Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
Development, Humanitarian, and Peace and Security Programming
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BZA03 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- Advancing Canada’s interests and addressing global challenges
- In Departmental Plans
- 2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Program brings together the core elements of GAC’s international assistance, leads the coordination of partnerships and the delivery of international assistance programming and contributes to thematic policy development in support of Canada’s priorities. The Program supports the effectiveness and coherence of Canada’s international assistance and advancing Canadian priorities through global partnerships in the areas of development, peace and security, and humanitarian assistance. It acts as an integrated focal point for international assistance thematic policy and programming for Canadian and multilateral organizations and serves as a pole of support for GAC’s international assistance community, including in relation to operations and strategic coordination.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2026-27. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development, Humanitarian, and Peace and Security Programming | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2025-26 – 2027-28 | — |
| Development, Humanitarian, and Peace and Security Programming | This program | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Appears to replace Development, Humanitarian, and Peace and Security Programming | 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
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 2,000,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 25,000,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 150,000,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $3.84B | — |
| 2027-28 | $3.73B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $3.51B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 1,156 | — |
| 2027-28 | 1,121* | — |
| 2028-29 | 1,089* | — |
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 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 plan | $3,841,633,854 | $3,729,420,225 | $3,508,410,656 |
| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
