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Program directory · Canadian Transportation Agency

Analysis and Outreach

Program code
BTT01 (CTA)
Core responsibility
Independent regulatory and dispute-resolution services for transportation providers and users
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Analysis and Outreach program leads Agency regulatory modernization and provides strategic research, analysis and legislative advice regarding the national transportation system and key issues. It enhances the accessibility of the federal transportation network. It also leads the Agency's external partnerships, communications and outreach.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Analysis and Outreach 2018-19: $5.3MAnalysis and Outreach 2019-20: $6.1MAnalysis and Outreach 2020-21: $6.8MAnalysis and Outreach 2021-22: $6.4MAnalysis and Outreach 2022-23: $7.3MAnalysis and Outreach 2023-24: $5.6MAnalysis and Outreach 2024-25: $5.6MAnalysis and Outreach
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
Analysis and OutreachThis program2018-19 – 2024-25$31.9M

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
2022Budget 2022 measure “Funding for the Canadian Transportation Agency”: $11M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match).Budget 2022, PDF page 271

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

Degree to which, on a scale of 1 to 4, analysis and advice provided are both timely and of high quality
Expected result: Timely, expert, evidence-based analysis and advice supporting decision-making by the Chair and Members and the work of other branches
32018-19✓ met3.162019-20✓ met3.252020-21✓ met32021-22– no result32022-23✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 320193Met
2019-20≥ 320203.16Met
2020-21≥ 320213.25Met
2021-22≥ 32022—
Not available
No result reported
2022-23≥ 320233Met

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

2018-19: $5M2018-19: $5.3M2018-192019-20: $5.8M2019-20: $6.1M2019-202020-21: $5.8M2020-21: $6.8M2020-212021-22: $5.2M2021-22: $6.4M2021-222022-23: $5.6M2022-23: $7.3M2022-232023-24: $5.6M2023-242024-25: $5.6M2024-25
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$5M$5.3M
2019-20$5.8M$6.1M
2020-21$5.8M$6.8M
2021-22$5.2M$6.4M
2022-23$5.6M$7.3M
2023-24$5.6M*—
2024-25$5.6M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 422018-19: 392018-192019-20: 502019-20: 462019-202020-21: 482020-21: 522020-212021-22: 502021-22: 512021-222022-23: 432022-23: 522022-232023-24: 422023-242024-25: 422024-25
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
2018-194239
2019-205046
2020-214852
2021-225051
2022-234352
2023-2442*—
2024-2542*—

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.