Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fish and Fish Habitat Protection

Department

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Program code

BTG01 (FO)

Core responsibility

Aquatic Ecosystems

In Departmental Plans

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

What it does

The Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program’s objective is to conserve and protect Canada’s fish and fish habitat for future generations. This objective contributes to Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Aquatic Ecosystems Core Responsibility. The Program seeks to: conserve existing fish and fish habitat resources; protect these resources against future impacts; and, restore fish habitats. The Program supports the Government of Canada-wide commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples of Canada. It engages with partners and stakeholders to encourage and support good stewardship of fish and fish habitat, including providing grant and contribution funding where appropriate. The Program leads, influences and participates in integrated aquatic ecosystems planning with partners and stakeholders to identify and meet common objectives, including, for example, providing expertise to custodian departments through the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan. The Program administers and promotes compliance with the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Fisheries Act and certain relevant provisions under the Species at Risk Act for development projects taking place in and near fish habitat. Lastly, the Program undertakes monitoring activities to report on compliance with its requirements, effectiveness of its activities, and on outcomes for fish and fish habitat.

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.