Program directory · Environment and Climate Change Canada

Climate Change Adaptation

Department

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Program code

BGR06 (EC)

Core responsibility

Taking Action on Clean Growth and Climate Change

In Departmental Plans

2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Government of Canada is committed to adapting to climate impacts to help protect Canadians, build resilience, reduce costs, and ensure that society thrives in a changing climate. It is also committed to improving access to foundational climate science, information, and services to inform decision-making. The Climate Change Adaptation Program oversees implementation of the first National Adaptation Strategy. This involves advancing adaptation policy, developing a monitoring and evaluation framework to measure progress and results, and collaborating with stakeholders, notably provinces and territories, on bilateral adaptation action plans. The Program coordinates updates to the Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan, ensuring it remains current and incorporates new federal adaptation investments. The Program also delivers climate services to help Canadians understand climate change and its impacts. The Canadian Centre for Climate Services (CCCS) works with partners and stakeholders to provide information and support to help users consider climate change in their decisions. It engages users to understand needs, develop climate data products, and offer training, guidance, and more. CCCS supports climate data portals that facilitate access to climate information and offers access to a support desk. CCCS collaborates with a national network of regional climate services organizations to increase local capacity.

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).

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.