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Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fleet Maintenance

Program code
BTI05 (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 Fleet Maintenance program ensures that Coast Guard’s vessels, air cushioned vehicles, helicopters and small craft are available and reliable for the delivery of Canadian Coast Guard programs. The Fleet Maintenance program ensures the availability and reliability of these assets through life cycle investment planning, engineering, maintenance, and disposal services.

The Canadian Coast Guard College is integral to the delivery of this program. Activities associated with fleet maintenance are guided by a number of international and national trade agreements, legal instruments such as the Financial Administration Act and Government Contract Regulations, as well as policies, directives, and guidelines provided by Treasury Board, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and Public Services and Procurement Canada. The legal basis for building fleet capability is found in the Constitution Act, 13 provincial & territorial governments, and the Oceans Act.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28Fleet Maintenance 2018-19: $29KFleet Maintenance 2019-20: $23.8MFleet Maintenance 2020-21: $309MFleet Maintenance 2021-22: $336MFleet Maintenance 2022-23: $361MFleet Maintenance 2023-24: $429MFleet Maintenance 2024-25: $508MFleet Maintenance 2025-26: $357MFleet Maintenance 2026-27: $345MFleet Maintenance 2027-28: $326MFleet Maintenance
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
Fleet MaintenanceThis program2018-19 – 2027-28$1.97B

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Employees (FTEs) 32, against 414 in 2018-19 (−92%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators added: Large vessels (aggregate) condition ratingDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: Condition rating for the fleet of large vessels remains within acceptable risk tolerance for reliability, availability and maintainabilityDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Spending $23.8M, against $29K in 2018-19 (+81949%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Employees (FTEs) 92, against 32 in 2019-20 (+188%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Spending $309M, against $23.8M in 2019-20 (+1197%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Employees (FTEs) 317, against 92 in 2020-21 (+245%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $357M, against $508M in 2024-25 (−30%).Latest Departmental Plan

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

Large vessels (aggregate) condition rating
Expected result: Existing fleet of vessels and air cushioned vehicles are available to meet the operational plan.
662019-20✓ met642020-21✓ met642021-22✓ met64.42022-23✓ met65.12023-24✓ met65.72024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 64202066Met
2020-21≥ 64202164Met
2021-22≥ 64202264Met
2022-23≥ 64202364.4Met
2023-24≥ 64202465.1Met
2024-25≥ 64202565.7Met
Condition rating for the fleet of large vessels remains within acceptable risk tolerance for reliability, availability and maintainability
Expected result: Existing fleet of vessels is available to meet the operational plan
64.32018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 64201964.3Met

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: $226M2018-19: $29K2018-192019-20: $351M2019-20: $23.8M2019-202020-21: $315M2020-21: $309M2020-212021-22: $527M2021-22: $336M2021-222022-23: $523M2022-23: $361M2022-232023-24: $503M2023-24: $429M2023-242024-25: $578M2024-25: $508M2024-252025-26: $357M2025-262026-27: $345M2026-272027-28: $326M2027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$226M$29K
2019-20$351M$23.8M
2020-21$315M$309M
2021-22$527M$336M
2022-23$523M$361M
2023-24$503M$429M
2024-25$578M$508M
2025-26$357M—
2026-27$345M*—
2027-28$326M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 2542018-19: 4142018-192019-20: 2542019-20: 322019-202020-21: 3232020-21: 922020-212021-22: 3272021-22: 3172021-222022-23: 4332022-23: 3562022-232023-24: 3292023-24: 3722023-242024-25: 3562024-25: 4392024-252025-26: 3762025-262026-27: 3532026-272027-28: 3412027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19254414
2019-2025432
2020-2132392
2021-22327317
2022-23433356
2023-24329372
2024-25356439
2025-26376—
2026-27353*—
2027-28341*—

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.