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Humanitarian Action

Program code
BVB12 (EA)
Core responsibility
International Advocacy and Diplomacy
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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Humanitarian Action 2018-19: $1.6MHumanitarian Action 2019-20: $2MHumanitarian Action 2020-21: $1.5MHumanitarian Action 2021-22: $1.5MHumanitarian Action
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
Humanitarian ActionThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$3.5M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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

Number of refugees and internally displaced persons assisted and protected.
Expected result: Reduced suffering and increased human dignity in communities experiencing humanitarian crises.
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19To be determined—53,900,000
Establishing a target for this indicator is not appropriate, as data is dependent on the number and/or intensity of emergencies that occur during the year.
No result reported
2019-20Not applicable.2020Refugees assisted: 12.2 million IDPs protected/ assisted: 43.5 million
Establishing a target for this indicator is not appropriate, as data is dependent on the number and/or intensity of emergencies that occur during the year.
No result reported

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: $1.6M2018-19: $1.6M2018-192019-20: $1.5M2019-20: $2M2019-202020-21: $1.5M2020-212021-22: $1.5M2021-22
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
2018-19$1.6M$1.6M
2019-20$1.5M$2M
2020-21$1.5M*—
2021-22$1.5M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 102018-19: 132018-192019-20: 122019-20: 122019-202020-21: 122020-212021-22: 122021-22
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
2018-191013
2019-201212
2020-2112*—
2021-2212*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$1,642,303$1,490,772$1,490,317
2019-20 plan$1,477,154$1,476,491$1,454,361
Actual$1,564,624$1,951,914

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