Program directory · Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Community Economic Development and Diversification
- Program code
- BYL03 (FEDNO)
- Core responsibility
- Economic Development in Northern Ontario
- In Departmental Plans
- 2022-23 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program promotes economic development and diversification, job creation, and sustainable, self-reliant communities in Northern Ontario. This includes direct and indirect support provided through the Northern Ontario Development Transfer Payment Program. This transfer payment program also includes the Economic Development Initiative for Official Language Minority Communities.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2021-22. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Economic Development and Diversification | This program | 2021-22 – 2028-29 | $110M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Spending $42.3M, against $23.5M in 2021-22 (+80%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Employees (FTEs) 17, against 51 in 2022-23 (−67%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $21.5M, against $42.3M in 2022-23 (−49%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024 | Budget 2024 measure “Northern Ontario Development Program”: $10M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2024, PDF page 228 |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Amount of additional support from external sources per dollar invested by FedNor in community projects | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Leverage effect per dollar invested by FedNor in community projects | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $19.7M, against $27.1M in 2026-27 (−27%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $24.8M, against $19.7M in 2027-28 (+26%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ $1 | 2023 | $3 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ $1 | 2024 | $2 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ $1 | 2025 | $2 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ $2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | — | $23.5M |
| 2022-23 | $123M | $42.3M |
| 2023-24 | $19M | $21.5M |
| 2024-25 | $21.7M | $23.2M |
| 2025-26 | $24.9M | — |
| 2026-27 | $27.1M | — |
| 2027-28 | $19.7M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $24.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 87 | 51 |
| 2023-24 | 25 | 17 |
| 2024-25 | 32 | 26 |
| 2025-26 | 29 | — |
| 2026-27 | 37 | — |
| 2027-28 | 37* | — |
| 2028-29 | 37* | — |
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 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 plan | $122,657,021 | $54,714,797 | $45,513,200 | ||||
| 2023-24 plan | $18,989,617 | $18,158,539 | $20,351,021 | ||||
| 2024-25 plan | $21,729,754 | $21,716,635 | $20,261,111 | ||||
| 2025-26 plan | $24,874,373 | $19,894,451 | $19,888,173 | ||||
| 2026-27 plan | $27,102,774 | $19,738,489 | $24,797,826 | ||||
| Actual | $42,266,576 | $21,515,858 | $23,209,786 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.