Program directory · Environment and Climate Change Canada
Hydrological Service
- Department
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Program code
- BGU04 (EC)
- Core responsibility
- Predicting Weather and Environmental Conditions
- In Departmental Plans
- 2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Hydrological Service Program provides water level and flow information to support water management decisions that protect the health, safety, and economic prosperity of Canadians. Through cost-shared partnerships with each provincial and territorial government, this program delivers real-time and historical data for Canadian and transboundary waters. This information is critical for different economic sectors and supporting both domestic and international water management requirements.
This Program also provides hydrological and water resources engineering advice and analysis to support a wide range of government priorities, including flood hazard mapping, flood and drought prediction, environmental impact assessment, and Canadian water security and sovereignty through support to the International Joint Commission.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrological Services | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $291M |
| Hydrological Service | 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 be split across: Hydrological Services; ec-bgu03 | 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 | ≥ 80% | 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 | $48.2M | — |
| 2027-28 | $46.3M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $43.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 392 | — |
| 2027-28 | 392* | — |
| 2028-29 | 377* | — |
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 | $48,167,686 | $46,325,782 | $43,830,196 |
| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
