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Cape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits

Program code
BVW06 (GSC)
Core responsibility
Payments and Accounting
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This program oversees and manages post-employment benefits for former Cape Breton Development Corporation employees (CBDC/Devco), including miners. These benefits include the Early Retirement Incentive Program, Workers Compensation Board payments, and Employee Future Benefits.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Cape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2018-19: $20.1MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2019-20: $18.2MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2020-21: $16.7MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2021-22: $14.9MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2022-23: $12.9MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2023-24: $12.7MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2024-25: $11.6MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2025-26: $12.5MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2026-27: $11.2MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2027-28: $10.8MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits 2028-29: $10.5MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy Benefits
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
Cape Breton Operations (CBO) - HR Legacy BenefitsThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$107M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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

Percentage of benefit payments delivered within established timeframes
Expected result: Sound administration of the post-employment benefits programs provided to former employees of the Cape Breton Development Corporation
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met
2020-21≥ 100%2021100%Met
2021-22≥ 100%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 100%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 100%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 100%2025100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of benefit payments delivered within established timeframes
Expected result: Sound administration of the post-employment benefits programs provided to former employees of the Cape Breton Development Corporation
100%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 100%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $21M2018-19: $20.1M2018-192019-20: $19.2M2019-20: $18.2M2019-202020-21: $17.6M2020-21: $16.7M2020-212021-22: $15.6M2021-22: $14.9M2021-222022-23: $13M2022-23: $12.9M2022-232023-24: $13.2M2023-24: $12.7M2023-242024-25: $12.3M2024-25: $11.6M2024-252025-26: $12.5M2025-262026-27: $11.2M2026-272027-28: $10.8M2027-282028-29: $10.5M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$21M$20.1M
2019-20$19.2M$18.2M
2020-21$17.6M$16.7M
2021-22$15.6M$14.9M
2022-23$13M$12.9M
2023-24$13.2M$12.7M
2024-25$12.3M$11.6M
2025-26$12.5M—
2026-27$11.2M—
2027-28$10.8M*—
2028-29$10.5M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 52018-19: 42018-192019-20: 52019-20: 72019-202020-21: 52020-21: 72020-212021-22: 82021-22: 72021-222022-23: 62022-23: 62022-232023-24: 62023-24: 62023-242024-25: 72024-25: 52024-252025-26: 62025-262026-27: 62026-272027-28: 62027-282028-29: 62028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-1954
2019-2057
2020-2157
2021-2287
2022-2366
2023-2466
2024-2575
2025-266—
2026-276—
2027-286*—
2028-296*—

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.