Program directory · Canadian Heritage
Preservation of and Access to Heritage
- Department
- Canadian Heritage
- Program code
- BSE03 (CH)
- Core responsibility
- Heritage and Celebration
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Ensures that Canada's cultural heritage is preserved and accessible to Canadians today and in the future. This is accomplished by providing funding such as grants, and contributions; distribution of information, delivery of expertise services, training and other technical and scientific services; and regulatory and legislative measures. The primary goal of this program is to promote the preservation and presentation of Canada's cultural heritage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preservation of and Access to Heritage | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $394M |
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 | Spending $75.1M, against $37.1M in 2019-20 (+102%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Number of heritage objects and collections whose preservation has been supported by heritage programs and services.; Number of heritage workers who participated in learning opportunities. | Departmental Results Framework (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100,000 | 2023 | 30,443,389 Target was established at pre-pandemic levels. Higher results than usual are boosted due to pandemic-related temporary emergency funding. In 2022–23, with the lifting of the public health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, operations at the Canadian Conservation Institute’s facility continued to gradually return to pre-pandemic levels and services at client sites could be resumed. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100,000 | 2024 | 895,014 The significant decrease can be explained by the Museums Assistance Program Recovery Fund no longer being active in 2023-24. The number of objects preserved and managed through the Museums Assistance Program has not decreased to pre-pandemic levels as results include objects managed through the temporary Digital Access to Heritage component, which sunsetted in 2023-24. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100,000 | 2025 | 445,430 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 3,000 | 2023 | 4,453 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 3,000 | 2024 | 2,780 The target was not met due to the low percentage of received final reports and the fact that the target was based on pre-pandemic data. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 3,000 | 2025 | 5,235 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 1,800,000 | 2019 | 2,263,910 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 1,800,000 | 2020 | 1,504,563 As museums were closed for an extended period and the Department was under its Business Continuity Plan due to COVID-19, the Museums Assistance Program had received only 62% of final activity reports, a lower percentage than usual, at the time of publication. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 2,000,000 | 2021 | 740,811 A decrease of 62% is due to closures and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 1,000,000 | 2022 | 756,002 A decrease from 2020–21 is in part due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many museums were subjected to physical closures and restrictions. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 2,000,000 | 2023 | 825,072 The heritage sector’s visitorship continues to be affected by COVID-19. The sector remains in recovery and the number of visitors attending exhibitions and public programming activities have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 2,000,000 | 2024 | 1,478,553 Most of the results for this indicator is comprised of the Museums Assistance Program, with a total of 1,060,896 visitors, which represents 42% of final reports received in time of the tabling of the Departmental Results Report 2023-24. Meanwhile, through the Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program, more than double the number of visitors attended indemnified exhibitions compared to… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 2,000,000 | 2025 | 3,676,954 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 4,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 1,500,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 | $37M | $35.9M |
| 2019-20 | $33.7M | $37.1M |
| 2020-21 | $31.5M | $75.1M |
| 2021-22 | $34.2M | $83M |
| 2022-23 | $47.3M | $65.9M |
| 2023-24 | $51.3M | $53.6M |
| 2024-25 | $41.5M | $43.3M |
| 2025-26 | $41.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $48.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $41.3M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $34.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 143 | 126 |
| 2019-20 | 125 | 127 |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 118 |
| 2021-22 | 124 | 141 |
| 2022-23 | 139 | 151 |
| 2023-24 | 152 | 140 |
| 2024-25 | 138 | 142 |
| 2025-26 | 138 | — |
| 2026-27 | 121 | — |
| 2027-28 | 119* | — |
| 2028-29 | 119* | — |
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 | $36,981,815 | $34,083,400 | $31,069,245 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $33,717,446 | $30,664,960 | $30,664,960 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $31,458,943 | $31,613,186 | $31,075,032 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $34,249,537 | $31,893,336 | $31,784,769 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $47,333,280 | $43,404,095 | $33,287,348 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $51,259,865 | $40,145,174 | $33,362,533 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $41,489,160 | $33,906,106 | $33,188,653 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $41,261,318 | $33,539,390 | $33,539,390 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $48,347,720 | $41,254,145 | $34,249,055 | ||||||||
| Actual | $35,921,675 | $37,109,091 | $75,130,779 | $82,980,001 | $65,871,379 | $53,600,556 | $43,261,943 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
