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | $7.4M | $7.8M |
| 2021-22 | $8M | $7.3M |
| 2022-23 | $8M* | — |
| 2023-24 | $8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 48 | 43 |
| 2021-22 | 44 | 43 |
| 2022-23 | 44* | — |
| 2023-24 | 44* | — |
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 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 plan | $7,413,185 | $7,413,185 | $7,413,185 | |
| 2021-22 plan | $7,968,296 | $7,989,549 | $7,995,890 | |
| Actual | $7,770,484 | $7,267,285 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
