Program directory · Canadian Heritage
Community Engagement and Heritage
- Department
- Canadian Heritage
- Program code
- BSE02 (CH)
- Core responsibility
- Heritage and Celebration
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program aims to engage Canadians in their communities through local arts and heritage. It supports: local recurring festivals that involve the community and give opportunities to local artists, artisans, heritage specialists and Indigenous cultural carriers to engage in their communities; one-time commemorations that celebrate a major community anniversary (100 years and then increments of 25 years) of a significant local person or event; and lasting capital projects that commemorate a major community anniversary (100 years and then increments of 25 years) of a significant local person or event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Engagement and Heritage | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $255M |
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 | Spending $29.6M, against $22.6M in 2018-19 (+31%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023 | Budget 2023 measure “Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage”: $14M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2023, PDF page 166 |
| 2023-24 | Spending $55.9M, against $37.8M in 2022-23 (+48%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $31.2M, against $55.9M in 2023-24 (−44%). | 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 | ≥ 4,173 | 2020 | 4,867 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 3,654 | 2021 | 5,549 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 3,654 | 2022 | 1,023 Results reported in the 2021-22 DRR are based on projects from the 2020-21 fiscal year. The most recent data, here, is based on final reports from recipients, of which the Program maintains a 67% final report response rate for all components and a 70% response rate for the Local Festivals component. The low response rate and decreased results are attributed to project cancellations as well as pro… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 3,850 | 2025 | 3,284 The slightly lower than targeted result is linked, in part, to the ongoing shortage of volunteers and other factors at play, including the difficult economic conditions that adversely affect volunteer rates across Canada. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 3,231 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $22.8M | $22.6M |
| 2019-20 | $22.1M | $29.6M |
| 2020-21 | $29.1M | $35.5M |
| 2021-22 | $22.8M | $42.5M |
| 2022-23 | $38M | $37.8M |
| 2023-24 | $29.8M | $55.9M |
| 2024-25 | $29.9M | $31.2M |
| 2025-26 | $30.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $23M | — |
| 2027-28 | $22.9M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $22.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 61 | 57 |
| 2019-20 | 53 | 54 |
| 2020-21 | 56 | 54 |
| 2021-22 | 58 | 61 |
| 2022-23 | 61 | 67 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 56 |
| 2024-25 | 56 | 54 |
| 2025-26 | 57 | — |
| 2026-27 | 47 | — |
| 2027-28 | 47* | — |
| 2028-29 | 47* | — |
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 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $22,751,119 | $22,302,526 | $22,302,526 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $22,076,614 | $22,055,712 | $22,055,712 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $29,057,375 | $21,833,928 | $21,833,733 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $22,793,751 | $21,375,132 | $21,568,883 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $37,965,073 | $29,974,851 | $22,764,021 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $29,756,004 | $22,691,140 | $22,703,760 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $29,893,884 | $29,929,955 | $22,789,407 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $30,450,162 | $23,430,166 | $23,430,166 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $23,011,684 | $22,911,684 | $22,911,684 | ||||||||
| Actual | $22,620,622 | $29,645,757 | $35,476,641 | $42,521,904 | $37,761,150 | $55,946,782 | $31,205,588 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
