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Program directory · Environment and Climate Change Canada

Compliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28Compliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2018-19: $19.7MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2019-20: $19.4MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2020-21: $20MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2021-22: $22.8MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2022-23: $22.5MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2023-24: $24.1MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2024-25: $24MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2025-26: $23.4MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2026-27: $23.7MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife 2027-28: $23.7MCompliance Promotion and Enforcement - Wildlife
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Compliance Promotion and Enforcement - WildlifeThis program2018-19 – 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.

YearWhat changedSource
2023-24Indicators added: Percentage of cases approved/supported by Public Prosecution Service of CanadaDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Indicators dropped: Percentage of prosecutions that result in convictionsDepartmental 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

Percentage of cases approved/supported by Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Expected result: Compliance with requirements of legislation and regulations administered by ECCC
96%2023-24✓ met86%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2023-24≥ 70%202496%Met
2024-25≥ 70%202586%Met
Percentage of prosecutions that result in convictions
Expected result: Compliance with requirements of legislation and regulations administered by ECCC
98%2018-19✓ met85%2020-21✗ not met95%2021-22✓ met78%2022-23✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201898%Met
2020-2195% – 95%202185%
There were fewer court decisions in fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to the pandemic.
Not met
2021-22≥ 95%202295%Met
2022-23≥ 95%202378%
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

2018-19: $16.9M2018-19: $19.7M2018-192019-20: $16.6M2019-20: $19.4M2019-202020-21: $16.6M2020-21: $20M2020-212021-22: $21M2021-22: $22.8M2021-222022-23: $22.8M2022-23: $22.5M2022-232023-24: $21.9M2023-24: $24.1M2023-242024-25: $23.8M2024-25: $24M2024-252025-26: $23.4M2025-262026-27: $23.7M2026-272027-28: $23.7M2027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
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)

2018-19: 1352018-19: 1382018-192019-20: 1232019-20: 1462019-202020-21: 1342020-21: 1452020-212021-22: 1452021-22: 1572021-222022-23: 1642022-23: 1652022-232023-24: 1602023-24: 1562023-242024-25: 1582024-25: 1612024-252025-26: 1592025-262026-27: 1592026-272027-28: 1592027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19135138
2019-20123146
2020-21134145
2021-22145157
2022-23164165
2023-24160156
2024-25158161
2025-26159—
2026-27159*—
2027-28159*—

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.