Program directory · Department of Finance Canada

Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy

Department

Department of Finance Canada

Program code

BUV04 (FIN)

Core responsibility

Economic and Fiscal Policy

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program designs fiscal arrangements between Canada and the provinces and territories, to facilitate the funding of shared priorities and to support the provision of reasonably comparable services at reasonably comparable tax rates across the country. The Program prepares legislation and regulations on major transfers that fall under the responsibility of the Minister of Finance. This Program also provides analysis, research and advice to ministers and senior government officials on the fiscal and economic implications of federal provincial relations and social policies, programs and issues. The Program fulfills the challenge function of the Department of Finance Canada by conducting policy analysis and research regarding the fiscal and economic implications of federal social policies and programs in the areas of health care, justice, immigration, Employment Insurance and pensions, post secondary education, Indigenous and culture, and programs for seniors, persons with disabilities, veterans and youth. This Program provides analysis, research and advice to the Minister of Finance and senior government officials in support of meetings of Cabinet and Cabinet committees, the annual budget, fiscal updates, and responsibilities for Employment Insurance and Canada Pension Plan legislation.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.