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International Engagement

Program code
BTF05 (FO)
Core responsibility
Fisheries
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The International Engagement program ensures access for Canadians to fish resources managed internationally, promotes sustainable fisheries management, advances Canadian objectives relating to and healthy global marine ecosystems and ocean conservation, and contributes to a stable international trade regime for Canadian fish and seafood products. The program advances its goals via multilateral and bilateral engagements, and coordinated strategies with international partners.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29International Engagement 2018-19: $17.1MInternational Engagement 2019-20: $13.4MInternational Engagement 2020-21: $13.1MInternational Engagement 2021-22: $15.1MInternational Engagement 2022-23: $25MInternational Engagement 2023-24: $26.3MInternational Engagement 2024-25: $28.2MInternational Engagement 2025-26: $14.7MInternational Engagement 2026-27: $18.6MInternational Engagement 2027-28: $18.6MInternational Engagement 2028-29: $13.9MInternational Engagement
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
International EngagementThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$138M

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
2020-21Indicators added: % of mission critical fora attended to allow Canadian positions to be advancedDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Indicators dropped: % of mission critical fora attendedDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Spending $25M, against $15.1M in 2021-22 (+65%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $14.7M, against $28.2M in 2024-25 (−48%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Planned employees (FTEs) 67, against 32 in 2025-26 (+109%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)

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 mission critical fora attended to allow Canadian positions to be advanced
Expected result: Canada is represented in mission-critical fora
130%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2020-21≥ 85%2021130%Met
2021-22≥ 100%2022100%Met
2022-23100% – 100%2023100%Met
2023-24100% – 100%2024100%Met
2024-25100% – 100%2025100%Met
% of mission critical fora attended
Expected result: Canada is represented in mission-critical fora
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 95%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

% of mission critical fora attended to allow Canadian positions to be advanced
Expected result: Canada is represented in mission-critical fora
100%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27100% – 100%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $13.8M2018-19: $17.1M2018-192019-20: $12.3M2019-20: $13.4M2019-202020-21: $10.5M2020-21: $13.1M2020-212021-22: $10.6M2021-22: $15.1M2021-222022-23: $10.6M2022-23: $25M2022-232023-24: $10.6M2023-24: $26.3M2023-242024-25: $23.4M2024-25: $28.2M2024-252025-26: $14.7M2025-262026-27: $18.6M2026-272027-28: $18.6M2027-282028-29: $13.9M2028-29
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
2018-19$13.8M$17.1M
2019-20$12.3M$13.4M
2020-21$10.5M$13.1M
2021-22$10.6M$15.1M
2022-23$10.6M$25M
2023-24$10.6M$26.3M
2024-25$23.4M$28.2M
2025-26$14.7M—
2026-27$18.6M—
2027-28$18.6M*—
2028-29$13.9M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 562018-19: 452018-192019-20: 452019-20: 372019-202020-21: 372020-21: 302020-212021-22: 412021-22: 422021-222022-23: 482022-23: 402022-232023-24: 462023-24: 422023-242024-25: 592024-25: 452024-252025-26: 322025-262026-27: 672026-272027-28: 672027-282028-29: 582028-29
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
2018-195645
2019-204537
2020-213730
2021-224142
2022-234840
2023-244642
2024-255945
2025-2632—
2026-2767—
2027-2867*—
2028-2958*—

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.