Program directory · Canadian Heritage
Youth Engagement
- Department
- Canadian Heritage
- Program code
- BSG04 (CH)
- Core responsibility
- Diversity and Inclusion
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This Program strengthens youth attachment to Canada by engaging youth as well as helping them learn about the country, create linkages with each other, and better appreciate the diversity and shared aspects of the Canadian experience. It offers funding to eligible organizations for projects promoting the engagement, participation, and inclusion of youth in Canada, including youth-led projects and projects that bring youth together, such as exchanges and forums.
Additionally, this Program implements the commitments of Canada’s Youth Policy, including the administration of the Prime Minister’s Youth Council, providing opportunities for voices from diverse youth across Canada to be heard at federal decision-making tables and helping ensure that youth needs and perspectives inform federal programs, policies and initiatives. It also implements the commitment to develop the State of Youth Report every four years, creating a dialogue and a snapshot of youth in Canada, including the issues they face.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Engagement | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $143M |
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 $13.1M, against $30M in 2019-20 (−56%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $31M, against $18.2M in 2024-25 (+70%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of participants in the Exchanges Canada Program who indicate having made meaningful connections with youth from other backgrounds.; Percentage of participants in the Youth Take Charge Program who recognize the importance of being an active and engaged citizen. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Youth participants in the Exchanges Canada Program indicate a greater sense of attachment to Canada.; Youth participants in the Youth Take Charge Program indicate a greater sense of attachment to Canada. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $19.9M, against $31M in 2025-26 (−36%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 75% | 2020 | 82% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 79% | 2021 | 80% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 62% | 2020 | 73% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 65% | 2021 | 74% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 88% | 2028 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 92% | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $22.9M | $25M |
| 2019-20 | $24.4M | $30M |
| 2020-21 | $26.8M | $13.1M |
| 2021-22 | $23.7M | $15.6M |
| 2022-23 | $23.5M | $19.9M |
| 2023-24 | $24.1M | $21.2M |
| 2024-25 | $20.5M | $18.2M |
| 2025-26 | $31M | — |
| 2026-27 | $19.9M | — |
| 2027-28 | $19.9M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $19.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 21 | 20 |
| 2019-20 | 20 | 26 |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 36 |
| 2021-22 | 34 | 41 |
| 2022-23 | 41 | 42 |
| 2023-24 | 45 | 31 |
| 2024-25 | 31 | 32 |
| 2025-26 | 33 | — |
| 2026-27 | 28 | — |
| 2027-28 | 28* | — |
| 2028-29 | 28* | — |
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 | $22,945,451 | $22,681,691 | $22,643,135 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $24,380,032 | $22,746,660 | $22,746,660 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $26,751,015 | $24,129,151 | $24,129,330 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $23,709,797 | $22,917,103 | $22,844,720 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $23,479,841 | $23,283,831 | $23,025,784 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $24,069,002 | $23,930,345 | $23,728,916 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $20,506,218 | $20,536,046 | $20,534,532 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $30,964,907 | $20,307,889 | $20,307,889 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $19,932,337 | $19,932,337 | $19,932,336 | ||||||||
| Actual | $25,039,554 | $29,975,038 | $13,133,476 | $15,611,501 | $19,926,419 | $21,201,176 | $18,204,858 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
