Program directory · Environment and Climate Change Canada
Compliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife
- Department
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Program code
- BGT06 (EC)
- Core responsibility
- Conserving Nature
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This Program works to conserve and protect the natural environment through compliance promotion and enforcement of the Species at Risk Act, Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act, Antarctic Environmental Protection Act and Canada Wildlife Act. The Program promotes compliance through the communication of information, education, and consultation with parties affected by these statutes. It maintains a contingent of enforcement officers whose activities consist of verifying compliance with acts, regulations and permits pertaining to wildlife and Environment and Climate Change Canada protected areas, gathering intelligence, conducting inspections and pursuing investigations regarding alleged offenders. The program also works with INTERPOL as well as the United States and Mexico under the auspices of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to strengthen wildlife enforcement. These actions aim to reduce damage and threats to biodiversity for the benefit of Canadians and the international community.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $152M |
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 | Indicators added: Percentage of cases approved/supported by Public Prosecution Service of Canada | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of prosecutions that result in convictions | Departmental Results Framework (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 70% | 2024 | 96% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 70% | 2025 | 86% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 90% | 2018 | 98% | Met |
| 2020-21 | 95% – 95% | 2021 | 85% There were fewer court decisions in fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to the pandemic. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 95% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 78% The results of the percentage of prosecutions resulting in convictions are not conclusive for the last 2 years because the proportion of prosecutions pending completion has increased each year since 2020-21. This increase of incomplete prosecutions is likely the result of backlogs in the legal system due to COVID restrictions and limitations. The percentage of incomplete prosecutions* was 73% in… | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $16.9M | $19.7M |
| 2019-20 | $16.6M | $19.4M |
| 2020-21 | $16.6M | $20M |
| 2021-22 | $21M | $22.8M |
| 2022-23 | $22.8M | $22.5M |
| 2023-24 | $21.9M | $24.1M |
| 2024-25 | $23.8M | $24M |
| 2025-26 | $23.4M | — |
| 2026-27 | $23.7M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $23.7M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 135 | 138 |
| 2019-20 | 123 | 146 |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 145 |
| 2021-22 | 145 | 157 |
| 2022-23 | 164 | 165 |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 156 |
| 2024-25 | 158 | 161 |
| 2025-26 | 159 | — |
| 2026-27 | 159* | — |
| 2027-28 | 159* | — |
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 | $16,882,531 | $16,678,025 | $16,678,025 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $16,636,827 | $16,579,654 | $16,579,654 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $16,554,962 | $16,576,050 | $16,581,005 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $20,961,268 | $22,236,341 | $21,380,628 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $22,752,203 | $21,678,190 | $21,658,999 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $21,923,550 | $21,889,835 | $21,279,666 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $23,826,998 | $23,438,753 | $23,356,899 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $23,394,352 | $23,678,572 | $23,664,493 | |||||||
| Actual | $19,689,448 | $19,382,851 | $19,963,664 | $22,835,402 | $22,525,372 | $24,129,257 | $23,956,147 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.