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International Platform

Program code
BVF09 (EA)
Core responsibility
Support for Canada's Presence Abroad
In Departmental Plans
2025-26 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The program manages the delivery of common services abroad and delivers efficient global logistics, material management, diplomatic transportation, mission procurement, Duty of Care and real property procurement services. It manages relationships between the department and all partners, co-locators, and foreign governments present in Government of Canada diplomatic and consular missions abroad. It works to meet the evolving needs of the department's missions abroad by leading real property project management and delivery, facilities management and maintenance services, architectural and engineering services and interior design advisory services and curatorial expertise for fine art at missions abroad. The program also delivers IM/IT services across Canada’s network of missions abroad. As part of the Global Security Framework, and founded on mission threat and vulnerability assessments, the program establishes annual priorities and measures to keep mission personnel, information and assets secure; provides security and emergency management awareness training and exercises and mission physical security analysis; and deploys military security specialists and Readiness Program Resources. This program also supports on-site mission security inspections, vulnerability assessments and safety audits.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2025-26. 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29International Policy Coordination 2018-19: $71.8MInternational Policy Coordination 2019-20: $47.9MInternational Policy Coordination 2020-21: $40.1MInternational Policy Coordination 2021-22: $37.2MInternational Policy Coordination 2022-23: $40.2MInternational Policy Coordination 2023-24: $52.8MInternational Policy Coordination 2024-25: $79.9MInternational Policy Coordination 2025-26: $61.9MInternational Policy Coordination 2026-27: $50.8MInternational Law 2018-19: $20.6MInternational Law 2019-20: $20.4MInternational Law 2020-21: $21.6MInternational Law 2021-22: $22.1MInternational Law 2022-23: $24.7MInternational Law 2023-24: $28.9MInternational Law 2024-25: $28.6MInternational Law 2025-26: $26.5MInternational Law 2026-27: $26.5MInternational Innovation and Investment 2018-19: $24.4MInternational Innovation and Investment 2019-20: $27.1MInternational Innovation and Investment 2020-21: $32.2MInternational Innovation and Investment 2021-22: $31.1MInternational Innovation and Investment 2022-23: $41.7MInternational Innovation and Investment 2023-24: $41MInternational Innovation and Investment 2024-25: $34.7MInternational Innovation and Investment 2025-26: $33.6MInternational Innovation and Investment 2026-27: $33.6MInternational Platform 2025-26: $1.04BInternational Platform 2026-27: $999MInternational Platform 2027-28: $955MInternational Platform 2026-27: $1.07BInternational Platform 2027-28: $987MInternational Platform 2028-29: $896MInternational Policy CoordinationInternational LawInternational Innovation and InvestmentInternational PlatformInternational Platform
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
International Policy CoordinationEarlier program (name match, low confidence)2018-19 – 2026-27$370M
International LawEarlier program (name match, low confidence)2018-19 – 2026-27$167M
International Innovation and InvestmentEarlier program (name match, low confidence)2018-19 – 2026-27$232M
International PlatformThis program2025-26 – 2027-28—
International PlatformLater program (name match, high 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.

YearWhat changedSource
2025-26Appears to combine earlier programs: International Policy Coordination; International Law; International Innovation and InvestmentCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2026-27Appears to be replaced by International PlatformCanada 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

No results reported yet.

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

2025-26: $1.04B2025-262026-27: $999M2026-272027-28: $955M2027-28
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
2025-26$1.04B—
2026-27$999M*—
2027-28$955M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2025-26: 4,6272025-262026-27: 4,6252026-272027-28: 4,6242027-28
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
2025-264,627—
2026-274,625*—
2027-284,624*—

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

Plan2025-262026-272027-28
2025-26 plan$1,042,833,467$999,343,995$954,566,146
Actual

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