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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade

Program code
BVC08 (EA)
Core responsibility
Trade and Investment
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

This program contributes to the promotion of Canada’s trade and investment opportunities in the region. It delivers commercial services and advice to Canadian businesses and supports their pursuit of international business opportunities. To this end, the network of Trade Commissioner Service organizes sector-specific events, targets trade missions to priority markets, helps Canadian businesses access global value chains, and supports the facilitation, expansion or retention of foreign direct investment, international innovation, and science and technology partnerships. The program also works to mitigate market access barriers for Canadian industry by negotiating trade, investment and air transportation agreements, addressing trade policy issues through diplomacy and international dispute settlement mechanisms.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Sub-Saharan Africa Trade 2018-19: $8.5MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2019-20: $8.6MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2020-21: $7.4MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2021-22: $6.7MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2022-23: $7MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2023-24: $6.7MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2024-25: $7.7MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2025-26: $7.7MSub-Saharan Africa Trade 2026-27: $7.7MSub-Saharan Africa Trade
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
Sub-Saharan Africa TradeThis program2018-19 – 2026-27$52.6M

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
2024-25Employees (FTEs) 140, against 113 in 2023-24 (+24%).FTEs (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

Percentage of clients indicating satisfaction with the quality of services delivered by the Trade Commissioner Service.
Expected result: Canadian exporters and innovators are successful in their international business development efforts.
89%2018-19✓ met88%2019-20✓ met90%2020-21✓ met93%2021-22✓ met89%2022-23✓ met92%2023-24✓ met93%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 85%201989%Met
2019-20≥ 85%202088%Met
2020-21≥ 85%202190%Met
2021-22≥ 85%202293%Met
2022-23≥ 85%202389%Met
2023-24≥ 90%202492%Met
2024-25≥ 90%202593%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

2018-19: $8.2M2018-19: $8.5M2018-192019-20: $7.8M2019-20: $8.6M2019-202020-21: $8.1M2020-21: $7.4M2020-212021-22: $8.3M2021-22: $6.7M2021-222022-23: $8.8M2022-23: $7M2022-232023-24: $7.4M2023-24: $6.7M2023-242024-25: $7.6M2024-25: $7.7M2024-252025-26: $7.7M2025-262026-27: $7.7M2026-27
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$8.2M$8.5M
2019-20$7.8M$8.6M
2020-21$8.1M$7.4M
2021-22$8.3M$6.7M
2022-23$8.8M$7M
2023-24$7.4M$6.7M
2024-25$7.6M$7.7M
2025-26$7.7M*—
2026-27$7.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1122018-19: 1112018-192019-20: 1082019-20: 1072019-202020-21: 1082020-21: 1072020-212021-22: 1082021-22: 1122021-222022-23: 1002022-23: 1072022-232023-24: 1112023-24: 1132023-242024-25: 1132024-25: 1402024-252025-26: 1132025-262026-27: 1132026-27
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
2018-19112111
2019-20108107
2020-21108107
2021-22108112
2022-23100107
2023-24111113
2024-25113140
2025-26113*—
2026-27113*—

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.