Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Search and Rescue
- Department
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Program code
- BTI01 (FO)
- Core responsibility
- Marine Operations and Response
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Canadian Coast Guard’s maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) program is responsible for delivering and maintaining preparedness for the 5.3 million square kilometer maritime component of the federal SAR program, with the support of stakeholders and partners, including the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA) and the Department of National Defence. Through communication, coordination, and delivery, the program increases the chances of rescue for people caught in on‐water distress situations.
The Fleet Operational Capability; Procurement and Maintenance; and Marine Communications and Traffic Services programs are integral to the delivery of this program.
The program’s legal basis derives from 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search and Rescue | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $453M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Spending $69.3M, against $53.6M in 2021-22 (+29%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 99% | 2019 | 98.2% The program is currently reviewing all incidents that did not meet the performance target. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 99% | 2020 | 98% Search and rescue responses were impacted by various factors, such as environmental conditions (including ice conditions). | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 99% | 2021 | 99% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 99% | 2022 | 99% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 99% | 2023 | 99% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 99% | 2024 | 99% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 99% | 2025 | 99.3% | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $45M | $60.7M |
| 2019-20 | $48M | $68.4M |
| 2020-21 | $47.1M | $59.3M |
| 2021-22 | $47M | $53.6M |
| 2022-23 | $46.4M | $69.3M |
| 2023-24 | $58.4M | $72.8M |
| 2024-25 | $61.4M | $68.7M |
| 2025-26 | $60M | — |
| 2026-27 | $60.5M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $62.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 141 | 190 |
| 2019-20 | 141 | 206 |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 231 |
| 2021-22 | 155 | 239 |
| 2022-23 | 173 | 226 |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 241 |
| 2024-25 | 194 | 235 |
| 2025-26 | 232 | — |
| 2026-27 | 229* | — |
| 2027-28 | 228* | — |
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 | $44,976,236 | $48,364,973 | $48,581,638 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $47,951,064 | $48,167,157 | $47,287,755 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $47,149,828 | $46,270,886 | $45,699,878 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $47,027,054 | $46,452,526 | $46,452,526 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $46,427,267 | $46,427,267 | $46,427,267 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $58,434,840 | $59,784,340 | $59,524,759 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $61,398,558 | $61,159,128 | $61,630,254 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $60,008,958 | $60,487,407 | $62,775,207 | |||||||
| Actual | $60,721,018 | $68,403,246 | $59,257,491 | $53,629,225 | $69,286,028 | $72,750,439 | $68,698,522 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
