Program directory · Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Electoral Data Services
- Department
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
- Program code
- BYI04 (CEO)
- Core responsibility
- Electoral Administration
- In Departmental Plans
- 2022-23 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
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 2022-23. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Data Services | This program | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $57.9M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $36.5M, against $19.3M in 2024-25 (+90%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $19.1M, against $36.5M in 2025-26 (−48%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 95.1% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 95.2% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 95.2% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 89.8% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 86.5% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 92% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 85% | 2023 | 89.8% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 85% | 2024 | 90.9% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 87.8% The result reflects the National Register of Electors (NRoE) coverage rate for the 45th GE Preliminary Lists of Electors. While 87.8% is lower than the 90% target listed, this target was not mathematically sound and following feedback has since been changed since April 1, 2025 (for the new fiscal year) to reflect an accurate target – it will read 86% going forward and as such the FY 2024-25 value… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 85% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | $11.9M | $16.9M |
| 2023-24 | $14.9M | $21.7M |
| 2024-25 | $17M | $19.3M |
| 2025-26 | $36.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $19.1M | — |
| 2027-28 | $21.9M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $22.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 82 | 97 |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 110 |
| 2024-25 | 118 | 113 |
| 2025-26 | 105 | — |
| 2026-27 | 108 | — |
| 2027-28 | 110* | — |
| 2028-29 | 111* | — |
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 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 plan | $11,872,402 | $12,422,161 | $12,126,119 | ||||
| 2023-24 plan | $14,912,868 | $13,834,196 | $11,404,799 | ||||
| 2024-25 plan | $17,005,355 | $15,840,929 | $14,990,224 | ||||
| 2025-26 plan | $36,531,748 | $15,931,455 | $14,063,642 | ||||
| 2026-27 plan | $19,091,431 | $21,931,776 | $22,589,226 | ||||
| Actual | $16,906,968 | $21,693,131 | $19,277,347 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
