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Program directory · Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Commercialization Partnerships

Program code
BNM02 (FEDSO)
Core responsibility
Economic Development in Southern Ontario
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2018-19 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

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).

2018-192019-202020-21Commercialization Partnerships 2018-19: $43.5MCommercialization Partnerships 2019-20: $0Commercialization Partnerships 2020-21: $0Commercialization Partnerships
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
Commercialization PartnershipsThis program2018-19 – 2020-21$43.5M

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
2019-20Planned spending $0, against $43.5M in 2018-19 (−100%).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

# of businesses, not-for-profit organizations (NFPs) & post-secondary institutions (PSIs) receiving support for research and development (R&D)
Expected result: Increased investment in R&D
5602018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 202019560Met
# of FTEs created (permanent vs. temporary) as a result of supported projects # of FTEs maintained (permanent vs. temporary) as a result of supported projects
Expected result: Increased employment opportunities in southern Ontario communities
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19500 Permanent FTEs created 250 Temporary FTEs created 500 permanent FTEs maintained 50 temporary FTEs maintained2019586 Permanent FTEs created 1,036 Temporary FTEs created 1,208 permanent FTEs maintained 336 temporary FTEs maintainedMet
Number of processes, products or services commercialized as a result of supported projects* *projects involving R&D only
Expected result: Increased commercialization of research
342018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 20201934Met
Total value of project costs directed to research and development (R&D)
Expected result: Increased investment in R&D
65%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 55%201965%Met
Total value of sales resulting from innovations commercialized as a result of supported projects
Expected result: Increased commercialization of research
26%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 7%201926%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: $30.1M2018-19: $43.5M2018-192019-20: $02019-202020-21: $02020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$30.1M$43.5M
2019-20$0*—
2020-21$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 102018-19: 82018-192019-20: 02019-202020-21: 02020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19108
2019-200*—
2020-210*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-21
2018-19 plan$30,122,465$0$0
Actual$43,460,393

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.