Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Marine Planning and Conservation

Department

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Program code

BTG04 (FO)

Core responsibility

Aquatic Ecosystems

In Departmental Plans

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

What it does

The Marine Planning and Conservation Directorate takes an integrated and evidence-based approach to managing oceans issues and collaborates with other federal departments, other levels of government, Indigenous groups, stakeholders, and the public. Building on a foundation of science and knowledge, the Directorate addresses a number of challenges facing Canada’s oceans, such as oceans health, marine habitat loss, declining biodiversity and growing demands for access to ocean space and resources through two key initiatives: marine conservation and a scalable approach to marine spatial planning. Through these two initiatives, ecological, economic, social and cultural impacts to marine ecosystems are considered to ensure the protection, conservation, sustainable use and management of Canada’s oceans. Marine spatial planning draws upon a practical, internationally recognized process that will enable the Government of Canada to plan and coordinate ocean activities in collaboration with provincial, territorial, and Indigenous governments. The Marine Conservation initiative operates within a legal and policy framework for protecting and conserving Canada’s estuarine, coastal and marine ecosystems. This initiative encompasses the establishment of Marine Protected Areas, the implementation of other effective area-based conservation measures, and the application of non-regulatory and regulatory Marine Environmental Quality measures. The Oceans Act serves as the primary authority for the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard in overseeing these efforts.

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.