Program directory · Public Services and Procurement Canada
Payments and Revenue Collection
- Department
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Program code
- BVW04 (GSC)
- Core responsibility
- Payments and Accounting
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program safeguards the integrity of the Consolidated Revenue Fund on behalf of Canadians (receipt, transfer, holding and disbursement of public money and the redemption and settlement of all payments) and develops and maintains Receiver General treasury systems. In addition the program provides federal departments with bank reconciliation, investigation and recovery services, a customer service centre and, the option of bill payment and debt recovery services.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments and Revenue Collection | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $712M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $187M, against $131M in 2024-25 (+43%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of time in which payments to the Government of Canada are processed within service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of money paid to the Government of Canada that is reconciled within two business days. | Departmental Results Framework (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 | ≥ 95% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $90.9M | $88.6M |
| 2019-20 | $108M | $93.3M |
| 2020-21 | $106M | $81.3M |
| 2021-22 | $113M | $93.3M |
| 2022-23 | $108M | $100M |
| 2023-24 | $127M | $124M |
| 2024-25 | $136M | $131M |
| 2025-26 | $187M | — |
| 2026-27 | $159M | — |
| 2027-28 | $163M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $173M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 211 | 190 |
| 2019-20 | 201 | 192 |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 210 |
| 2021-22 | 243 | 199 |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 188 |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 191 |
| 2024-25 | 206 | 181 |
| 2025-26 | 214 | — |
| 2026-27 | 177 | — |
| 2027-28 | 176* | — |
| 2028-29 | 176* | — |
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 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $90,929,844 | $90,920,032 | $83,865,252 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $107,678,711 | $102,173,598 | $103,591,562 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $106,396,877 | $106,275,554 | $106,409,635 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $113,137,639 | $107,001,657 | $107,001,808 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $107,797,469 | $107,704,260 | $83,191,185 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $126,776,008 | $126,826,245 | $126,609,674 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $136,127,338 | $137,976,224 | $146,428,462 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $186,995,590 | $153,303,609 | $167,642,676 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $159,382,485 | $163,041,197 | $172,991,164 | ||||||||
| Actual | $88,635,612 | $93,315,576 | $81,337,945 | $93,320,485 | $99,958,773 | $124,280,158 | $130,952,206 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
