Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Aids to Navigation
- Department
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Program code
- BTH02 (FO)
- Core responsibility
- Marine Navigation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Aids to Navigation program provides aids to navigation systems, services and operational awareness to support safe and accessible navigation in Canadian waters by Canadian and International commercial marine transportation sectors, fishers and pleasure craft operators. Aids to navigation systems include approximately 17,000 short-range marine aids including visual aids, audible aids, as well as radar and electronic aids; and long-range marine aids. The program also provides navigation systems information to mariners. The program reviews aids to navigation systems on a cyclical basis to ensure they meet users' needs. Coast Guard's Fleet Operational Capability, Procurement, and Maintenance and Shore-Based Asset Readiness programs are integral to the delivery of this program. This program is delivered in coordination with the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The legal basis for this program is found in the Constitution Act, 13 Provincial & territorial governments, the Oceans Act, and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aids to Navigation | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $81.1M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: % of Aids to Navigation reviews executed (planned and ad Hoc) versus planned | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: # of Notices to Shipping (NOTSHIPS) that are issued related to Aids to Navigation | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $1.7M, against $32.5M in 2019-20 (−95%). | Actual spending (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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 100% – 100% | 2020 | 82% Vacancies among the Design Review Specialists and several major marine projects on Canada’s western coast limited Aid to Navigation review output. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | 64% Target was not met due to a shortage of experienced personnel. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 63% Target was not achieved due to COVID restrictions and lack of resources. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 61% Target was not achieved due to lack of resources. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 42% Human resource capacity challenges have resulted in three regions having low completion rate for Aids to Navigation reviews. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 65% Across all regions, staffing shortages, shifting priorities, and limited resources significantly impacted the number of completed reviews. Arctic: 124 planned, 17 completed Atlantic: 1023 planned, 697 completed Central: 421 planned, 284 completed Western: 367 planned, 257 completed | Not met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | 2019 | — It is not possible to obtain data for this performance indicator. As such, it has been removed from the program’s 2019-20 Performance Information Profile. | No result reported |
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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $25M | $29.3M |
| 2019-20 | $25.8M | $32.5M |
| 2020-21 | $24.2M | $1.7M |
| 2021-22 | $8.5M | $2.9M |
| 2022-23 | $8.6M | $4.8M |
| 2023-24 | $9.2M | $5.5M |
| 2024-25 | $10.7M | $4.4M |
| 2025-26 | $4.9M | — |
| 2026-27 | $4.9M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $5.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 216 | 215 |
| 2019-20 | 217 | 197 |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 180 |
| 2021-22 | 270 | 215 |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 202 |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 199 |
| 2024-25 | 239 | 197 |
| 2025-26 | 195 | — |
| 2026-27 | 193* | — |
| 2027-28 | 189* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $24,984,926 | $26,260,255 | $26,260,255 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $25,840,205 | $25,839,389 | $25,839,389 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $24,237,584 | $24,240,022 | $24,231,264 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $8,537,907 | $8,607,693 | $8,691,635 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $8,637,970 | $8,721,912 | $8,807,365 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $9,214,003 | $9,299,456 | $4,469,500 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $10,706,950 | $5,950,917 | $5,940,294 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $4,885,006 | $4,886,157 | $5,907,780 | |||||||
| Actual | $29,251,457 | $32,489,891 | $1,712,058 | $2,908,973 | $4,793,165 | $5,481,208 | $4,416,389 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
