Program directory · Correctional Service Canada
Mental Health Services
- Department
- Correctional Service Canada
- Program code
- BUJ05 (CSC)
- Core responsibility
- Care and Custody
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Mental Health Services Program contributes to the humane custody of inmates by providing essential mental health care and reasonable access to non-essential health care in accordance with professionally accepted standards. These services are delivered from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations. The continuum of care is reflected through CSC’s comprehensive Mental Health Strategy.
Key activities include mental health screening at intake, primary mental health care, intermediate mental health care, psychiatric in-patient care, as well as release preparation and transitional care for release to the community.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $755M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of inmates that are re-admitted to a Regional Treatment Centre (RTC) within 30 days following discharge from an RTC; Percentage of inmates with mental illness whose mental health functioning is stable or improving | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Of the inmates identified by the mental health intake screening system as requiring follow-up mental health services, the percentage who received a service | 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 | ≥ 90% | 2019 | 97.1% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 96.9% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 92.3% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 90.5% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 90% | 2023 | 88.1% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 90% | 2024 | 91.4% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 93.5% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≤ 16.6% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $85.1M | $86.5M |
| 2019-20 | $91.7M | $96.4M |
| 2020-21 | $93.4M | $102M |
| 2021-22 | $97.2M | $103M |
| 2022-23 | $109M | $108M |
| 2023-24 | $112M | $119M |
| 2024-25 | $121M | $139M |
| 2025-26 | $141M | — |
| 2026-27 | $142M | — |
| 2027-28 | $141M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $139M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 644 | 660 |
| 2019-20 | 666 | 682 |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 706 |
| 2021-22 | 754 | 702 |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 725 |
| 2023-24 | 765 | 781 |
| 2024-25 | 754 | 819 |
| 2025-26 | 836 | — |
| 2026-27 | 802 | — |
| 2027-28 | 800* | — |
| 2028-29 | 800* | — |
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 | $85,072,831 | $84,963,142 | $84,942,629 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $91,732,809 | $91,510,976 | $91,446,080 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $93,379,219 | $94,269,399 | $95,271,447 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $97,196,263 | $101,891,936 | $106,287,547 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $108,758,655 | $107,423,042 | $103,647,540 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $111,887,651 | $124,463,330 | $123,955,150 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $120,920,138 | $121,055,834 | $121,153,098 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $140,988,607 | $140,468,368 | $139,389,915 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $142,443,929 | $141,171,305 | $139,086,273 | ||||||||
| Actual | $86,523,948 | $96,412,397 | $101,774,508 | $103,141,472 | $108,498,767 | $119,060,095 | $139,215,119 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
