Program directory · Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Community Development
- Program code
- BNL01 (CNEDA)
- Core responsibility
- Economic Development in the Territories
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Through community-level investments in infrastructure and organizations, and individual-level investments in skills and capacity development the program helps create the conditions for a sustainable, diversified and innovative economy in the territories
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 Development | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of unique Indigenous Northern communities reached by the Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program (NAEOP) investments. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Increase in total proportion of unique individuals, and proportion of females and Indigenous peoples, enrolled in an adult basic education program who successfully completed the program | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $24.6M, against $18.9M in 2020-21 (+30%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $14.3M, against $23M in 2024-25 (−38%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Number of northern communities reached by CanNor funded projects under community development program | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Number of unique Indigenous Northern communities reached by the Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program (NAEOP) investments. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 25 | 2020 | 35 In 2019-20, through the Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program’s (NAEOP) Community Readiness and Opportunities Planning (CROP) fund, CanNor was able to provide 35 Indigenous communities with approximately $6.4M to enhance economic infrastructure, increase employment, and improve conditions for community economic development. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 25 | 2021 | 23 In 2020-21, through the Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program’s (NAEOP) Community Readiness and Opportunities Planning (CROP) fund, CanNor was able to provide 23 Indigenous communities with approximately $6.5M to enhance economic infrastructure, increase employment, and improve conditions for community economic development. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for CanNor's programs a… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 30 | 2022 | 23 In 2021-22, through the Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program’s (NAEOP) Community Readiness and Opportunities Planning (CROP) fund and Entrepreneurship and Business Development (EBD) program, CanNor was able to provide 23 Indigenous communities with approximately $10.7M to enhance economic infrastructure, increase employment, promote entrepreneurship and Indigenous businesses, and im… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 30 | 2023 | 20 CanNor reinstated core economic development funding to Indigenous communities. The funding was directed to 29 Indigenous rights-holding organizations (Inuit, Métis, First Nations), representing Indigenous communities across the three territories, to bolster the capacity of northern Indigenous communities to pursue economic development. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 30 | 2024 | 59 CanNor provides long-term core economic development funding annually to 28 Indigenous rights holders that serve approximately 60 different communities across the three territories, to bolster economic development capacity. This number does not account for additional communities served, through project-based funding due to duplication potential owing to overlapping rights holders jurisdictions. Ca… | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 30 | 2025 | 97 CanNor provides long-term core economic development funding annually to 28 Indigenous rights holders that serve approximately 56 different communities across the three territories, to bolster economic development capacity. This number does not account for additional communities served through project-based funding, as overlapping jurisdictions among rights holders make it difficult to accurately… | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 5% | 2019 | 9% The 2014-15 baseline total Adult Basic Education program completion rate for each college was weighted based on the average number of Adult Basic Education students and combined into a single figure (48%). This single figure was compared to 2017-18 total Adult Basic Education program completion rates combined using the same methodology (57%). Note: In both years the completion rate for female and… | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 31 | 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 | $15.2M | $13.7M |
| 2019-20 | $13.9M | $18.3M |
| 2020-21 | $18.6M | $18.9M |
| 2021-22 | $29.4M | $24.6M |
| 2022-23 | $20.8M | $22.6M |
| 2023-24 | $21.7M | $21.6M |
| 2024-25 | $16.8M | $23M |
| 2025-26 | $14.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $13.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $11.2M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $11.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 10 | 13 |
| 2019-20 | 13 | 27 |
| 2020-21 | 26 | 29 |
| 2021-22 | 34 | 26 |
| 2022-23 | 32 | 26 |
| 2023-24 | 33 | 27 |
| 2024-25 | 25 | 28 |
| 2025-26 | 25 | — |
| 2026-27 | 18 | — |
| 2027-28 | 16* | — |
| 2028-29 | 16* | — |
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 | $15,233,682 | $15,326,613 | $9,718,669 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $13,909,333 | $8,703,686 | $8,703,686 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $18,606,016 | $23,942,463 | $19,748,530 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $29,390,122 | $20,507,787 | $18,499,843 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $20,788,152 | $18,631,591 | $14,790,003 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $21,731,622 | $18,344,214 | $18,344,214 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $16,780,796 | $15,589,764 | $14,406,267 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $14,266,088 | $11,283,979 | $11,508,376 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $13,742,089 | $11,151,014 | $11,235,574 | ||||||||
| Actual | $13,687,916 | $18,308,569 | $18,917,762 | $24,599,717 | $22,625,667 | $21,600,851 | $23,027,056 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
