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Program directory · Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Community Futures Program

Program code
BNM06 (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).

2018-192019-202020-21Community Futures Program 2018-19: $12.7MCommunity Futures Program 2019-20: $0Community Futures Program 2020-21: $0Community Futures Program
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 Futures ProgramThis program2018-19 – 2020-21$12.7M

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 $12.7M 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 FTEs created in rural southern Ontario communities as a result of investments made by CFDCs # of FTEs maintained in rural southern Ontario communities as a result of investments made by CFDCs
Expected result: Increased employment opportunities in rural southern Ontario communities
3,8522018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 4,00020193,852
The program reached 96.3 percent of the established target. The result reflects the minimal variation expected for this type of program with multiple delivery streams and partners.
Not met
Number of businesses impacted in rural southern Ontario communities as a result of CFP funding
Expected result: Strengthened and expanded businesses in rural southern Ontario
5,1122018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 5,00020195,112Met
Total dollar value of investments made by CFDCs to businesses in rural southern Ontario communities
Expected result: Increased access to capital in rural southern Ontario communities
$57.4M2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ $40M2019$57.4MMet

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: $12.4M2018-19: $12.7M2018-192019-20: $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$12.4M$12.7M
2019-20$0*—
2020-21$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 152018-19: 112018-192019-20: 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.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-191511
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$12,354,722$0$0
Actual$12,703,678

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