Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
The Office of Protocol
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BVB05 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- International Advocacy and Diplomacy
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Office of Protocol builds bridges between Canadians and foreign governments, contributing to the promotion of Canada’s international values and interests. Through its services and programs, the Office is managing practical compliance with the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act and related Orders in Council and frameworks, and for conceptualizing, administering and monitoring various policies and programs aimed at facilitating the establishment of foreign missions, international organizations and presence of their representatives in Canada. The Office also ensures that official visits and major events hosted by the Prime Minister, Governor General and portfolio ministers are delivered effectively and engagement between Canadian and foreign decision makers is enabled at regional, bilateral and multilateral conferences and major events. The Office is also managing the Transfer Payment Program “Grants in Lieu of Taxes” related to diplomatic properties on Canadian territory.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Office of Protocol | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $235M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Renamed from “Diplomatic Services and Protocol” to “The Office of Protocol”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Spending $24.1M, against $32.9M in 2019-20 (−27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $30.9M, against $24.1M in 2020-21 (+28%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $40.2M, against $30.9M in 2021-22 (+30%). | Actual spending (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 | ≥ 5 | 2019 | 5 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 5 | 2020 | 4 The Office of Protocol continues to deliver exceptional service to its client community thus providing an effective platform to facilitate interactions between Canadian and foreign decision makers. Nonetheless, as we rely on many partners and stakeholders across the breadth of our operations, and their delivery is outside of our control, we at times experience minor issues; however, these do not… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 5 | 2021 | 4 Throughout the pandemic, the Office of Protocol continued to deliver exceptional services to GAC (including organizing 9 visits and 295 events for Ministerial and DM offices), to the Office of the Governor General/Administrator, and to respond to increased service requests from the 8,000 members of the diplomatic corps. While some programs had to be temporarily deferred due to COVID-19 travel and… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 5 | 2022 | 5 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 4 | 2023 | 4 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 4 | 2024 | 4 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 4 | 2025 | 4 | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $44.7M | $31.4M |
| 2019-20 | $45.5M | $32.9M |
| 2020-21 | $43.7M | $24.1M |
| 2021-22 | $43M | $30.9M |
| 2022-23 | $43.3M | $40.2M |
| 2023-24 | $42.5M | $38.1M |
| 2024-25 | $40.8M | $36.9M |
| 2025-26 | $41.4M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $41.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 66 | 59 |
| 2019-20 | 64 | 61 |
| 2020-21 | 62 | 58 |
| 2021-22 | 67 | 63 |
| 2022-23 | 78 | 74 |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 69 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 66 |
| 2025-26 | 77* | — |
| 2026-27 | 76* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $44,718,058 | $45,549,401 | $45,950,621 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $45,507,648 | $45,856,619 | $45,974,885 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $43,718,989 | $43,778,543 | $43,817,841 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $42,988,688 | $42,988,844 | $42,994,930 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $43,310,063 | $43,318,444 | $43,319,667 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $42,478,165 | $42,466,092 | $42,489,473 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $40,809,795 | $41,358,552 | $41,356,554 | ||||||
| Actual | $31,416,739 | $32,933,837 | $24,134,054 | $30,870,749 | $40,168,303 | $38,113,503 | $36,915,567 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
