Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
Emergency Management, Consular assistance and services to Canadians abroad
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BZB01 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- Assisting Canadians abroad and supporting Canada’s overseas presence
- In Departmental Plans
- 2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The program ensures timely, whole-of-government coordinated responses to international emergencies, crises and critical incidents affecting Canadians abroad, consular assistance and services, and provides consular policy leadership. For emergencies and critical incidents, the Emergency Watch and Response Centre, HQ staff, the Regional Emergency Management Offices, and Canadian missions abroad all enable continuous monitoring, coherence and coordination of Canada’s response, including with relevant federal, provincial and municipal agencies. Consular assistance includes consular case management for Canadians in Canada and abroad, such as support in cases of arrest & detention, legal issues, emergency assistance (accidents, illness, death, natural disasters), and acts as a liaison with local governments, police, and organizations on behalf of Canadian citizens. Consular services include passport, citizenship and other routine services outside of Canada and up-to-date Travel Advice and Advisories through the Travel Information Program (TIP) to help keep Canadians safer abroad. The program also provides leadership on a range of cross-cutting consular policy questions, such as international consular engagement and hostage-related issue.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consular Assistance and Services for Canadians Abroad | Earlier program (name match, medium confidence) | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $398M |
| Emergency Management, Consular assistance and services to Canadians abroad | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2025-26 – 2027-28 | — |
| Emergency Management, Consular assistance and services to Canadians abroad | 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 Emergency Management, Consular assistance and services to Canadians abroad | 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 | ≥ 27,000,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 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 | $86.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $75.2M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $66.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 547 | — |
| 2027-28 | 528* | — |
| 2028-29 | 478* | — |
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 | $86,709,793 | $75,151,931 | $66,240,817 |
| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
