Program directory · Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Business Scale Up and Productivity
- Program code
- BNM10 (FEDSO)
- Core responsibility
- Economic Development in Southern Ontario
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Business Scale up and Productivity Program aims to accelerate the growth of firms and assist with the adoption and adaptation of new, innovative technologies that support scale-up, productivity, development of and entry into new markets to help companies become globally competitive.
The Business Scale up and Productivity Program seeks to: assist high-growth firms to scale up and expand; support technology demonstration and the commercialization of new technologies; encourage the early adoption or adaptation of leading-edge technologies and processes to improve productivity; increase the businesses’ capacity to grow through market diversification and entry into global markets.
This program uses funding from the following transfer payment program: Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI)
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Growth and Productivity | Earlier program (name match, medium confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $69M |
| Business Scale Up and Productivity | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $688M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Appears to replace Business Growth and Productivity | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $140M, against $66.9M in 2021-22 (+110%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $181M, against $140M in 2022-23 (+29%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $114M, against $181M in 2023-24 (−37%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Amount of additional support from external sources per dollar invested by FedDev Ontario in BSUP projects; Number of businesses supported | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: # of businesses supported # of organizations supported; Total cash invested in a project | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $281M, against $135M in 2025-26 (+108%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $126M, against $282M in 2027-28 (−55%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100 | 2024 | 462 | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | At least $2.00: $1.00 | 2024 | 3.07 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | At least $1.00: $1.00 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 255 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $125M | $105M |
| 2020-21 | $104M | $80.6M |
| 2021-22 | $85.8M | $66.9M |
| 2022-23 | $183M | $140M |
| 2023-24 | $177M | $181M |
| 2024-25 | $92M | $114M |
| 2025-26 | $135M | — |
| 2026-27 | $281M | — |
| 2027-28 | $282M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $126M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 53 | 94 |
| 2020-21 | 82 | 79 |
| 2021-22 | 90 | 95 |
| 2022-23 | 96 | 91 |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 97 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 87 |
| 2025-26 | 85 | — |
| 2026-27 | 103 | — |
| 2027-28 | 103* | — |
| 2028-29 | 97* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $124,831,559 | $113,057,013 | $113,395,796 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $104,150,789 | $121,380,546 | $114,070,495 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $85,753,208 | $109,937,297 | $99,861,751 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $182,931,836 | $154,638,056 | $100,203,464 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $177,332,777 | $108,669,983 | $107,036,224 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $91,978,812 | $102,880,481 | $104,295,026 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $135,372,382 | $125,073,723 | $126,116,903 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $281,353,491 | $281,903,728 | $125,990,302 | |||||||
| Actual | $105,172,363 | $80,641,563 | $66,939,824 | $140,293,744 | $180,802,454 | $113,677,289 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
