Program directory · Correctional Service Canada

Correctional Programs

Department: Correctional Service Canada
Program code: BUK06 (CSC)
Core responsibility: Correctional Interventions
In Departmental Plans: 2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

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).

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.

Program	Relation	Years with data	Actual spending over those years
Correctional Programs	This program	2018-19 – 2021-22	$114M
Correctional Programs	Later program (name match, high confidence)	2020-21 – 2028-29	$491M

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
2020-21	Appears to be replaced by Correctional Programs	Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2020-21	Planned spending $78M, against $57.3M in 2019-20 (+36%).	Latest Departmental Plan

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

Of the offenders serving a sentence of four years or less, with an identified need for correctional programming, the percentage who complete such programming prior to first release

Expected result: Participation in correctional programming contributes to the reduced re-offending and facilitate the safe and timely reintegration of offenders into the community

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 85.9%	2019	72.8% There are regional differences in performance; some falling within performance expectations while others are below, which brings down the national average. Furthermore, as CSC is striving to successfully release offenders on parole in a timely manner, there has been a positive increase in the number of offenders released on day or full parole at the time of first release, while their correctional…	Not met
2019-20	≥ 85.9%	2020	72.9% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.	Not met

Of the offenders serving a sentence of four years or less, with an identified need for correctional programming, the percentage who complete such programming prior to sentence expiry date

Expected result: Participation in correctional programming contributes to the reduced re-offending and facilitate the safe and timely reintegration of offenders into the community

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 88.1%	2019	78.8% The implementation phase of the integrated correctional program model has negatively affected results as fewer programs were delivered. Although the program target has not been met, regional results are expected to improve and reach optimal stabilisation as they adapt their management of correctional programs to the model.	Not met
2019-20	≥ 88.1%	2020	75.7% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.	Not met

Of the offenders serving a sentence of four years or less, with an identified need for correctional programming, the percentage who enrol in such programming prior to first release

Expected result: Participation in correctional programming contributes to the reduced re-offending and facilitate the safe and timely reintegration of offenders into the community

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 92.1%	2019	83.9% CSC finalized the national implementation of the ICPM for men offenders in fiscal year 2017–18. During this same fiscal year, the Aboriginal Integrated Correctional Program Model Sex Offender Program stream was implemented in all regions, and the Inuit Integrated Correctional Program was implemented in three regions. The Inuit Integrated Correctional Program was expanded and implemented in a four…	Not met
2019-20	≥ 92.1%	2020	85.2% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.	Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

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 year	Planned	Actual
2018-19	$78.1M	$56.4M
2019-20	$78.2M	$57.3M
2020-21	$78M*	—
2021-22	$78M*	—

Employees (FTEs)

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 year	Planned	Actual
2018-19	535	549
2019-20	553	567
2020-21	553*	—
2021-22	553*	—

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
2018-19 plan	$78,093,611	$77,992,921	$77,974,090
2019-20 plan		$78,229,778	$78,040,599	$77,985,255
Actual	$56,354,814	$57,299,483

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