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Aquatic Ecosystems Economics

Program code
BTG07 (FO)
Core responsibility
Aquatic Ecosystems
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Aquatic Ecosystems Economics Program develops socio-economic information and cost-benefit analyses in support of departmental regulatory and non-regulatory decision making as it pertains to species at risk, marine protected areas and networks, aquatic invasive species and climate change, as well as other program files as needed. The program promotes evidence based decision making, assesses distributional impacts and follows the framework and guidance provided by the Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management, and by Treasury Board Secretariat’s Interim Cost-Benefit Analysis Guide.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Aquatic Ecosystems Economics 2018-19: $1.2MAquatic Ecosystems Economics 2019-20: $2.3MAquatic Ecosystems Economics 2020-21: $1.9MAquatic Ecosystems Economics 2021-22: $1.2MAquatic Ecosystems Economics 2022-23: $1.2MAquatic Ecosystems Economics
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
Aquatic Ecosystems EconomicsThis program2018-19 – 2022-23$5.5M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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 socio-economic/cost-benefit analysis completed in support of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's regulatory responsibility to Canadians
Expected result: Economic evidence is available to support Fisheries Management decision-making processes and sustainable management of Canada's aquatic resources (AE)
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19100% – 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met
2020-21≥ 100%2021100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $834K2018-19: $1.2M2018-192019-20: $1.5M2019-20: $2.3M2019-202020-21: $1.3M2020-21: $1.9M2020-212021-22: $1.2M2021-222022-23: $1.2M2022-23
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$834K$1.2M
2019-20$1.5M$2.3M
2020-21$1.3M$1.9M
2021-22$1.2M*—
2022-23$1.2M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 112018-19: 102018-192019-20: 202019-20: 162019-202020-21: 162020-21: 142020-212021-22: 162021-222022-23: 162022-23
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-191110
2019-202016
2020-211614
2021-2216*—
2022-2316*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23
2018-19 plan$833,769$831,853$743,222
2019-20 plan$1,454,293$1,263,714$1,087,122
2020-21 plan$1,341,918$1,206,000$1,209,232
Actual$1,247,709$2,313,357$1,913,942

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.