Program directory · Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Northern Projects Management
- Program code
- BNL04 (CNEDA)
- Core responsibility
- Economic Development in the Territories
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
CanNor works with project proponents, federal and territorial departments, Indigenous communities and others to advance resource development by coordinating federal participation in regulatory review processes and by holding the Crown Consultation record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Projects Management | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $17M |
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 | Budget 2025 measure “Funding for the Northern Projects Management Office”: $1M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2025, PDF page 279 |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of environmental assessments completed within a 2 year timeline.; Percentage of regulatory processes completed within a 2-year timeline. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of environmental assessments in the Territories that are completed within the scheduled time frame. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 100% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 100% In 2019-20, through NPMO, CanNor coordinated the Government of Canada's participation in six territorial environmental assessments: three in the Yukon, one in the Northwest Territories, and two in Nunavut. CanNor coordinated these assessments and, in doing so, contributed to their successful completion within the legislated timelines. The Agency also maintained the crown consultation record for t… | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 87.5% NPMO worked on a total of eight environmental assessments over 2021-22. The Kudz Ze Kayah decision in the Yukon was delayed beyond legislated timelines due to both the pandemic and extended consultations and engagement with the First Nations and the Proponent. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 66% Three environmental assessments were completed in the territories in 2022-23. The Kudz Ze Kayah decision in the Yukon was delayed beyond legislated timelines due to both the pandemic and extended consultations and engagement with the First Nations and the Proponent. The environmental assessment concluded in June 2022. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 93% 14 of 15 environmental assessments in the territories are either proceeding through their impact assessment process as per their regulatory board-determined timelines or have been paused by their proponent. The one exception is the Kudz Ze Kayah Project, which has been the subject of litigation and is proceeding outside of any scheduled or legislated timeframe. | Not 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 | ≥ 40% | 2028 | — | Planned |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | To be confirmed by March 2028 | 2029 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $2.1M | $1.8M |
| 2019-20 | $2.5M | $2.2M |
| 2020-21 | $1.2M | $2.2M |
| 2021-22 | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| 2022-23 | $2.5M | $2.7M |
| 2023-24 | $2.6M | $2.7M |
| 2024-25 | $1.8M | $3.1M |
| 2025-26 | $2.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $2.5M | — |
| 2027-28 | $2.6M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $2.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 13 | 8 |
| 2019-20 | 14 | 12 |
| 2020-21 | 15 | 12 |
| 2021-22 | 13 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | 15 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | 3 | 15 |
| 2025-26 | 3 | — |
| 2026-27 | 17 | — |
| 2027-28 | 17* | — |
| 2028-29 | 17* | — |
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 | $2,129,948 | $2,129,948 | $21,619 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $2,454,607 | $1,326,311 | $1,326,311 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $1,219,602 | $1,219,602 | $1,219,602 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $2,532,748 | $2,589,750 | $2,584,660 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $2,460,385 | $2,371,261 | $2,371,261 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $2,623,831 | $2,237,797 | $2,237,797 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $1,789,872 | $1,662,834 | $1,536,600 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $2,493,502 | $2,493,501 | $2,592,674 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $2,493,501 | $2,574,543 | $2,594,066 | ||||||||
| Actual | $1,752,008 | $2,155,681 | $2,190,244 | $2,362,730 | $2,674,421 | $2,735,377 | $3,126,960 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
