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Program directory · Correctional Service Canada

Preventive Security and Intelligence

Program code
BUJ08 (CSC)
Core responsibility
Care and Custody
In Departmental Plans
2022-23 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Preventive Security and Intelligence Program contributes to the Care and Custody of inmates through the provision of intelligence information to inform and guide operational decisions in a tactical and/or strategic manner throughout all levels of the organization. Through the collection, analysis and sharing of intelligence information, the Preventive Security and Intelligence program directly contributes to security operations and interventions.

Key activities include gathering and sharing information and intelligence to prevent security incidents, disrupt illegal activity and support the case management process; continually assessing threats and risks to identify and mitigate internal and external threats to the safety of individuals (offenders, staff and public), institutions and community operational sites; collaborating, liaising and sharing information with justice partners both domestically and internationally; identifying and managing security threat groups; and preventing, intercepting, and eliminating illegal or threatening activities.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2022-23. 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).

2022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Preventive Security and Intelligence 2022-23: $20.7MPreventive Security and Intelligence 2023-24: $24.7MPreventive Security and Intelligence 2024-25: $23.5MPreventive Security and Intelligence 2025-26: $22.8MPreventive Security and Intelligence 2026-27: $23.7MPreventive Security and Intelligence 2027-28: $23.3MPreventive Security and Intelligence 2028-29: $23.3MPreventive Security and Intelligence
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.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Preventive Security and IntelligenceThis program2022-23 – 2028-29$68.9M

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
2026-27Indicators added: Percentage of contraband-related seizures resulting from security intelligence informationDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Rate of critical security incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody; Rate of minor/moderate security incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody; Rate of serious security incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custodyDepartmental 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

Rate of critical security incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody
Expected result: Institutions and community sites are safe and secure, and activities that threaten the safety and security of institutions and the community are detected reported, investigated and mitigated.
0.612022-23✗ not met0.872023-24✗ not met0.812024-25✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≤ 0.2720230.61
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2023-24≤ 0.720240.87
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2024-25≤ 0.6720250.81
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2024-25 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
Rate of minor/moderate security incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody
Expected result: Institutions and community sites are safe and secure, and activities that threaten the safety and security of institutions and the community are detected reported, investigated and mitigated.
290.92022-23✗ not met318.42023-24✗ not met310.12024-25✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≤ 205.12023290.9
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2023-24≤ 2872024318.4
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2024-25≤ 2872025310.1
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2024-25 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
Rate of serious security incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody
Expected result: Institutions and community sites are safe and secure, and activities that threaten the safety and security of institutions and the community are detected reported, investigated and mitigated.
10.882022-23✗ not met8.952023-24✓ met9.372024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≤ 7.03202310.88
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2023-24≤ 12.6620248.95Met
2024-25≤ 12.6620259.37Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of contraband-related seizures resulting from security intelligence information
Expected result: Activities that threaten the safety and security of institutions and the community are detected, reported, investigated and mitigated.
7.3%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 7.3%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2022-23: $20M2022-23: $20.7M2022-232023-24: $20.3M2023-24: $24.7M2023-242024-25: $22M2024-25: $23.5M2024-252025-26: $22.8M2025-262026-27: $23.7M2026-272027-28: $23.3M2027-282028-29: $23.3M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2022-23$20M$20.7M
2023-24$20.3M$24.7M
2024-25$22M$23.5M
2025-26$22.8M—
2026-27$23.7M—
2027-28$23.3M*—
2028-29$23.3M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2022-23: 1952022-23: 2002022-232023-24: 1982023-24: 2022023-242024-25: 1992024-25: 2042024-252025-26: 2042025-262026-27: 1962026-272027-28: 1932027-282028-29: 1932028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2022-23195200
2023-24198202
2024-25199204
2025-26204—
2026-27196—
2027-28193*—
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

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