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Program directory · Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Support for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation

Program code
BRT01 (CRTC)
Core responsibility
Regulate and Supervise the Communications System
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This program focuses on ensuring that a wealth of Canadian and Indigenous content is created and made available to all Canadians on a variety of platforms. Through its orders, decisions, licensing frameworks and other regulatory activities, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) encourages the creation of diverse programming that reflects the attitudes, opinions, ideas, values and artistic creativity of Canadians and Indigenous peoples. By requiring expenditures on the production of Canadian and Indigenous content in entertainment programming and the provision of information and analysis concerning Canada, the CRTC is enabling Canadians to better participate in their country’s democratic and cultural life.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Support for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2018-19: $1.7MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2019-20: $3.9MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2020-21: $14.1MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2021-22: $2.9MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2022-23: $3.5MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2023-24: $5.8MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2024-25: $5.1MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2025-26: $6.5MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2026-27: $4MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2027-28: $4MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation 2028-29: $4MSupport for Canadian and Indigenous Content CreationSupport for Canadian Content CreationSupport for C…
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Support for Canadian and Indigenous Content CreationThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$36.9M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Spending $14.1M, against $3.9M in 2019-20 (+260%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Spending $2.9M, against $14.1M in 2020-21 (−80%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators added: Percentage of examined radio stations and television services compliant with regulatory requirements regarding broadcasting of Canadian and Indigenous programmingDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Percentage of examined undertakings compliant with regulatory requirements regarding broadcasting of Canadian programmingDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Renamed from “Support for Canadian Content Creation” to “Support for Canadian and Indigenous Content Creation”.GC InfoBase program names by year

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

Percentage of examined radio stations and television services compliant with regulatory requirements to spend and/or contribute to funds and initiatives supporting Canadian and Indigenous content creation
Expected result: Canadian and Indigenous content is created
93%2018-19✓ met94%2019-20✓ met90.1%2020-21✓ met93.9%2021-22✓ met97.2%2022-23✓ met92.6%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201993%Met
2019-20≥ 90%202094%Met
2020-21≥ 90%202190.1%Met
2021-22≥ 90%202293.9%Met
2022-23≥ 90%202397.2%Met
2023-24≥ 90%202492.6%Met
2024-25≥ 90%2025100%Met
Percentage of examined undertakings compliant with regulatory requirements regarding broadcasting of Canadian programming
Expected result: Canadian content is created
90%2018-19– no result97.6%2019-20✓ met95.6%2020-21✓ met98%2021-22✓ met95.4%2022-23✓ met93%2023-24✓ met93%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%2019—
There is insufficient data to calculate this indicator for the 2018-2019 reporting period. Updates to the CRTC’s monitoring software in 2017-2018 prevented the collection of any data to verify compliance on the broadcasting of Canadian television and radio programming for the 2017-2018 broadcast year.
No result reported
2019-20≥ 90%202097.6%Met
2020-21≥ 90%202195.6%Met
2021-22≥ 90%202298%Met
2022-23≥ 90%202395.4%Met
2023-24≥ 90%202493%Met
2024-25≥ 90%202593%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of examined radio stations and television services compliant with regulatory requirements regarding broadcasting of Canadian and Indigenous programming
Expected result: Canadian and Indigenous content is created
90%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 90%2027—Planned
Percentage of examined radio stations and television services compliant with regulatory requirements to spend and/or contribute to funds and initiatives supporting Canadian and Indigenous content creation
Expected result: Canadian and Indigenous content is created
90%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 90%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $1.9M2018-19: $1.7M2018-192019-20: $1.9M2019-20: $3.9M2019-202020-21: $1.9M2020-21: $14.1M2020-212021-22: $2.2M2021-22: $2.9M2021-222022-23: $4.8M2022-23: $3.5M2022-232023-24: $5.4M2023-24: $5.8M2023-242024-25: $4.5M2024-25: $5.1M2024-252025-26: $6.5M2025-262026-27: $4M2026-272027-28: $4M2027-282028-29: $4M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$1.9M$1.7M
2019-20$1.9M$3.9M
2020-21$1.9M$14.1M
2021-22$2.2M$2.9M
2022-23$4.8M$3.5M
2023-24$5.4M$5.8M
2024-25$4.5M$5.1M
2025-26$6.5M—
2026-27$4M—
2027-28$4M*—
2028-29$4M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1142018-19: 1142018-192019-20: 1152019-20: 1202019-202020-21: 1232020-21: 1222020-212021-22: 1272021-22: 1222021-222022-23: 1382022-23: 1362022-232023-24: 1562023-24: 1522023-242024-25: 1732024-25: 1802024-252025-26: 2132025-262026-27: 1942026-272027-28: 1942027-282028-29: 1932028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19114114
2019-20115120
2020-21123122
2021-22127122
2022-23138136
2023-24156152
2024-25173180
2025-26213—
2026-27194—
2027-28194*—
2028-29193*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29
2018-19 plan$1,891,790$1,891,790$1,891,790
2019-20 plan$1,936,868$1,853,828$1,853,829
2020-21 plan$1,916,222$1,954,673$1,965,815
2021-22 plan$2,153,505$2,044,009$2,044,010
2022-23 plan$4,820,506$2,199,316$2,199,316
2023-24 plan$5,433,835$2,356,529$2,356,529
2024-25 plan$4,510,826$2,758,320$2,758,819
2025-26 plan$6,499,439$3,363,748$3,361,987
2026-27 plan$3,964,943$3,962,980$3,958,213
Actual$1,715,229$3,906,674$14,061,781$2,854,819$3,516,512$5,783,479$5,087,523

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.