Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
International Security Policy and Diplomacy
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BVB19 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- International Advocacy and Diplomacy
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
Through this program, Global Affairs Canada promotes Canadian interests and values on issues of international peace and security, including democracy, human rights, and inclusion through policy development, diplomacy, and advocacy. Activities within this program strive to position Canada to undertake an enhanced leadership role and make a meaningful contribution to international efforts to confront strategic security challenges through coordinated policy development integrating whole-of-government and key stakeholder perspectives; effective diplomatic engagement in multilateral fora and with key bilateral partners; targeted advocacy; and, whole-of-government coordination of Canadian responses to issues of peace and security, including major crises. This program also serves senior leadership within the Government of Canada through the provision of evidence-based intelligence and analysis to support decision-making on issues of peace and security, and provides policy guidance to ensure coherence between Canadian policy objectives and programming engagement.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade, Investment and International Economic Policy | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $21.5M |
| International Security Policy and Diplomacy | This program | 2019-20 – 2026-27 | $712M |
| International Security | Later program (name match, medium confidence) | 2025-26 – 2027-28 | — |
| International Security and Political Affairs | Later program (name match, medium confidence) | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
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 | Appears to replace Trade, Investment and International Economic Policy | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 204, against 54 in 2019-20 (+278%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Employees (FTEs) 160, against 204 in 2020-21 (−22%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 299, against 160 in 2021-22 (+87%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Appears to be replaced by International Security | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | 14 This indicator counts international commitments made at the political level which are demand-driven in response to the shifting international landscape. Therefore, it is difficult to set an appropriate target for this indicator. The previously established baseline can be used to do a comparison with the number of past and future commitments, however it should not be treated as a target. Baseline… | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | To be determined in 2020. | — | 13 This indicator counts international commitments made at the political level which are demand-driven in response to the shifting international landscape. Therefore, it is inappropriate to set a target for this indicator. The previously reported figures can be used to do a comparison with the number of past and future commitments, however it should not be treated as a target. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | To be determined in 2020. | — | 29 It is not appropriate to set a target for this indicator, as it counts international commitments made at the political level which are demand-driven in response to the shifting international landscape. The previously established baseline can be used to do a comparison with the number of past and future commitments, however it should not be treated as a target. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | — | — | 19 It is not appropriate to set a target for this indicator, as it counts international commitments made at the political level which are demand-driven in response to the shifting international landscape. The previously established baseline can be used to do a comparison with the number of past and future commitments, however it should not be treated as a target. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | — | — | 34 S/O | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | S.o | 2025 | 17 | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $7.4M | $108M |
| 2020-21 | $116M | $108M |
| 2021-22 | $114M | $108M |
| 2022-23 | $120M | $121M |
| 2023-24 | $115M | $129M |
| 2024-25 | $140M | $139M |
| 2025-26 | $138M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $137M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 54 | 54 |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 204 |
| 2021-22 | 150 | 160 |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 299 |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 277 |
| 2024-25 | 278 | 302 |
| 2025-26 | 278* | — |
| 2026-27 | 278* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $7,362,236 | $7,337,324 | $7,268,936 | |||||
| 2020-21 plan | $115,982,326 | $114,792,035 | $114,242,417 | |||||
| 2021-22 plan | $113,828,653 | $113,272,146 | $113,303,568 | |||||
| 2022-23 plan | $120,238,363 | $117,283,877 | $116,340,035 | |||||
| 2023-24 plan | $114,933,939 | $113,964,992 | $113,999,193 | |||||
| 2024-25 plan | $140,028,973 | $137,574,299 | $137,300,779 | |||||
| Actual | $107,774,682 | $108,038,703 | $107,512,594 | $121,298,565 | $128,534,467 | $138,626,986 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
