Program directory · Correctional Service Canada
Food Services
- Department
- Correctional Service Canada
- Program code
- BUJ06 (CSC)
- Core responsibility
- Care and Custody
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Food Services Program contributes to Care and Custody by providing nutritionally balanced meals to inmates. Meal preparation is based on appropriate nutrition standards for Canadians such as Canada’s Food Guide. The program meets the needs of inmates requiring specific diets for their faith or for therapeutic reasons.
Key activities include setting the overall policy direction for the delivery of food services; monitoring food services activities to ensure adherence to standards; ensuring all activities related to the ordering, storage, preparation and service of food and disposal of waste meet food safety standards, and planning for food service within the established budget.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $653M |
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: Of the inmates with a dietary need, the percentage of inmates who receive nutritional counselling within 90 days of identification; Percentage of sites that have resolved identified issues within three months following the completion of the Food Services Operational Performance Assessment | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of menus meeting Canada's Food Guide and Dietary Reference intakes; Percentage of positive health inspections by external health inspectors; Rate of upheld grievances related to food services per 1,000 offenders in federal custody | 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 | 94% All the sites not compliant to Canada’s Food Guide were provided recommendations by the Regional Dietitian on how to change their menus and are in the process to become compliant. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 100% | 2019 | 96% The result is slightly below target because two inspection reports were not received yet. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 98% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2020-21 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 96% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 98% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2024-25 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≤ 4.1 | 2019 | 2.2 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≤ 4.1 | 2020 | 3.1 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≤ 4.1 | 2021 | 2.2 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≤ 3.8 | 2022 | 2.3 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≤ 3.8 | 2023 | 3 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≤ 1.68 | 2024 | 4.19 CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≤ 1.38 | 2025 | 1.48 CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2024-25 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Target to be determined | 2027 | — | Planned |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Target to be determined | 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 | $67.3M | $71.3M |
| 2019-20 | $70.2M | $80.8M |
| 2020-21 | $71.7M | $96.5M |
| 2021-22 | $76.1M | $88.6M |
| 2022-23 | $82.8M | $88.4M |
| 2023-24 | $90.7M | $107M |
| 2024-25 | $99.1M | $120M |
| 2025-26 | $121M | — |
| 2026-27 | $125M | — |
| 2027-28 | $125M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $125M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 416 | 433 |
| 2019-20 | 431 | 438 |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 475 |
| 2021-22 | 455 | 505 |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 483 |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 475 |
| 2024-25 | 474 | 474 |
| 2025-26 | 468 | — |
| 2026-27 | 464 | — |
| 2027-28 | 464* | — |
| 2028-29 | 464* | — |
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 | $67,281,099 | $67,194,350 | $67,178,126 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $70,224,161 | $70,054,342 | $70,004,662 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $71,685,724 | $72,369,101 | $73,138,357 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $76,132,890 | $76,801,410 | $77,145,590 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $82,763,854 | $81,747,471 | $78,874,365 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $90,701,789 | $90,710,944 | $90,340,574 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $99,113,560 | $99,220,874 | $99,246,068 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $120,674,261 | $119,653,042 | $120,192,186 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $124,800,456 | $124,777,333 | $124,828,281 | ||||||||
| Actual | $71,278,975 | $80,794,713 | $96,456,586 | $88,612,389 | $88,440,244 | $106,707,974 | $120,385,838 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
