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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).

2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Community Economic Development and Diversification 2021-22: $23.5MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2022-23: $42.3MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2023-24: $21.5MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2024-25: $23.2MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2025-26: $24.9MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2026-27: $27.1MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2027-28: $19.7MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification 2028-29: $24.8MCommunity Economic Development and Diversification
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
Community Economic Development and DiversificationThis program2021-22 – 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.

YearWhat changedSource
2022-23Spending $42.3M, against $23.5M in 2021-22 (+80%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Employees (FTEs) 17, against 51 in 2022-23 (−67%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $21.5M, against $42.3M in 2022-23 (−49%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2024Budget 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
2026-27Indicators added: Amount of additional support from external sources per dollar invested by FedNor in community projectsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Leverage effect per dollar invested by FedNor in community projectsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2027-28Planned spending $19.7M, against $27.1M in 2026-27 (−27%).Latest Departmental Plan
2028-29Planned 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

Leverage effect per dollar invested by FedNor in community projects
Expected result: Communities are economically strengthened
$32022-23✓ met$22023-24✓ met$22024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≥ $12023$3Met
2023-24≥ $12024$2Met
2024-25≥ $12025$2Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Amount of additional support from external sources per dollar invested by FedNor in community projects
Expected result: Communities are economically strengthened
$22026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ $22027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2021-22: $23.5M2021-222022-23: $123M2022-23: $42.3M2022-232023-24: $19M2023-24: $21.5M2023-242024-25: $21.7M2024-25: $23.2M2024-252025-26: $24.9M2025-262026-27: $27.1M2026-272027-28: $19.7M2027-282028-29: $24.8M2028-29
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
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)

2022-23: 872022-23: 512022-232023-24: 252023-24: 172023-242024-25: 322024-25: 262024-252025-26: 292025-262026-27: 372026-272027-28: 372027-282028-29: 372028-29
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
2022-238751
2023-242517
2024-253226
2025-2629—
2026-2737—
2027-2837*—
2028-2937*—

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.