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Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fleet Procurement

Program code
BTI06 (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 Procurement program is responsible for the management of the design and construction of new large and small vessels, air cushioned vehicles and helicopters, as well as interim measures, to support the operational requirements identified in the Agency's Fleet Renewal Plan. The program provides project management support to ensure effective and efficient project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement.

Activities associated with fleet procurement are guided by a number of international and national trade agreements; legal instruments, such as the Financial Administration Act and Government Contract Regulations; and policies, directives, and guidelines provided by Treasury Board, 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 Procurement 2018-19: $121MFleet Procurement 2019-20: $232MFleet Procurement 2020-21: $260MFleet Procurement 2021-22: $357MFleet Procurement 2022-23: $388MFleet Procurement 2023-24: $639MFleet Procurement 2024-25: $1.19BFleet Procurement 2025-26: $1.96BFleet Procurement 2026-27: $2.51BFleet Procurement 2027-28: $2.26BFleet Procurement
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 ProcurementThis program2018-19 – 2027-28$3.18B

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) 4, against 119 in 2018-19 (−97%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Spending $232M, against $121M in 2018-19 (+92%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Employees (FTEs) 111, against 4 in 2019-20 (+2675%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Indicators added: % of assets delivered to meet Coast Guard requirements by targeted datesDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Indicators dropped: % of procurement projects remaining within expenditure authorityDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Employees (FTEs) 158, against 111 in 2020-21 (+42%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Spending $357M, against $260M in 2020-21 (+37%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Indicators added: Number of large assets acquired under the National Shipbuilding StrategyDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Indicators dropped: % of assets delivered to meet Coast Guard requirements by targeted datesDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $639M, against $388M in 2022-23 (+64%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2024-25Spending $1.19B, against $639M in 2023-24 (+86%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $1.96B, against $1.19B in 2024-25 (+65%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Planned spending $2.51B, against $1.96B in 2025-26 (+28%).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

Number of large assets acquired under the National Shipbuilding Strategy
Expected result: New vessels are available to meet the operational plan
32022-23✓ met32023-24✓ met32024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-233 – 320233Met
2023-243 – 320243Met
2024-25≥ 320253Met
% of assets delivered to meet Coast Guard requirements by targeted dates
Expected result: New vessels are available to meet the operational plan
50%2020-21✗ not met60%2021-22✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2020-21100% – 100%202150%
Delivery of outstanding assets is expected by the end of 2021-22.
Not met
2021-22100% – 100%202260%
Of the five vessel deliveries planned for 2021-22, three were successfully delivered and two were delayed to 2022-23.
Not met
% of procurement projects remaining within expenditure authority
Expected result: New vessels are available to meet the operational plan
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19100% – 100%2019100%Met
2019-20100% – 100%2020100%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: $171M2018-19: $121M2018-192019-20: $243M2019-20: $232M2019-202020-21: $366M2020-21: $260M2020-212021-22: $427M2021-22: $357M2021-222022-23: $350M2022-23: $388M2022-232023-24: $658M2023-24: $639M2023-242024-25: $1.01B2024-25: $1.19B2024-252025-26: $1.96B2025-262026-27: $2.51B2026-272027-28: $2.26B2027-28
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$171M$121M
2019-20$243M$232M
2020-21$366M$260M
2021-22$427M$357M
2022-23$350M$388M
2023-24$658M$639M
2024-25$1.01B$1.19B
2025-26$1.96B—
2026-27$2.51B*—
2027-28$2.26B*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 652018-19: 1192018-192019-20: 1352019-20: 42019-202020-21: 1812020-21: 1112020-212021-22: 1522021-22: 1582021-222022-23: 2402022-23: 1452022-232023-24: 2232023-24: 1662023-242024-25: 1822024-25: 1822024-252025-26: 1472025-262026-27: 1352026-272027-28: 1312027-28
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
2018-1965119
2019-201354
2020-21181111
2021-22152158
2022-23240145
2023-24223166
2024-25182182
2025-26147—
2026-27135*—
2027-28131*—

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.