Program directory · Environment and Climate Change Canada
Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife
- Department
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Program code
- BGT02 (EC)
- Core responsibility
- Conserving Nature
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The objective of this Program is to contribute to maintaining healthy populations of migratory birds and other wildlife by reducing threats to populations and by conserving, protecting and enhancing priority habitats. The Program partners with and supports organizations and individuals (including those subject to harvest regulations), Indigenous Peoples, and organizations and decision-makers involved in bird conservation and land-use planning. To support and promote management and stewardship, the Program monitors populations, undertakes research into the causes of population change, and consults with stakeholders to set population goals. Actions are identified to conserve populations and habitat and to reduce threats; efforts are also invested to minimize human-wildlife conflicts. A national approach to proactively manage wildlife health and disease is promoted among partners.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $368M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Spending $68.6M, against $53.5M in 2022-23 (+28%). | Actual spending (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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 93% | 2021 | 92% Populations are often impacted by extrinsic factors and can often take more than a year to respond to management. Some species require limits to maintain sustainable populations. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 93% | 2022 | 93% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 93% | 2023 | 93% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 94% | 2024 | 93% The results are the same as the previous year as changes to bag limits now happen every two years with the biennial hunting amendments. Results will be updated for the next hunting amendments. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 93% The bag limits are reviewed every two years with the biennial hunting amendments. Most populations of migratory game birds are stable and do not fluctuate by a wide margin within two years. Since the migratory game bird populations have not undergone substantial changes the bag limits were not modified. The target was missed by 2%. | Not 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $30M | $42.2M |
| 2019-20 | $36.6M | $44M |
| 2020-21 | $44.5M | $47.9M |
| 2021-22 | $41.6M | $48.5M |
| 2022-23 | $43.6M | $53.5M |
| 2023-24 | $57.9M | $68.6M |
| 2024-25 | $61.2M | $63.2M |
| 2025-26 | $58.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $57.2M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $54.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 245 | 259 |
| 2019-20 | 238 | 281 |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 285 |
| 2021-22 | 279 | 281 |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 301 |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 350 |
| 2024-25 | 315 | 327 |
| 2025-26 | 309 | — |
| 2026-27 | 306* | — |
| 2027-28 | 307* | — |
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 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $29,967,745 | $29,660,222 | $31,434,722 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $36,556,480 | $41,136,334 | $41,091,974 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $44,547,808 | $44,773,358 | $44,083,135 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $41,641,979 | $40,962,469 | $33,524,980 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $43,593,837 | $36,107,841 | $34,614,493 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $57,931,708 | $58,225,239 | $55,312,948 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $61,223,888 | $58,268,379 | $57,603,619 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $58,270,408 | $57,155,329 | $54,755,480 | |||||||
| Actual | $42,236,828 | $44,001,233 | $47,945,517 | $48,476,293 | $53,463,246 | $68,641,560 | $63,242,654 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
